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)
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Researcher in SLANG lab for Computational Social Science, Cultural Analytics, Digital Humanities
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Advisor: Brendan O’Connor
RHODES COLLEGE
Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2019 - August 2022)
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Research in trust and privacy in Human-Robot Interaction
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Advisor: Ross Sowell
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
CRA DREU Research Intern (May 2021 - August 2021)
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Research in dialogues, chatbots, embodied AI
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Mentor: Julia Hockenmaier
TEACHING
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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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
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Passed Qualifying Exam (Portfolio) with distinction, May 2025
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Jack U. Russell Award for Outstanding Senior in Computer Science in 2021 – 2022 (Rhodes College)
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Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Inductee, May 2021 – Present
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Upsilon Pi Epsilon, April 2021 – Present
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Eta Sigma Phi, February 2020 – Present
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Jack U. Russell Award for Outstanding Work in First-Year Mathematics in 2018 – 2019 (Rhodes College)