Professional Summary
I am an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Go Mustangs!). My research interests include building AI literacy, technical skills and competencies, and interactions in online communities.
I blog about my adventures in research and teaching -- read my posts in my notepad!
Research Training and SupportI earned my PhD in Information Technology from the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University (Go Patriots!). I was part of the Technocritical Research on AI, Learning & Society Lab (trailsLAB) at GMU working with Dr. Aditya Johri. I worked on the Mason Tech Ethics Project, an NSF-funded grant exploring student's understanding of ethical thinking in our high-tech world.
In conducting my doctoral work, I received several merit fellowships and scholarships. I was a Summer Institute for Technology Ethics Fellow (Santa Clara University), ICICLE Educational Fellow working with the ICICLE National AI Institute (Ohio State University), a Program Scholar and an AI and Tech Policy Summer Fellow (George Mason University).
I earned a Master of Science in Business Administration (emphasis in Information Security and Assurance) and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (emphasis in Computer Information Systems) from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Go Broncos!). I was part of the Kellogg Honors College, and was awarded the Mercer Business Fellowship through both my undergraduate and graduate programs.
I began my academic journey at Pasadena City College (Go Lancers!), where I earned Associates degrees.
Research
Journal Article
Role-Play Case Studies for Ethics Education
A framework using fictional role-plays centered on algorithmic lending decisions to help students reason through multi-level ethical problems in technology.
Journal Article
Student Perceptions of Video-Based Exam Monitoring
Using focus groups and discussion-board data, this study finds sustained student ambivalence toward video-based proctoring, weighing its perceived risks against its benefits.
Conference Proceedings
Role-Play Case Studies to Teach Computing Ethics
A three-year design and implementation effort reporting on role-play case studies as a method for teaching the ethics of algorithms, grounded in situated learning theory.
Conference Proceedings
Comparing Human-NLP and Auto-NLP Codebook Generation
A comparison of two NLP-assisted codebook generation methods, applied to 210 student reflections from a multi-year ethics, society, and technology course.
Conference Proceedings
Using Role-Plays to Improve Ethical Understanding of Algorithms Among Computing Students
A role-play case study built around algorithmic facial recognition, used in an undergraduate data mining course to build students' perspectival, ethical thinking.
Cal Poly
Business 3391: Information Systems
Information systems, hardware and software, strategy and information systems, databases, networking, systems development, and emerging trends and technologies.
Cal Poly
Business 3399: IT Infrastructure and Security Management
Fundamental concepts of networking and infrastructure management, including theoretical and practical discussion on TCP/IP, wired and wireless LAN, cloud computing, and information security.
Projects
Mason Technology Ethics
GMU
2020-2025
A project on how students can be better prepared to face the challenges of working with algorithms, AI, and emerging technologies.
Projects
Digital Student Organization Recruitment
GMU
2021
Data from Twitter and Mason360 was grouped using LDA to build recommendations for how student organizations can recruit more effectively online.
Projects
Network Analysis in Developer Communities
GMU
2021
An analysis of developer communities on Reddit, exploring posting behavior, cross-posting between programming languages, and common influencers.
Projects
Office of Undergraduate Research Infographics
CPP
2015-2020
Infographics highlighting the impact of undergraduate research activities, used by administration and in campus-wide grant writing efforts.
Press
IST Doctoral Students Sweep at Innovation Week 2024 Poster Competition
News coverage of my presentation during CEC Innovation Week 2024.
Creative Cafe
07.01.2025 · Blog Post
End of my PhD Journey
A few musings on wrapping up years of research and learning.
05.31.2024 · Blog Post
Time as a GAPSA Officer
Some thoughts on serving Mason graduate students.
12.20.2023 · Blog Post
ICICLE Education Fellow Experience
A few thoughts from the fellowship.
09.01.2020 · Blog Post
Start of my PhD Journey
New horizons and new learning!
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