Activities

Talks and Features

Responsible AI for Education: Student Panel

Responsible AI for Education 2026 · Texas Union (Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom), Austin, Texas · April 21, 2026

Panelist for a student panel on responsible AI in research and teaching at UT Austin.
ET Talk Podcast: Episode 6 - Digital Accessibility, Infrastructure Rather Than Request

Enterprise Technology, The University of Texas at Austin · Online · April 2026

Podcast interview on digital accessibility as institutional infrastructure in higher education.

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From broken PDFs to instant access: How ChatGPT rebuilds the research workflow at UT Austin

OpenAI Academy · Online · April 2026

Featured article on using ChatGPT to improve access to academic research materials for students with visual impairments.

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Accessibility of Academic Reading Materials: Insights from Librarians, Students, and Disability Services

ALISE 2024 · Virtual · October 2024

Presentation on accessibility barriers in academic reading workflows.
Universal usability

Open Texas 2021 · Virtual · March 2021

Co-presented with S. Burns.
3rd Annual Accessibility Hackathon

School of Information, UT Austin · Austin, Texas · November 2019

Presentation with S. Burns.

Undergraduate Studies Committee, UT Austin iSchool (2020-2021)
{"Guest Speaker, INF 385T"=>"Accessible User Experience (April 29, 2021; November 10, 2022; February 16, 2023; October 31, 2024; October 23, 2025)"}
{"Guest Speaker, INF 385C"=>"HCI (April 13, 2023)"}

Teaching Assistant, Capstone Course (INF 388L), School of Information, UT Austin (2024-2025)
Teaching Assistant, Ethics in AI, Computer and Data Science Online, UT Austin (2023-2024)
Assistant Instructor, Ethical Foundations for Informatics, UT Austin iSchool (Spring 2022)
Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Informatics, UT Austin iSchool (Fall 2021)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Informatics, UT Austin iSchool (2020-2021)

Scott and Vickie Reeve Endowed Fellowship, UT Austin iSchool (2020-2021)
Provost's Fellowship Supplement, UT Austin iSchool (2019-2023)
Mentoring Fellowship, UT Austin Graduate School (2019-2020)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis (2017)
Texas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Scholarship (2014)

{"Graduate Research Assistant, Providing Equitable Access to Higher Education"=>"The Role of Academic Libraries (Summer 2021)"}
Graduate Research Assistant, Microsoft Ability Initiative, UT Austin (2019-2020)
IMLS LADDER Fellow, Training Future Faculty in Library, AI, and Data-Driven Education and Research (2022-2023)
Accessibility Technology and QA Consultant, Savvy Technology Solutions (2016-2019)
Computer Technician, College of Education, Texas State University (2017-2019)