Publications

Below is a list of the many publications that I have contributed to from my time at Saguaro High School, Tufts University, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Toyota Research Institute, and my personal life.

Human Factors & Transportation Research

  • Inconsistent by Design: A Systematic Review of Experimental Design Practices Across Impaired Driving Domains

    September, 2026

    Toyota Research Institute

    First author. Published in the AutomotiveUI conference proceedings, and presented at AutoUI in Sweden. Research conducted on driver impairment study methodologies across nine impairment domains.

    Read Paper

  • Human Factors Considerations for Flight Deck Safety Assessments

    December, 2025

    Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

    Government report on research for the FAA by Volpe Center, published on the ROSA P database. Research conducted on aviation safety data sources and analysis.

    Read Paper

  • A Critical Juncture: Promoting Responsible Innovation in the Self-Driving Automobile Sector while Improving Human Factors

    September, 2024

    Tufts University, Personal Project

    Published in the Frontiers in Industrial Engineering, Ergonomics and Human Factors journal

    Read Paper

  • Considerations when trying to quantify immersion with secondary tasks

    May, 2024

    Tufts Applied Cognition Lab

    Published in the Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour journal

    Read Paper

  • Transit Agency Perspectives on Customer Assault: Summary Report

    January, 2024

    Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

    Public report on research for the Federal Transit Administration by the Volpe Center. Research conducted on customer assault trends, causes, and mitigations.

    Read Paper

Engineering Education Research

  • ‘We Make the Village’ - Inspiring STEM Among Young Girls and the Power of Creative Engineering Education in Action

    October, 2021

    Sisters in STEM, Saguaro High School

    First author. Presented academic paper at Frontiers in Education Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska in November, 2021

    Read Paper

  • Auto-ethnographic Reflections : Lessons from Leading a STEM Initiative for Girls in School While We Ourselves Were in School

    December, 2021

    Sisters in STEM, Saguaro High School

    Paper presented at CoNECD conference February, 2022

    Read Paper

  • How Writing a Book on STEM helped Rewrite Our Interests in the Field - An Autoethnography

    Spring, 2022

    Sisters in STEM, Saguaro High School

    Paper presented at ASEE Annual Conference 2022; follows the development of the Jada Saves the Day book series and resulting impact on high school leadership team

    Read Paper

Other Research

  • Work in Progress: Exclusive Rhetoric in AI Conference Mission Statements

    June, 2025

    Personal Project

    Presented at the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, in the “Lightning Talk - "Innovating for Impact: Community-Engaged Education, Technology, and Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future” session.

    Read Paper