The following detail my contributions to select projects unassociated with my personal research or company work. All of these were undertaken at the doctoral level or higher.
2025-2026. The Politics of Disorder.
Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy, The Ohio State University, Dr. Curtis Bram, University of Texas at Dallas, Dr. Charles Nathan, University of Houston
This project explores how politicians gain electoral benefits for addressing visible, public disorder prior to elections. I compiled and integrated several databases on public disorder in major cities across the US, capturing detailed information on incidents, locations, and timing to inform a broader analysis of political responses.
2025-2026. Cultural Attributions Multi-Race Study.
Dr. Thomas Nelson, The Ohio State University
This project explores how people explain ongoing racial inequality and how those explanations shape political views and decisions. Past research shows that while people usually distinguish between blaming individuals (internal) or social conditions (external), many also attribute inequality to cultural differences between Black and White communities. For this project, I led the collection, cleaning, and analysis of complex experimental data that varied areas of racial inequality (crime and incarceration vs. academic test scores) and type of attribution (internal, external, and cultural).
2024-2025. Exploring Human Trust in AI-Generated Intelligence.
Dr. Ryan Kennedy, The Ohio State University, Dr. Zachary Zwald, University of Houston, & Dr. Cindy Xiong Bearfield, Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD Candidate Collaborators: Christy Oh & Adrian Calmettes, The Ohio State University; Kylie Lin & Minsuk Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology
I co-designed innovative surveys and experiments, including video game-based experiments, to examine how individuals interact with AI-generated intelligence. These experiments focused on measuring public trust in AI, analyzing real-time decision-making in environments that mimic real-world scenarios, and examining issues related to autonomous weapons systems. I also co-developed a comprehensive database of trust surveys which draws from the social science, robotics, human-centered computing (HCC), and human-computer interaction (HCI) literature. Survey questions were classified using large language models (LLMs). I developed custom LLM prompts and evaluation methods to ensure outputs aligned with project goals.
* Projects funded by U.S. Army DEVCOM.
2024-2025. Minority Politics and Disorder.
Dr. Arvind Krishnamurthy, The Ohio State University
I co-designed surveys, experiments, and behavioral games to study minority politics, disorder, and representation. Additionally, I built a comprehensive database of Virginia indigent defense attorneys to support research on representation and equity within the criminal justice system.
2024. Evaluating Ohio’s Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program (PRC).
Dr. Vladimir Kogan, The Ohio State University
I co-developed a standardized coding framework for all 88 county PRC plans in Ohio and created an original dataset for PRC program analysis and evaluation.
2024-2025. Unify Challenge: College Bowl. (Website)
Deliberation Research Team, Unify America
I biannually analyzed three waves of panel survey data using various statistical methods, such as topic models, crosstabs, power analysis, chi-square tests, t-tests, Friedman tests, and Wilcoxon-signed rank tests. I also prepare non-technical reports of the results and user-friendly datasets for internal distribution.
2024. Mothers’ Cultural Experiences Study. (Website)
Dr. Molly Fox, University of California Los Angeles & Dr. Samantha Fox, Lehigh University
This project examines the ways in which household composition affects pregnant Latina women’s mental health. I conducted the primary statistical analysis which involved bootstrapping regression models with contrasts and visualizing the results.
2023-2024. Energy Market Research.
Energy Markets & Policy Team, The Ohio State University
I conducted mixed-methods research for various energy public policy projects that examined consumer electricity markets to better understand the distributional impacts of regulatory policies and market structures on underrepresented populations in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
* Projects funded by the Sloan Foundation.
2023-2024. Unify Montrose: Deliberation on Childcare. (Website | Report).
Deliberation Research Team, Unify America
I assessed state and local childcare policies across the U.S. to develop community solutions to childcare issues for citizen deliberation in Montorse, CO. The proposed solutions included detailed step-by-step procedures for accomplishment, estimated operational and implementation costs, and reviews of communities where similar measures were enacted. I also analyzed pre- and post-survey data collected from participants after every deliberative session.
2022. Replacement-Based Cultural Threat and Immigration Attitudes.
Dr. Thomas Nelson, The Ohio State University
I devised experimental treatments which were presented as fictitious blog articles to survey respondents on Qualtrics. I also assessed various threat scales for consistency and analyzed treatment effects on participants’ policy attitudes.
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