About Me

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I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington Information School. I am advised by Wanda Pratt and am a member of the iMed Research Group.​

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My research goals are to bring an informatics and patient-centered perspective to research on psychiatric hospitalization, and in the reverse, to bring attention to the needs of people with experiences of psychiatric hospitalization in the health informatics community. 

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My current work is on understanding and re-envisioning people's experiences of inpatient psychiatric care, in collaboration with Mad in America. This project is funded by an Innovation Grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. 

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I received my BS in Computer Science and BA in English from George Fox University. In the past, I have done accessibility research with the Enable team at Microsoft Research, and software engineering research through the CRA-W DREU. I also had the honor of being a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow from 2021-2024.

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