Previously she was the Director of Human-Centered Computing and Digital Arts and Sciences in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. Previously as well as an associate professor and interim co-chair in the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University. She received her Ph.D. and S.M. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - Florida State University College of Engineering. Her research interests include the design, development, and evaluation of interactive technologies to support shifts in perspectives, attitudes, emotional dispositions, and cognitive habits as well as broadening participation in STEM.