I direct the Design, Technology, and Research (DTR) program at Northwestern, and co-direct the Delta Lab with Matt Easterday, Liz Gerber, and Nell O'Rourke. My research bridges the fields of Social Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Design, Learning Science, and Decision Science.

The goal of my research is to advance the design of integrated socio-technical models that promote and advance core human values. My own research focuses on the value of self-direction. I am studying what self-direction is; what gets in the way of self-direction; and how can be fostered, developed, taught, and learned. If you are an expert on this topic, regardless of your field of practice, please reach out to me and I'd love to learn from you.

With my students, I design, build, and study Computational Ecosystems that interweave community process, social structures, and intelligent systems to unite people and machines to advance human values. Research directions my students are leading include: