About
Background, research context, and curriculum vitae.
I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the Colorado School of Mines in the MIRROЯLab, advised by Dr. Tom Williams. My research focuses on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in shared civic spaces like public libraries and classrooms. I study how physical embodiment shapes perceived judgment and engagement during sensitive conversations—testing where interactive agents can meaningfully expand access, and where human relationships should never be replaced.
Prior to Mines, I earned my B.A. in Computer Science from Colorado College (GPA 3.92, Steven Janke, Euclid Scholar awards recognizing academic rigor in CS). My undergraduate research spanned algorithmic fairness and computational redistricting, neurosymbolic reasoning (published at AAAI-25 and PMLR 2025), and cultural humanities work on Midwestern Hip Hop with Oxford University Press.
Alongside academic research, I work in creative computing and full-stack engineering. My work includes building Featherweight, an automated eBird observation ranker (Vue.js/FastAPI), developing Pocket8, an open-source iOS PICO-8 engine wrapper, and experimenting with real-time web shaders and 3D graphics.
Outside the lab, I spend time tinkering with my homelab server, handheld emulation, videography, and other creative coding projects. Away from the desk, I love city biking and exploring the city.
