Recently...
- I just accepted a Post Doc position at Penn State to continue working on Fintech systems to support individuals with BD.
- I graduated from Penn State with my PhD in Information Sciences and Technology!
- I attended the 2023 CHI conference in Hamburg, Germany to present my work on bipolar disorder and online behavior and attend the WISH Symposium to share my work on financial technologies for mental health.
- I received the 2023 IST Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching Support.
2022--
- I attended the 2022 Human Computer Interaction Consortium in Delavan WI.
- Our lab received the SSRI Large Pilot Award to support financial wellbeing of individuals with bipolar disorder
- Our team has been selected to receive funding for the next phase in the 2022 Nittany AI Challenge continue developing our app---AI Money Minder (AIMM): a Fintech platform that helps identify personalized early-warning signs in financial data from individuals with serious mental illness.
- I wrote a post for Penn State Social Science Research Institute's Insights from Experts Blog "Are Essential Workers More Optimistic Online? Using Tweets to Assess Mental Well-being of Essential Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic"
2021--
- I presented our paper on smart assistant accessibility for hard of hearing users and attended the Doctoral Colloquium at UbiComp 2021.
- I presented our work on Essential Worker Well-being and Twitter-use at CHI 2021 (remotely).
- I spoke at the CHHA (Canadian Hard of Hearing Association) National Educational Conference online.
- My study on smart assistant accessibility was featured by Penn State News, Science Blog, TechXplore, Hearing Review, and The Hearing Health Foundation.
- I also recorded my first podcast interview---talking about smart assistant accessibility on Top of Mind with Julie Rose for BYU Sirius Radio.
- Listen to my segment here.
2020--
- I was to travel to Atlanta, GA to present preliminary findings on collaborative clinical work and predicting relapse onset in bipolar disorder from online behavioral data at PervasiveHealth 2020. (workshop canceled due to Covid-19)
2019--
- I attended CSCW 2019 in Austin, Texas to present a poster on smart assistant accessibility and attend a workshop on social media accessibility.
- I attended the CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop for Women, in Chicago, Illinois.
2018--
- I co-presented a conference paper at AMIA 2018 in San Francisco, CA.
- I attended and presented at the Design4Diversity Workshop for PervasiveHealth 2018 in New York City.