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Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

I use human centered methods to research, design, and develop technologies for digital wellbeing. I have explored which smartphone apps provide the most and least meaningful experiences and which features support and undermine user sense of agency. I have redesigned features of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter and tested their effects on digital wellbeing in.

Santa Clara, CA, US

I direct the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Together with about 30 amazing students, I research, design, and develop technologies with social impact. Areas include AR/VR, generative AI, social computing, and digital wellbeing.

Seattle, WA, US

Completed Ph.D. in Human-Centered Design & Engineering, co-advised by Professors Sean Munson and Alexis Hiniker. Dissertation title: "Designing to Support Sense of Agency for Time Spent on Digital Interfaces." Recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award from ACM SIGCHI, the leading organization of human-computer interaction researchers in the world.

海淀区, 北京市, CN

• Wandoujia is China’s Android app store with 250+ million users. I lead our international product, SnapPea, an app that easily syncs your Android with your PC. Try it here: snappea.comProduct management:
• Lead product strategy, draft design specs, and conduct usability testing with international users
• Manage the development of our Windows and Web clients, with a release every month
• Analyze and report key metrics for our product: new user conversion, retention, and feature usage
• Achieved the highest rating of any Android desktop manager in Google Play (4.41 as of Nov. 2013)
• Have grown the product from zero to hundreds-of-thousands of usersProduct marketing:

TechRice is a leading China tech blog with half a million unique visitors since its launch in 2010. Our team shares the story of China’s flourishing tech industry with the rest of the world. I write and manage the site as a labor of love.Sample posts:On TechRice: “Year of the ChinaDroid” bit.ly/182gWgqOn TechCrunch: “A Geek’s Guide to China’s Silicon.

Beijing, Beijing, CN

• Snowball Finance (雪球财经) is China’s leading online community for investors. I served as Editor-in-Chief and head of news product at iChinaStock, our site for foreign investors. The company raised $3.2 in Series A.
• Led a team of three analysts and four outside translators
• Set our team’s strategic focus: breaking news (advantage: language arbitrage) and in-depth analysis (advantage: access to local experts)
• Interviewed C-level executives at Chinese tech firms listed on NASDAQ & NYSE: Jiayuan, Pheonix New Media, Renren, Qihoo, et al.
• Designed our site to feature embedded media (SlideShare, Twitter, and StockTwits) for a tech-savvy audience
• Managed two front-end developers to develop the site and integrate with the Wordpress CMS

CN

• Senior analyst at a market research firm in Shanghai. We built an online community of bloggers who we could leverage for expert opinions, creating a competitive advantage over traditional research agencies. Clients.
• Lead author of 12 reports. Topics included: mobile dating apps, social games, and e-commerce platforms.
• Authored guest posts on TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and The Next Web to establish BloggerInsight as a knowledge leader

Washington, DC, US

Served on Security Assistance Team evaluating effectiveness of U.S. military assistance to East Asian nations. Analyzed 60+ proposals for joint State Department - Defense Department counterterrorism initiatives. I was responsible for getting approval on a waiver for assistance to Saint Kitts and Nevis that was signed by The President.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Human Centered Design & Engineering

Ba, Politics & Economics

Certificate, Chinese

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