Poetry
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Poetry 〰️
Alongside my work in design and research, my creative writing explores flash fiction, short stories, and poetry centered on relationships, self-discovery, and the quiet depth of internal dialogue.
My piece “Sonnet בשניים,” from my poetry collection Withholding, was published in the 41st edition of The Gallatin Review. My subsequent work can be found on my Substack, Stories Caught in Willow Trees.
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The Atlas Project
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The Echo Project
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The Brightline Project
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The Northgrid Project
New York, 2025
“Thinking of You”
Ekphrastic Poem
Poetry
Independent Research Projects
Designing Emotional Connections: Research Proposal
This research proposal, the original inspiration for my undergraduate research thesis, "Designing for Emotional Resonance: The Role of Designers in Cultural Production," describes a research design and methodology that integrates document analysis, market sweep, and semi-structured interviews to analyze how designing for global markets influences the usage of cultural coding in product design and marketing assets. This paper was submitted as a supplement to the proposed research to be accepted to the NYU Sociology Honors Program.
Gender Socialization and the Gym Experience
This ethnographic research experiment project explored how gender presentation shapes experiences within campus fitness spaces. Through observational fieldwork and informal interviews conducted at NYU's 404 Fitness Center, I examined how individuals navigated the gym's physical and social environment, paying particular attention to patterns of movement, comfort, and interaction. These findings of this pilot study suggest that the geography of fitness spaces is influenced not only by workout preferences but also by broader social norms and gendered expectations.
This project highlights how seemingly neutral environments can reflect and reproduce larger social patterns, demonstrating the value of ethnographic methods for uncovering the relationship between physical spaces, social behavior, and lived experience.
Political Views and Nativity: Analyzing U.S. Attitudes towards Foreign Aid
Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS), this quantitative research project examined how political ideology and nativity shape attitudes toward U.S. foreign aid spending. Through regression and interaction analyses, I explored the relationship between political beliefs, immigration background, and public opinion, finding that nativity significantly influenced how political views translated into attitudes toward foreign aid. The project combined statistical analysis with sociological interpretation to investigate how lived experience shapes political perspectives.
Journalistic Work
Calming the Pendulum: A look at the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of theater in NYC
Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Flooding and Environmental Racism