A Wake-Up Call to Wealth: Uncovering the Economic Upside of Sleep Deprivation
This study explored whether sleep duration impacts earnings using the sleep75 dataset. Regression analysis suggested that those who sleep less may earn more, but results were statistically insignificant. Age and education emerged as the most consistent predictors of income.
Tools: Linear Regression, Data Cleaning, Statistical Visualization | Course: Econ 140 Econometrics, UC Berkeley
Amazon Alexa and World-Making: Shaping Society Through Technology
This research critically examines Amazon Alexa through the lens of technological determinism and co-productionism. While Alexa enhances convenience and efficiency, the paper explores how it also shapes societal norms, privacy expectations, and power dynamics through data collection and algorithmic influence. Drawing from academic sources and journalistic reporting, the study emphasizes the need for ethical design and governance to ensure technologies like Alexa serve public good—not just corporate profit.
Focus: Tech Ethics, Surveillance Capitalism, Co-productionism | Course: DATA C104 Human Contexts and Ethics of Data, UC Berkeley
Exploring the Ethical Terrain: A Critical Analysis of a Microlabor Initiative in South America
This paper examines Amazon Alexa through the frameworks of technological determinism and co-productionism, exploring how smart home technology not only transforms daily life but also reshapes social norms and raises ethical concerns. Drawing from real user accounts and scholarly research, the project highlights the tension between innovation, data privacy, and corporate power—calling for more ethical, user-centered design in a datafied world.
Focus: Labor Economics, Behavioral Data Analysis, Regression Modeling | Course: DATA C104 Human Contexts and Ethics of Data, UC Berkeley
Neighborhoods and Social Environments Paper.pdfNeighborhoods and Social Environments Paper
This research paper explores neighborhood-based inequality through field observations and data analysis of two contrasting census tracts in Albany and Oakland, California. By leveraging fieldwork, the Opportunity Atlas, and American Community Survey data, I investigated disparities in income, education, racial demographics, healthcare access, and geographic mobility. The study highlights how systemic forces like institutionalized discrimination and concentrated poverty reinforce the "geography of opportunity," shaping life chances across generations.
Tools: Field Research, Data Analysis, Demographic Profiling, Critical Writing, Urban Sociology | Course: Social Inequalities: American Cultures, UC Berkeley
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