Researcher · educator · author · builder
I study how people think, learn, and retain agency while working with AI.
My primary work examines AI engagement: when people hand off their judgment, when they collaborate well, and what helps them stay intellectually active. A second research program focuses on information privacy and the real-world consequences of technology policy.
01 · The work
One program, several forms of impact.
Research supplies the evidence. Teaching tests how ideas travel. Tools make them useful. Speaking brings the work into live decisions.
02 · Tools
Research tools, not just research claims.
These working systems let people inspect AI engagement, privacy language, enforcement activity, and academic choices for themselves.
AI engagement
AI Modes
See how passivity, partnership, and agency appear in a real AI conversation.
Policy screening
Privacy Policy Analyzer
Screen privacy-policy language against COPPA and GDPR requirements.
Enforcement data
Privacy Fine Tracker
Search enforcement actions, companies, regulations, data brokers, and privacy headlines.
Academic decisions
Curriculum Studio
Compare curriculum choices using program, course, and labor-market evidence.
03 · Research into public impact
From testing privacy promises to stronger Utah law.
A multiyear investigation commissioned by the Utah State Board of Education compared what widely used education apps promised with what they actually collected and shared. The findings helped lead Utah lawmakers to pass HB55, strengthening privacy terms, audit rights, and remedies when education-technology vendors do not comply.
04 · Speaking and workshops
Help people move from using AI to engaging with it deliberately.
Keynotes, workshops, research seminars, curriculum sessions, and conversations grounded in evidence rather than hype.
Recent speaking · Summer 2026
More than a dozen talks and webinars for technology startups, nonprofit organizations, established corporations, universities, and professional communities.
How do you really use AI?
An accessible introduction to passivity, partnership, agency, and the eight observable modes of AI engagement.
Teaching for agency in an AI-rich classroom
Design work in which students prompt, read, verify, interpret, and defend—not merely generate.
Keeping human judgment in AI-assisted work
A practical framework for deciding what to delegate, what to challenge, and what a person must still own.
Privacy in educational technology
What Utah learned by testing apps against their privacy agreements—and how evidence helped shape HB55.
Building better software-development teams
How personality composition shapes coordination, conflict, and performance.
Team building through video games
How structured team play can create flow, strengthen coordination, and improve later work.
Full professional record
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