Research
I examine how institutions assess emerging technologies, apply legal and ethical frameworks, and make decisions under uncertainty. My work uses legal and policy analysis, practitioner interviews, and applied case studies.
Cyber Ethics in Practice
Cyber governance decisions often involve competing responsibilities, including security, rights, institutional accountability, and international cooperation. This collaborative project uses a structured decision process to make those tensions explicit and support reasoned discussion.
I contributed to the framework with a research team including Professor Zhanna L. Shank, Peder Nelsen, and Nakeesha Van Wyk and presented the team's work in person at Geneva Cyber Week on 8 May 2026. Professor Shank organized the session through Systems Ethics Advisory LLC.
A related project, Cyber Ethics in Practice Through a Global Gender Justice Lens, received support through NYU's 2026 Doria Shafik Global Gender Justice Award. The award was announced before the Geneva presentation.
Presentation details Official Geneva Cyber Week agenda
Navigational denial without closure
This project asks how international law addresses interference with satellite navigation that disrupts maritime transit. GNSS, or Global Navigation Satellite Systems, support positioning and navigation; jamming and spoofing can undermine the information on which ships rely.
Using the Strait of Hormuz as a principal case study, I am developing an analysis of transit passage, neutral commerce, the use of force, and international humanitarian law. The project builds on my graduate research and remains at the proposal and drafting stage. Its legal arguments are questions for analysis, not settled conclusions.
LoomHer
LoomHer examines how women-led textile production in Uganda could meet buyer expectations for consistency, documentation, and traceability. Eight practitioner interviews informed a shift from distributed home production toward a proposed managed workshop and a browser-based quality-review prototype.
LoomHer Quality & Traceability
Interactive Research Prototype · Applied research output
Extending my NYU capstone, this public demonstration explores textile design references, computer-vision-assisted comparison, reasoned human review, and QR-linked records. Synthetic samples let visitors try the workflow and examine the role of human oversight.
Research demonstration only; it does not provide independent certification, proof of authenticity, or EU regulatory compliance.
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AI governance: research and teaching interests
I am interested in how organizations assign responsibility for AI systems, evaluate external expertise, and turn regulatory and ethical frameworks into implementation choices. These questions inform my teaching and developing research.