April 2025: My first-authored full paper, "Dangerous Playgrounds: Child Players’ Encounters with Design-Mediated Risks on User Generated Game Platforms and Their Safety Practices," has been accepted at IDC 2025! See you in Iceland🥳
April 2025: I received Penn State 2025 Graduate Exhibition Award in Research Poster, Social & Behavioral Sciences category. (Award Prize: $250)Â
December 2024: I will serve on Late Breaking Work Program Committee for CHI 2025
December 2024: I’m excited to serve as the Engagement and Community Co-Chair for CHI PLAY 2025!
October 2024: I received Penn State 2024-2025 College of IST Student Travel Grant. ($1000)
October 2024: My first-authored paper "Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigation of Design Co-Ideation of Game Creators on Roblox." received Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards at CHI Play 2024!
July 2024: My two first-authored full papers have been accepted at CHI PLAY 2024!Â
"Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigation of Design Co-Ideation of Game Creators on Roblox."
"Toxicity by Game Design: How Players Perceive the Influence of Game Design on Toxicity."
May 2024: I served on the Program Committee for the Full Papers Track at GROUP 2025.
April 2024: I passed my Dissertation Proposal (Comprehensive Exam) and officially become a Ph.D. candidate now! Thank all my committee members: Dr. Yubo Kou (Chair), Dr. Xinning Gui, Dr. Priya Kumar, and Dr. Ty Hollett.
March 2024: My first-authored full paper "Casual Competition by Design: A Study of the All Random All Mid (ARAM) Mode in League of Legends" has been accepted at CSCW 2024!
August 2023: I was elected as Secretary of GIST for the 2023–2024 academic year.