Our environments shape our experience of life. Let’s work together to make those experiences positive for everyone.
Howdy.
I’m a behavioral researcher, design strategist, and musician living in Ithaca, NY.
My rendering of a tiny house interior.
I study how we engage with our surroundings.
I’m a design researcher with a focus on well-being and ergonomics. I work at the Meta Design and Technology Lab (MDTL) at Cornell University where we support well-being through design. We are currently mapping Positive Emotion Regulation (PER) techniques for design applications. In related work, I developed a scratch-off poster that facilitates savoring behaviors to amplify and prolong positive emotions from users’ everyday experiences. You can learn more about my design and experiment here.
I also consult as a design strategist. Currently, I lead the strategy and research efforts for an Audio Augmented Reality project with a group of talented developers creating accessible mental health interventions.
I have a personal mission to comprehensively understand how environmental factors contribute to flow state (i.e., being “in the zone”). I have pursued this goal for over 10 years and I blog about some of my discoveries on this website.
By night, I am an artist and musician.
Our environments shape our experience of life. Let’s work together to make those experiences positive for everyone.
