About me

Note: this website is a work in progress

Hello! I am a computational social scientist in the 4th year of my PhD in the Software and Societal Systems department in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, advised by Professor Kathleen M. Carley. I’m broadly interested in studying judgments and decision making in digital contexts. Using a combination of large-scale computational analyses and experiments, I examine how social media influences perceptions of social reality. This includes work on impression management and formation, persuasion, and misinformation.

Before starting my PhD, I graduated summa cum laude from the College of William & Mary with a B.S. in Applied and Pure Mathematics and minor in Computer Science. I recieved honors for my senior thesis, A Survey of Methods to Determine Quantum Symmetry of Graphs, thanks largely to my amazing advisors Dr. Eric Swartz and Dr. Pierre Clare. I also had the privilege to work with Dr. Luke A. Johnson at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where I contributed to methods for modeling air plasma chemistry.

Outside of work, I like to sing and do fiber arts.