👋 Hi! I am an incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Information Technology in Fall, 2025. I start my postdoctoral scholar position in Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab at Vanderbilt University’s Department of Computer Science, under the guidance of Dr. Pamela J. Wisniewski in October, 2024. I completed my Ph.D. in Informatics (Human-Computer Interaction) at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Information Sciences and Technology in August, 2024, under the guidance of Dr. Yubo Kou in the Health and Play Lab.

🔬My research: Trust and safety (T&S) are essential to online ecosystems, where users depend on platforms to protect their security and shield them from harm, including scams, harassment, and misinformation. T&S enact the practices, policies, and technologies that online platforms implement to create secure and trustworthy environments for users. As an interdisciplinary scholar, I use a human-centered approach to address three areas of T&S: (1) Economic implications of T&S, exploring how T&S practices impact creator and platform economies; (2) Justice-oriented T&S, enhancing fairness, transparency, and accountability in platform moderation; (3) Designing T&S for vulnerable populations, especially children, through technological innovations, policy changes, and education.