Publications & Writing

"There's Still Time for Designers to Get AI Right." Fast Company, Opinion Piece, 2023.

"Intercultural Computing Education: Towards Justice Across Difference." Co-authored with Ian Arawjo. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), October 2021

"Human Bias Is Everywhere in Tech. To Fix It We Need to Reshape Computer Science Education." Co-authored with Laura McBain. EdSurge, Opinion Piece, January 2021.

"Designing for Digital Agency: Equity Perspectives and AI in K-12 Education." Co-authored with Laura McBain, Carissa Carter, Megan Stariha, and Lisa Solomon. ACM CHI 2020, Fair and Responsible AI Workshop, 2020.

"Exploring Intercultural Approaches to Resolving Sociocultural Tension in CS Classes." Co-authored with Ian Arawjo. SIGCSE '20: Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 2020.

"It's Indigenous Peoples' Day. Your AI Assistant Might Tell You Otherwise." Medium (The Startup), Opinion Piece, October 2020.

"Making' Peace in Kenya: Computing Education for Intercultural Learning." Co-authored with Ian Arawjo, Stephen J. Jackson, and Kentaro Toyama. ACM CSCW, November 2019. Honorable Mention, Best Paper.

"Rethinking Pedagogy: Exploring the Potential of Digital Technology in Achieving Quality Education." UNESCO MGIEP, 2019. Contributed case study: "Populating National Learning Platforms with OERs: Cases of Kenya and Uganda".

Teaching

View from the Future: Speaker Series (Stanford d.school).
Co-designer & Co-instructor, Winter & Spring quarters, 2024–present.
A course that brings in guest leaders each week from fields like climate tech, AI, media and space, to explore how design is shaping emerging careers.

Tinkering with Inequity in Emerging Tech (Stanford d.school, Sophomore IntroSem).
Instructor, Fall & Winter quarters, 2022 & 2024.
A project-based course that uses speculative design and historical analysis to help students prototype emerging technologies like AI, while critically examining how these innovations can create harm for historically-oppressed communities.

AI + Social Sector Program (Stanford d.school and Institute for Human-Centered AI).
Designer & Facilitator, 2024–present.
A program supporting social sector leaders in building equity-centered AI-based applications and strategies.

Designing for Digital Agency (Stanford d.school).
Co-designer & Co-instructor, Spring 2020.
A course on equity and emerging technologies in K-12 education, for undergraduate and graduate students.

RECENT Talks & Conferences

MozFest (Youth Wilding Track) “Fables and Futures: Stories, Technology, and Society.”
Youth workshop. Barcelona, October 2026.

Eco Afro Futures Summit "Fables & Futures: Stories, Technology, and Society."
Keynote Session, part of SF Climate Week. Oakland Museum of California, April 2026.

Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning "Fables & Futures: Stories, Technology, and Society."
Featured Keynote Speaker. Grand Rapids, MI, March 2026.

Data on Purpose 2025 “Design, Data and Equity.”
Workshop Leader. Stanford Social Innovation Review / Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, 2025.

SXSW EDU 2023 "The Promises and Perils of Artificial Intelligence."
Co-Presenter. Austin, TX, March 2023.

SXSW 2022 "Design with Emerging Implications."
Co-Presenter. Austin, TX, March 2022.

Adobe MAX Keynote "Your REP Matters.”
Co-Presenter (filmed). July 2021.

Adobe Education Summit "Designing at the Intersections of Culture and Code.”
Co-Presenter, Remote. July 2021.

MakerED "A Case for Intercultural Computing.”
Presenter, Remote. October 2020

CHI 2020, Fair + Responsible AI Workshop "Equity Perspectives for K-12 Education.”
Presenter, Remote. March 2020.

Africa Play "Power of Play-Based Learning."
Presenter. Pretoria, South Africa, February 2019. Hosted by LEGO Foundation, UNICEF South Africa, and the Ministry of Education.

Scratch Conference "No Prerequisites for Problem-Solving.”
Keynote Speaker, Budapest, Hungary, August 2017.