I am a senior at Cornell University majoring in Human Development with minors in Moral Psychology and Education, currently applying to PhD programs in moral and social psychology. My academic interests lie at the intersection of moral psychology, technology, and justice.

My current research, conducted in the Applied Moral Psychology Lab with Dr. Laura Niemi, examines how anthropomorphizing AI companies—whether through adding human-like features to the user interface or through mission-driven language—shapes public perceptions of moral agency and blame. Specifically, I investigate whether individuals are more forgiving of harm when AI companies are perceived as intentional moral actors, and whether such companies are judged more like individuals than as faceless industries. The goal is to better understand how the language and framing surrounding AI companies affect societal attitudes toward accountability in emerging technologies.

I also previously led and founded the Life After Exoneration Project in the Innocence Research Lab, where I worked with exonerees to document their post-release experiences and find patterns of discrimination. In earlier work, I contributed to a multi-institutional study on psychological adaptation to chronic illness.

Outside the lab, I’ve earned nearly 100 individual public speaking awards and hold leadership roles within Cornell’s West Campus housing system and the Psi Chi International Honor Society. I am committed to using psychological research to understand how people think about harm, fairness, and moral responsibility in an ever changing world.