UX Researcher who thrives on translating complex problems into actionable experimental designs. I use my background in experimental psychology and versatile skill set in mixed methods research, data science, and science communication to provide data-driven insights to human behavior. Let's discover something.
Led qualitative and quantitative studies at a UX design and research consulting agency with adults and children to help develop, design, and refine products and business strategy. Used a variety of methods, including in-depth interviews, diary studies, expert interviews, usability testing, cross-cultural research, concept testing, moderated and unmoderated benchmark testing, literature review, and surveys. Consistently delivered high-impact research at multiple levels of large organizations, including at the director and executive level, and communicated findings and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders using clear and compelling data-driven storytelling. Internally, functioned as subject-matter expert in scoping and executing research relating to cognitive psychology and developmental psychology and spearheaded internal initiatives for building quantitative and mixed methods practice, including creating company-wide roadmap and internal resources for training and business development.
Doctoral research on cognitive development and early learning, with an emphasis on language and number acquisition. Developed, led, and managed multiple projects with children and adults in domestic and international settings, including experimental design, data management, statistical analysis, and publication. Designed and implemented two open-source web apps for large-scale data collection and visualization using Node.js and R Shiny. Produced 7 peer-reviewed publications and 15 conference presentations.
Master's research on early number and language knowledge. Combined novel behavioral research with corpus-based data mining (Python Natural Language Toolkit) to discover patterns in preschoolers' understanding of counting and number words.
Coordinated all administrative aspects of Stanford Language & Cognition Lab for domestic and international research projects. Independent contributor on several projects on early language acquisition, including large-scale online survey with 1300+ participants on children's first words. Produced 3 peer-reviewed publications.
Independent contributor on novel psychophysical research on perceptual learning, working memory, and attention in children and adults. Designed psychophysical experimental paradigms in MATLAB.
Collaborator on research on working memory and perceptual learning in infants, children, and adults.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Mixed-methods, user interviews, diary studies,usability testing, concept testing, A/B testing, human factors, cross-cultural considerations, developmental methods, contextual inquiry, competitive analysis, thematic analysis, expert interviews, unmoderated testing, benchmarking, literature review, survey design, eye tracking
R, Python, MATLAB, Javascript, CSS, HTML, SQL, Git, Latex, *nix command line, MTurk
SMI Eyetracker, Eyelink Eyetracker
Data management (including cleaning and wrangling), Statistical modeling, Data visualization
10 peer-reviewed publications, 20 conference presentations, 2 fully-funded NSF grants
My Ph.D. is in Experimental Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Development. Broadly, my research seeks to quantify how we learn complex things (like number and language) and why this process is difficult. Through understanding the hurdles that learners face in acquiring new knowledge, I hope to target ways in which learning environments and outcomes can be improved.
Throughout my research career, I have conducted within- and cross-cultural research in children and adults on a diverse set of topics beyond language and number acquisition, including working memory, attention, perceptual learning, and even psychological models of fairness and value.
If you are an academic interested in pursuing UX Research, please feel free to contact me.