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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Human Centered Computing program at the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
My advisor is Dr. Rebecca Grinter
and I am a part of the Work2Play lab.
I received a B.S. in Computer Science from
Northeastern University in April, 2005.
My research lies within the field of Human-Computer Interaction, and I am specifically
interested in exploring how technologies can be designed to fit within specific sociocultural contexts. For example,
I am interested in how technology can be used to empower
urban, low-income communities. To this end,
my research involves studying aspects of human life in an effort to create technology that resonates
with the existing sociocultural landscape.
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- My book chapter, "Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally" is forthcoming in 2009. It will be a part
of the book, Shared Encounters: Content Sharing as Social Glue in Public Places in the Springer CSCW book series.
- Our paper, "Technological Support for Family Reflections on Health" (with Desney S. Tan and Dan Morris from Microsoft Research) was
accepted to GROUP 2009.
- In February 2009 I gave a talk at the Office of Minority Health's
Summit on Health Disparities.
The talk was entitled,"Addressing Health Disparities through Partnerships Between Community Health Organizations & Technology Researchers".
- In February 2009 I attended HCIC (Human-Computer Interaction Consortium).
- CSCW 2008 Best Paper Nomination: For our paper, EatWell: Sharing Nutrition-Related Memories in a
Low-Income Community.
- CHI 2008 Best Paper Nomination: For our paper, Celebratory Technology: New Directions for Food Research
in HCI.
- Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship: In February 2008, I was awared an MSR Fellowship in recognition
of my 'contribution to technology in the area of social impact'.
- In January 2008 I was awarded a Yahoo! Key Technical Challenge Grant: for my research
on designing culturally-relevant health technology.
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