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I am currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Mount Holyoke College.

My teaching practice is rooted in the belief that Computer Science education can and should prepare students to contribute actively to a more just and equitable world. As a part of this, I am invested in developing novel ways to integrate conversations about justice and equity into technical course content.

In my research, I study communicative data visualizations, with a focus on what makes visualizations “good” and research methodologies to effectively measure that goodness. I have published on topics investigating who novices are in visualization research, what impact metadata has on visualization readers, and novel methods for evaluating understanding inspired by education literature.

I got my PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I was a member of the HCI-VIS Lab, advised by Dr. Narges Mahyar.

News:

Nov. 2023: I will be attending & presenting at the Information Plus conference this year. Come see my talk “Yes, Yes in Yellow: Memes and What They Tell Us About (Queer) Use of Data Visualization”!
Oct. 2023: I am attending VIS ‘23 and will be presenting my TVCG paper “From Invisible to Visible: Impacts of Metadata in Communicative Data Visualization”
Aug. 2023: I am proud to announce that I am now an Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College.
Jul. 2023: UMass Amherst wrote an article about our CHI ‘23 survey paper on novices in visualization! You can read the article here: “Know Your Audience: Why Data Communication Needs to Pay Attention to Novice Users”.
May. 2023: I will serve as a paper committee member for the 2023 Visualization for Social Good workshop (held in conjunction with VIS 2023).
May 2023: I redesigned my website!
Apr. 2023: My paper “Who do we mean when we talk about visualization novices?” was awarded a Best Paper Award at CHI 2023! Thank you to our team, our anonymous reviewers, the CHI Program Committee & CHI Best Paper Committee for this honor.
Jan. 2023: My paper “From Invisible to Visible: Impacts of Metadata in Communicative Data Visualization” was accepted for publication in TVCG. It will be presented at VIS 2023!
Jan. 2023: My paper “Who do we mean when we talk about visualization novices?” was accepted for publication & presentation at CHI 2023!

You can find earlier news in the archive.