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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST

PhD, expected May 2027
MS, May 2025
Advisor: Brendan O'Connor

RHODES COLLEGE

BS, Computer Science, May 2022
BA, Greek and Roman Studies, Concentration: Latin, May 2022
Advisors: Ross Sowell, Geoffrey Bakewell

EXPERIENCE

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Graduate Research Assistant (Sept 2022 - Present)

  • Researcher in SLANG lab for Computational Social Science, Cultural Analytics, Digital Humanities

  • Advisor: Brendan O’Connor

RHODES COLLEGE

Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2019 - August 2022)

  • Research in trust and privacy in Human-Robot Interaction

  • Advisor: Ross Sowell

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

CRA DREU Research Intern (May 2021 - August 2021)

  • Research in dialogues, chatbots, embodied AI

  • Mentor: Julia Hockenmaier

TEACHING

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Computer Systems Principles, Summer 2023

RHODES COLLEGE

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2022

  • Elementary Latin, Spring 2021

Grader

  • Programming Fundamentals, Spring 2019, Fall 2020

  • Object Oriented Programming, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022

  • Data Structures and Algorithms, Fall 2021

AWARDS/HONORS

  • Passed Qualifying Exam (Portfolio) with distinction, May 2025

  • Jack U. Russell Award for Outstanding Senior in Computer Science in 2021 – 2022 (Rhodes College)

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Inductee, May 2021 – Present

  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon, April 2021 – Present

  • Eta Sigma Phi, February 2020 – Present

  • Jack U. Russell Award for Outstanding Work in First-Year Mathematics in 2018 – 2019 (Rhodes College)

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