Science Outreach

A host on the Science, Technology and Society channel on the New Books Network, a podcast and public scholarship platform with over a million monthly listeners. I interview scholars about newly published books at the intersection of technology, privacy, policy, and society, making academic work accessible to a broad public audience.

Delivered a public lecture tracing how platform economics, antitrust history, copyright law, and interface design interact to shape the products users experience today. The talk placed contemporary platform behavior in a broader historical and legal context, explaining the structural forces — rather than individual bad actors — that drive shifts in how digital services are built and monetized. Part of the Lectures on Tap series, which brings academics and domain experts into Chicago venues to make rigorous ideas accessible to general audiences.

Conducted multiple site visits to an International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge classroom, teaching a curriculum on online privacy and AI. Sessions covered how data is collected and used, how AI systems work and where they fail, and the epistemological questions these technologies raise — how we know what these systems "know," and what it means when they get it wrong.

Conducted multiple site visits to a 4th grade classroom, teaching an introductory curriculum on artificial intelligence — what it is, how it works, and how it shows up in everyday life. Sessions were designed to be hands-on and accessible for 9 and 10 year olds with no prior CS background.

Organized a CS engagement and campus visit day for high school students in the Neubauer Phoenix STEM Program, providing exposure to university CS research and graduate student pathways.

Organized a CS engagement day bringing local high school students to campus to explore computing research and meet graduate students.

Designed and taught a human-centered design summer course to cohorts of 20 high school students through the University of Chicago's College Readiness program, emphasizing participatory design and technology's social impact.

Designed and led a CS mentoring and enrichment program for 30 high school students through the University of Chicago's College Readiness program, combining technical skill-building with broader conversations about computing and society.

Designed and taught an introductory Python coding course to 15 high school students through the University of Chicago's Office of Special Programs, with an emphasis on practical skills and building confidence with code.

Sole TA for a course on internet infrastructure and policy serving 20 high school students through the University of Chicago's College Readiness program. Helped bridge technical content with real-world policy implications.