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I am an Associate Professor-Educator at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Computer Science and a faculty member of the  Data Visualization and Interaction Laboratory at Cincinnati (DaVInCi).  My research is in data visualization and human computer interaction.  I am interested in design that supports collaborative work. I engineer environments and systems, and I design visual and interactive approaches, to solve data-driven challenges.  This work is informed by collaboration with data scientists and domain experts- academics, researchers at national labs, and data scientists at a multi-national corporation- and observations of how people work and use technology.  

I completed my MS and PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago and worked as a research assistant in the Electronic Visualization Laboratory.  Prior to studying computer science, I studied biology at the University of Chicago and worked in molecular biology research. 

I believe computing is for everyone.  I have served in leadership and outreach roles for the women in computer science organization, and I have mentored a diverse group of undergraduate students in research projects.  

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