I am currently a first-year PhD student in the SESAME (Science and Math Ed) program. I recently completed my undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Washington, where I studied simulation in quantum computing and how undergraduate physics might be redesigned using dual-process theory (thinking fast and slow).
Research interests: informal education, physics preconceptions, tacit knowledge, intersubjectivity
What I love most about physics is how people enjoy it with others. I wonder how people understand physics through play in museum installations and entertainment media outside of the classroom, and what continued play can look like in higher education. I also want to understand how physics research can be democratized through modern media and citizen science.
Personal interests: fiction, public transportation, video/card/word games