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Artist’s Statement Film is the only medium that can capture the processual dimension of textile art. A photograph embalms an instant; a film makes it live, because it introduces duration. Artists Boxes is built on that premise. I filmed several people I know who work with textiles — some self-identified artists, some who just mend a bag or pick up a needle occasionally. I showed none of their finished works, only the making: hands moving, thread pulled taut, the sound of a stitch. Drawing on Bolivian textile artist Elvira Espejo Ayca’s argument that the process is not merely part of the work but is the work, I wanted the film to honor what happens before the object exists. ...

About A music column I started in early 2026 for The Bi-College News as an extension of my work at WHRC Radio, with the aim of building cross-organizational ties between the station and the campus press. The column covers live concerts, album reviews, and music news — focused on the Philadelphia indie and experimental music scene. Published pieces: Sparseness & Depth (March 23, 2026) — Reviews two Philadelphia concerts: electronic duo ear at the Warehouse on Watts, and Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore performing Tragic Magic at the First Unitarian Church. Explores their shared aesthetic philosophy of achieving maximum effect through minimum means. ...

About A research report investigating generative AI tool use in undergraduate liberal arts education, focused on Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. Co-authored with Emily Lu, Emma Yu, and Olivia Boyer under the supervision of Deepak Kumar, with support from NSF Awards 2023505 and 2336929. The report covers three areas of investigation: AI-assisted coding tools — experimented with GitHub Copilot and LLM-generated single-use applications, finding that code completion tools are unsuitable for introductory CS courses (they autocomplete full implementations of basic assignments) but potentially useful in software engineering contexts AI tools for education — evaluated Google NotebookLM across six courses, finding it most useful for concept synthesis and citation work in seminar writing, and least useful for mathematical reasoning or deep close reading Student attitudes survey — administered an IRB-approved survey to 228 Bi-Co students, finding a near-even split between users and non-users, with significant differences by school, discipline, and reasoning Timeline and scope Academic year 2025–2026. Research assistantship under Deepak Kumar at Bryn Mawr College. ...

About A senior seminar research paper in Spanish arguing that Lucrecia Martel’s “Salta trilogy” — La ciénaga (2001), La niña santa (2004), and La mujer sin cabeza (2008) — expands auteur theory through sonic and haptic authority rather than visual control. Drawing on Jennifer Slobodian’s application of Laura Mulvey’s gaze theory, Dominic Russel’s analysis of Martel’s audio, and Deborah Martin’s political readings of the films, I argue that Martel’s consistent displacement of violence into the auditory space — what she hears rather than what she shows — constitutes a distinctly feminist intervention in a tradition that has historically privileged intellectual mastery and visual style. ...

About A digital humanities web project preserving colonial-era texts in Zapotec, an Indigenous Mexican language. As a Digital Humanities & Web Design Intern at Haverford College Digital Scholarship, I developed a new WordPress website for the Ticha Project to improve user experience and content management. I collaborated with history scholars, linguists, Indigenous community members, and digital humanities librarians throughout the design process, applying accessibility standards and UX principles at each stage. ...