Exploring psychology and interaction through software.

Background

My background is in psychology. My interests increasingly cross human–computer interaction, games, and research software.

I am still exploring these interests, and some have yet to develop into formal research. The projects here show how I learn by asking questions, making tools, and using them.

Psychology × HCI

Psychology makes me attentive to how people understand systems, learn, make decisions, respond to feedback, and differ from one another. It also makes me cautious about what behavioral data can actually support as a conclusion.

These concerns lead me toward Games HCI, interaction with AI and virtual environments, recording user behavior, and evaluating user experience. I am interested both in what an interaction feels like and in how carefully chosen evidence can help us examine it.

How I build

I usually start with a specific problem, build a simple prototype, and try it out. I look at what works and what needs changing, then revise it. When useful, I collect data to compare the results before and after a change.

LexiAnchor began with my difficulty sustaining attention through long passages of English. A display technique that helped my own reading became a tool I now use every day and continue to change.

PsyML Toolkit began with code I wrote while learning machine learning through psychology and behavioral-data work. Years later, reorganizing that code led to a different question: what would a machine-learning workflow look like if it followed the practical steps of psychology research?

What I am exploring

My current interests include Games HCI, virtual and AI-enabled interaction, perception, learning, decision-making, behavioral telemetry, experience measurement, and research software. These are areas I am exploring, not a list of completed projects.

Games, reading, drawing, music, and making small tools often give me new questions to explore and ideas for what to build.