I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Vermont (UVM). Before joining UVM, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and earned my PhD degree from the College of Computing & Informatics at Drexel University.
My Research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), usable security & privacy, trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), and health informatics. I investigate technical, societal, and interdisciplinary research questions towards building an ideal future where computing technologies can leverage people’s personal data in appropriate, ethical, and meaningful ways.
I’m currently on leave until January 2025. Please see the Students page for my PhD recruitment plan.
News
(August 2024) My first-authored paper, titled “Contextual acceptance of COVID-19 mitigation mobile apps in the United States: Mixed methods survey study on postpandemic data privacy”, has been publihsed in the Journal of Medical Internet Research!
(August 2024) I’m super excited to share our NSF SaTC award with my Co-PI Dr. Joe Near – A Novel Mechanism for Effective and Accountable Communication of Differential Privacy through Multi-Stakeholder Research. We hope our research can facilitate the broader adoption of differential privacy!
(August 2024) My first-authored paper, titled “Understanding how to inform blind and low-vision users about data privacy through privacy question answering assistants” at the 2024 USENIX Security Symposium provides insights into blind and low-vision users’ expectations when it comes to usability, accessibility, trust and equity issues regarding digital data privacy.
(August 2024) Happy to share our paper, titled “Evaluating the usability of differential privacy tools with data practitioners?” at the 2024 USENIX SOUPS! Through a usability study on four Python-based differential privacy (DP) tools, we provide evidence-based recommendations to improve DP tools’ usability to broaden DP adoption.
(April 2024) Excited to share my CRII award – A Contextual Integrity Approach for Privacy Reasoning Regarding Performance Tracking Technologies in US College Athletics. Many thanks to U.S. National Science Foundation!