Projects
an incomplete list of recent academic projects
spring 2025#Aspartame: Tracing Health Information Flows and Outrage on TikTok after the 2023 WHO Carcinogenicity Warning
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A mixed-methods study of how health information mutates on TikTok in response to the WHO’s 2023 aspartame warning, using network analysis, caption modeling, and qualitative coding to trace affective drift, irony, and remix in public science discourse. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←.
winter 2025Written Qualifying Exam - Methods: Mapping the Matrix of Meaning: A Method for Measuring Information Translation in Science Communication
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A methodological framework for measuring transformations in scientific communication using AI-assisted tools, readability metrics, and semantic analysis, designed to measure how accuracy and accessibility shift across media environments. You can explore the first 10 pages in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←.
winter 2025Written Qualifying Exam - Theory: Navigating the Matrix of Meaning: Transformation and the Accessibility–Accuracy Spectrum in Science Communication
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A theoretical model of scientific transformation that introduces the Accessibility–Accuracy spectrum to trace how concepts shift across platforms, publics, and institutional agendas, using case studies to examine how meaning is made and remade in circulation. You can explore the first 10 pages in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
winter 2025AI-Driven Metrics for Information Translation in Science Communication
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An exploration of how AI systems mediate, distort, and evaluate scientific meaning as it moves across domains, using case studies like epigenetics and Maslow’s hierarchy to develop computational metrics for translational fidelity. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
fall 2024Cluster 73: Brain and Bodymind TA Syllabus
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GitHub
A teaching assistant syllabus detailing section logistics, communication guidelines, and learning objectives. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form or on GitHub there ←
spring 2024“The Move Towards ‘Data’ and Claude Shannon”
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This paper is a scholarly exploration of how Claude Shannon's groundbreaking work in information theory transformed our understanding of "data" by providing a quantitative framework for conceptualizing and analyzing information across multiple disciplines. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
winter 2024Network Analysis Exercise
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A comprehensive R analysis of historical social networks during the American Revolution, focusing on individuals' connections and organizational affiliations through network graph techniques and visualizations. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
winter 2024ArmGenia and Genetic Screenings of Armenians From Artsakh: Final Planning Report, Community Action Plan, and Poster
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Poster PDF
This paper is an overarching community action plan to improve genomic medicine access for Armenians, focusing on overcoming rural healthcare barriers, reducing genetic risk stigma, and expanding screening services through policy reforms and community engagement. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form or as a poster there ←
winter 2024Cluster 71: Biotechnology and Society Sample Syllabus
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A sample syllabus for Cluster 71 at UCLA, a course that explores the intersection of biotechnology and data, examining how data-driven innovations are transforming research, healthcare, and environmental science, while addressing ethical, legal, and social implications. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
fall 2023“Differences in Smoking Habits by Gender”
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This paper examines gender differences in smoking behaviors, analyzing how biological sex influences the age of smoking initiation, frequency of cigarette use, and intensity of smoking among adults using NHANES data. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
fall 2023“‘Data’ is the New ‘Stuff’”
PhD Core
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This paper explores how "data" as a term oversimplifies types of information and suggests creating more specific, meaningful terms to improve how we understand and use information. You can explore it in gallery form here → or in PDF form there ←
fall 2022UCLA Labyrinth Project Notion Database
I created a master database for the Labyrinth Project in Notion. You can see pieces of it here -> or if you’re interested in seeing more of the process email me here
fall 2022UCLA Labyrinth Project Lab Manual
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GitHub
I coded a lab manual for the Labyrinth Project in .rmd. You can see it in the gallery here → or at the links there ←