She received her Ph.D. in Design from Carnegie Mellon University and holds an MS in Information Design and Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interest is in the ethical and political implications of emerging technologies. More specifically, she examines the experiential and participatory dimensions of social media and their relationship to establishing and supporting democratic forms of social interaction. Her research spans both theoretical inquiry and experimental design, situated at the intersection of Design, the Humanities, and Human Computer Interaction.