I am a postdoctoral fellow in Responsible AI in Education at the University of Notre Dame, affiliated with Notre Dame Learning, the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, and CSE. My current postdoctoral mentors are Prof Nitesh V Chawla and Ronald Metoyer.
Research Interests: I am a human-computer interaction researcher who designs, implements, and evaluates experiences, tools, and programs to enhance educational equity in an AI-driven world.
My most recent projects:
(1) Deaf, Hard of Hearing Learners and Emerging Tech- LLM prototype 1, LLM prototype 2, Survey, MR Co-design: Evaluating and Creating tools for linguistically and culturally diverse communities to benefit from technology designed for a general audience.
(2) "Teaching Well with Gen AI": Creating tools and programs to equip instructors to adapt to the opportunities and challenges of teaching in the Gen AI era. Evaluating and fine-tuning LLMs to support teaching and learning.
I obtained my PhD at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), School of Information Sciences, fortunately, advised by Prof. Yun Huang in September 2024. I also worked closely with Prof. Lawrence Angrave, Prof. JooYoung Seo, Prof. Kyungwon Koh from UIUC, and Prof. Raja Kushalnagar, Qi Wang from Gallaudet University. I earned my B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on Mobility and Design, from Tsinghua University in 2019. I also previously worked with Prof Eric J. Perreault at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Northwestern University(Chicago) on rehabilitation.
New Pre-print on AI tools for Teachers: Bridging the AI Adoption Gap: Designing an Interactive Pedagogical Agent for Higher Education Instructors
New paper exploring how AI-supported college application tools create new challenges to education equity: From Score-Driven to Value-Sharing: Understanding Chinese Family Use of AI to Support Decision Making of College Applications