In order to foster these connections, I am also pursuing the PhD Designated Emphasis in STS. Within material-semiotic STS, conceptual history of cryptography and design anthropology for privacy give me tools to think rigorously about the societal work done by mathematical abstractions,  critically about the values embodied in my technical work, and imaginatively about what a more just science could look like, without falling into technosolutionism. Currently, I believe that utilizing the intellectual toolkit from cryptography is a promising way to tackle problems of algorithmic accountability given its ability to reason about parties with disparate resources, power, and goals and expand the solution space in surprising ways. 

I am fortunate to be advised by Shafi Goldwasser and Avishay Tal. During undergrad, I was honored to receive mentorship in TCS from Paul Beame and Nicolas Pippenger, and in STS from Marianne de Laet. Before starting my PhD, I majored in mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, with a minor in STS.

Outside of research, I enjoy urban hiking & biking, going to art fairs & farmers' markets, playing cooperative board games & indie tabletop roleplaying games, reading mysteries, speculative fiction, & horror, and doing crafts such as wood carving, alcohol-marker coloring books, & meditative ink doodling. I have a long-standing love for my hometown of Seattle.

Also, a rec: as a grad student with many grad student friends, I know it can be tricky to find time for longer TRPG campaign games like DnD. Fortunately, there's a whole ecosystem of amazing one-shot, pick-up-and-play games out there which don't require a gamemaster or prepping a bunch of stuff in advance! Some recommendations broken down by genre, type of mechanics, and price: