This study examined how spatiotemporal prediction—the ability to anticipate when and where events will occur—shapes user attention and decision-making in interactive settings. Using eye-tracking technology and controlled experimental tasks, I analyzed over 730,000 data points to explore how agency (a user's sense of control) enhances visual search efficiency. These findings provide valuable insights into predictive gaze behavior, attentional prioritization, and UX/UI design principles, helping optimize user interfaces that support intuitive navigation and engagement.

Understanding how users retain and recall visual information is crucial for interface design, AR/VR experiences, and human-computer interaction. This research investigated how a sense of agency (actively controlling objects vs. passively observing them) influences visual working memory. The study found that interactive experiences significantly enhance memory encoding and decision-making, with implications for user experience design, adaptive interfaces, and cognitive load optimization. These insights, presented at the Psychonomic Society Meeting, inform how digital environments can be structured to improve usability and information retention.

In my role at the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, I led initiatives to streamline research workflows, enhance usability testing protocols, and improve stakeholder communication. By redesigning internal grant review processes, training evaluators, and analyzing over 60+ research proposals annually, I improved funding success rates and increased engagement. Additionally, I authored 3 research-focused articles and developed five lab websites, leveraging data visualization and content strategy to make complex research findings accessible. These skills translate directly to UX research and human factors, where clear communication of data-driven insights is essential for cross-functional collaboration.