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April 2025: My first-authored full paper, "Dangerous Playgrounds: Child Players’ Encounters with Design-Mediated Risks on User Generated Game Platforms and Their Safety Practices," has been accepted at IDC 2025! See you in Iceland🥳

April 2025: I received Penn State 2025 Graduate Exhibition Award in Research Poster, Social & Behavioral Sciences category. (Award Prize: $250) 

December 2024: I will serve on Late Breaking Work Program Committee for CHI 2025

December 2024: I’m excited to serve as the Engagement and Community Co-Chair for CHI PLAY 2025!

October 2024: I received Penn State 2024-2025 College of IST Student Travel Grant. ($1000)

October 2024: My first-authored paper "Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigation of Design Co-Ideation of Game Creators on Roblox." received Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards at CHI Play 2024!

July 2024: My two first-authored full papers have been accepted at CHI PLAY 2024! 

"Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigation of Design Co-Ideation of Game Creators on Roblox."

"Toxicity by Game Design: How Players Perceive the Influence of Game Design on Toxicity."

May 2024: I served on the Program Committee for the Full Papers Track at GROUP 2025.

April 2024: I passed my Dissertation Proposal (Comprehensive Exam) and officially become a Ph.D. candidate now! Thank all my committee members: Dr. Yubo Kou (Chair), Dr. Xinning Gui, Dr. Priya Kumar, and Dr. Ty Hollett.

March 2024: My first-authored full paper "Casual Competition by Design: A Study of the All Random All Mid (ARAM) Mode in League of Legends" has been accepted at CSCW 2024!

August 2023: I was elected as Secretary of GIST for the 2023–2024 academic year.