Curriculum Vitae [Last Updated April 2026] ⬇ DOWNLOAD PDF
Education
PhD, Social & Personality Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
Expected May 2028
MA, Psychology
University of Texas at Austin · GPA: 4.0
Conferred May 2025
BA (Highest Honors), Psychology
University of Texas at Austin · Dean's Distinguished Graduate · GPA: 4.0
Minor in Sociology
Conferred May 2023
Industry Experience
Research Scientist Intern · Human-Centered AI (Harmonious Communities)
Toyota Research Institute · Los Altos, CA
May 2025 - August 2025
Research Scientist Intern
Receptiviti, Inc. · Toronto, ON
May 2022 - August 2022
Talks & Presentations
[Short Talk] Feels Good, Sounds Familiar: AI-Generated Empathy is Structurally Similar
AI & Social Research: Empathic AI, Metascience, & Methodology · Penn State University
Jun 2026
[Exhibitor] South By Southwest EDU (SXSW EDU) Expo
Austin, TX
Mar 2026
[Short Talk] Simulating Empathy: Theoretical and Practical Differences in Receiving Empathy from Humans and Artificial Intelligence
Society for Affective Science · Portland, OR
Mar 2025
[Invited Panelist] Speaking the Same Language: What Makes a Social Brand
South by Southwest (SXSW) Annual Conference · Austin, TX
Mar 2025
[Guest Lecturer] Introduction to Psychology (PSY 301)
University of Texas at Austin
Apr 2024
Awards & Funding
Dean's Distinguished Graduate Award
College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
Apr 2023
George H. Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence
University of Texas at Austin Co-Op · $5,000
Apr 2023
Florence V. Graduate Scholarship
Florence V. Foundation · $25,000
Apr 2023
Graduate Recruiting Fellowship
Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin · $1,000
Feb 2023
Eva Stevenson Woods Scholarship
University of Texas at Austin · $2,500
Jun 2022
Florence V. Undergraduate Scholarship
Florence V. Foundation · $20,000
Apr 2019
Skills
Python PyTorch HuggingFace R Mixed Models JavaScript HTML/CSS Psychopy Experiment Design NLP Pragmatics Git
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant
[Advanced Research Methods and Statistics for the Psychological Sciences]
Spring 2025, Fall 2026
Service
Reviewer
[The Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)]
2026
Graduate Student Mentor
[Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program]
2023–
Graduate Student Mentor
[Psychology Undergraduate Mentorship Program]
2023–
Dept. Student Rep
[Department / Committee]
2023