Work Experience

Riot Games

Goal: Alleviate players’ social pain points

Internship Project
May 2022 – Aug 2022
Role: User Researcher

METRANS

Goal: Inform green transport policy decision-making by understanding students’ commute motivations

USC Office of Sustainability
Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
Role: Graduate Research Assistant

Hedge Hug

Goal: Inform game design decisions using playtests

MFA Thesis Project, University of Southern California
Sept 2021 – May 2022
Role: Researcher, Designer

In the Nick of Tie-m

Goal: Inform game design decisions using playtests

Advanced Games Project, University of Southern California
March 2022 – May 2022
Role: Researcher, Playtest Moderator

Academic Research

Fear of Social Rejection

Goal: Understand human post-rejection behavior

PhD Dissertation Project
Aug 2021 – Present
Role: Project Lead, Game Director

Proactive Self-Defense Judgment and Perception

Goal: Investigate how laypeople perceive self-defense actions

Independent Research Project
Aug 2019 – Present
Role: First Author
Analyses: Linear Regression, Binary Logistic Regression

Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer Effect in Social Contexts

Goal: Assess how contextual cues affect dating app behavior

Master’s Thesis
Dec 2019 – Jun 2021
Role: First Author
Analyses: Multilevel Modeling