I study how algorithmic systems shape culture, and what counts as normal. I’ve done work on values embedded in language models, authenticity performed on travel platforms, worlds constructed in video games, and more. Recent work on LLM value alignment has appeared at NeurIPS 2025 and ACM FAccT 2025 and 2026.
I care a lot about teaching data and AI. At Berkeley, I lead curricula at D-Lab (40+ workshops in computational methods) and the Digital Humanities Summer Minor, and teach in the Master of Computational Social Science.
Research
AI norms and biases Language models Video games Digital tourism Cultural analytics
Books
2023
Traveling Through Video Games
Routledge — Tourism's language in game design
2021
Scripted Journeys
De Gruyter — Authenticity in hypermediated tourism
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