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I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I direct the Little Design Group. My research sits at the intersection of Child-Computer Interaction, Design, and the Learning Sciences, with a focus on how technologies can support meaningful, equitable, and contextually grounded experiences for young people. Across this work, I examine how social and cultural contexts shape children’s interactions with technologies, and I develop new media, learning environments, and interaction designs that better support children’s participation, creativity, and learning across diverse settings. My work also engages broader questions in Human-Computer Interaction and design research, such as research and design methodologies in HCI (e.g., designerly ways of knowing) and the ways emerging technologies enable new forms of interaction and experience.

Before joining PolyU Design, I held research positions at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. I received my PhD in Information Science from the University of Colorado Boulder, where I was a member of the Creative Communities research group. I also hold a master’s degree in Design from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Zhejiang University.

Selected Projects

Inclusive Learning Tech Design

Making STEM learning more accessible and equitable for all

Promoting Computational Literacy for Children

Promoting computational thinking AI literacy among young people

Family Joint Media Engagement

Understanding and designing for family joint media engagement

Design Research & Designerly Ways of Knowing

Investigating design approaches as practice and research

Selected Publications [Google Scholar]