My research is at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computing Education Research (CER). I adopt learning theories from CER and human-centered design methods from HCI to build engaging, scalable, and effective tools to help novices learn computing. I like to use both qualitative lab studies and at-scale classroom/field studies to evaluate the effectiveness of the tools. I have published in venues in both fields, such as CHI and ITiCSE.

My research is at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computing Education Research (CER). I adopt learning theories from CER and human-centered design methods from HCI to build engaging, scalable, and effective tools to help novices learn computing.