Projects and Hobbies

Technology, Law, and Education

I have always been drawn to the broader societal implications of technology. During my junior and senior years of high school, as part of an Honors Thesis program, I researched what I refer to as the "copyright spectrum" and copyright education in American K-12 schools.

I wrote a thesis on my findings, conducted small-scale interviews and surveys of students and teachers, encouraged my high school to critically reflect on the legal implications of technology through a series of presentations, and compiled a website with resources to learn about the copyright spectrum.

From Attributing to Appreciating Legal Debates: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Copyright and American K-12 Education

Writing

I am as enthusiastic about natural languages as I am about programming languages. I often write in one of my four journals to make sense of a life in which motion is the only constant. I occasionally contribute writing to shared outlets such as the blog for MIT's first-year environmental learning community Terrascope.

Audiovisual Explorations

I have been a visual thinker and learner for as far as I can remember. I have explored several creative audiovisual activities before and during my time at MIT, some of which I outline below. I am currently connecting my visual/graphical interests with my Computer Science and Engineering coursework by taking a Computer Graphics course at MIT in Fall 2019.

Birding

As I travel, I enjoy seeing the world through the lens of its avian residents. I capture and upload bird photos to my iNaturalist observations page, where I participate in citizen science efforts. As I engage in more Environment and Sustainability courses at MIT, hands-on hobbies like birdwatching remind me of the spectacular biodiversity we must preserve. I hope to begin using manual mode sometime soon for my bird photography.

In the image carousel, from first to last: Eastern Bluebird in Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Common Kingfisher in Uttarakhand, northern India | Turquoise-browed Motmot in Yucatan, Mexico | the near-threatened Red-headed Woodpecker in Baton Rouge, LA | Himalayan Bulbul in Jammu and Kashmir, northern India | Dark-eyed Junco at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada | the bird that drew me to birdwatching, Blue Jay in Baton Rouge, LA.

Analog Photography

I was fortunate to take Intro to Photography my Sophomore Spring as part of my Comparative Media Studies concentration. I spent long days and nights on learning to operate a manual camera and develop negatives and prints myself in the darkroom.

I visited the breathtaking Navajo Nation as an Undergraduate Teaching Fellow with first-year students from the class "Solving Complex Problems." The photos I captured on the trip formed the diptychs and triptychs I displayed at my final project presentation for Intro to Photography. The images surrounding this text are scans of my negatives or prints.

Video Production

Lenses

I produced "Lenses" for my Intro to Video class during my Sophomore Fall. "Lenses" is the first assignment for which we could use voiceovers, and I also utilized a green screen to tell my tales of growing up in many more cities around the globe than most people my age do.

Sine Waves

"Sine Waves" is a creative depiction of my experiences with stress and was created during my Sophomore Fall Intro to Video class for an "audio/visual dissonance" assignment. All the video is from inside my dorm room, while all the audio is from outside my room. I particularly enjoyed editing in Adobe Premiere Pro for this project.

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