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Values-Centered Technology Design for Complex Infrastructures

Hello and welcome! My name is Dylan and this is my personal website. If you poke around you will find everything from my academic research to my poetry to my TEDx talk.

I am currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Research Fellow at the Peerbots social robotics non-profit. I am also the director of AI for All Tomorrows, a media non-profit that aims to elevate and feature the voices of underrepresented groups in broader conversations around emerging technologies like AI.

I am a Human-Computer Interaction Scholar, User Experience Researcher, and Minister.

As an HCI scholar, I use qualitative and community-based design methods to examine the influence of cultural, organizational, and end-user values on the coordination within and between data ecosystems. My work is most aligned with Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and values-in-design approaches. I have conducted work on infrastructure systems for improving data documentation systems for at-risk patients and the medical personnel who care for them, the experiences of social media users experiencing emotional crisis, pre-mortem and post-mortem data management tools, and online platform support for digital legacy. I have also conducted research examining gender identity moderation within algorithmic systems, design tensions in databases within state and federal data ecosystems, and designing mobile healthcare technologies for elderly individuals with life-limiting chronic conditions. My google scholar page can be found HERE.

As a UX Researcher, I use qualitative methods such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, ethnography, and co-design workshops to examine how technologies impact vulnerable users in real-world settings. I translate my insights into actionable outcomes, including ethical design guidelines, stakeholder briefs, and design recommendations that support responsible innovation and platform accountability.

As a minister, I am interested in developing moral frameworks for how people make meaning in their technology use, including questions of God, transcendence, and collective liberation. I am an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and a board certified interfaith hospital chaplain. I use moral philosophy such as virtue ethics to help inform technology design solutions. Through public scholarship like podcasts and collaborating across industry and non-profit groups, my calling is to create spaces where leaders from academia, policy, and industry can gather and share ideas.

Nuts & Bolts: I received a BA in Sociology from Sarah Lawrence College, a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and a Masters of Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. I additionally received my PhD. in Information Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. My industry experience includes working as a UX researcher for Verizon Media and Yahoo!, and product design consultant for SME’s in Denver, Scotland, and beyond.

Latest Updates

  • August 2025

    • Began Research Fellowship: Peerbots Inc.

    • Began Post-Doctoral Researcher Position: University of Colorado Boulder

  • July 2025

    • Research Coverage: Sony.AI

    • Podcast Interview: The Longing Lab

  • June 2025

    • Featured Speaker: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation & Aspen Digital - Shared Futures: The AI Forum

    • Attended HCIC (Human-Computer Interaction Consortium)

    • Public Press Publication: The Conversation - Do you know how to prepare for your digital life after death?

  • May 2025

    • Attended Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems 2025

    • Successfully Defended My Dissertation: "But Where Do We Begin? Guiding Improved Design for End-of-Life Data Planning Approaches"

  • April 2025

    • Invited TEDx Talk Speaker: TEDxCU Boulder

    • Company Launch: AI for All Tomorrows Institute, a progressive media company and podcast focused on AI and public policy

  • March 2025

    • Public Press Publication: "5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive" in The Conversation

    • Accepted Research Paper: "Navigating Value Elicitation: Insights from Palliative Care Providers" in the Proceedings of The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW)

  • February 2025

    • Research Talk: "Computing the Immeasurable" at the Center for the Informed Public at the University of Washington

  • January 2025

    • Attended Conference: The 2025 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP)

    • Research Publication: "But Where do We Begin? Guiding Improved Design for End-of-Life Data Planning Approaches" in the Proceedings of GROUP 2025

  • December 2024

    Public Press Publication: "After a suicide, more loved ones are seeking support online. Does it help or harm?" in CU Boulder Today

  • November 2024

    • Launch: The Digital Legacy Clinic at CU Boulder alongside Dr. Jed R. Brubaker. The first center of its kind to provide pro-bono end-of-life data and account management support for families who have lost a loved one

    • Research Publication: "'I hate you. I love you. I’m sorry. I miss you.' Understanding Online Grief Expression Through Suicide Bereavement Letter-Writing Practices" in the Proceedings of The 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW)

    • Research Publication: "Designing for Researcher Access in the U.S. Mortality Data Ecosystem" in the Proceedings of The 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW)

    • Attended Conference: CSCW 2024