Anthropology & Fintech
everyday experiences of money
algorithms and the politics of automation
credit unions and cooperative finance
design, infrastructure, and accessibility
racism and economic justice
Publications
Coauthor (2024)
Coauthor (2023)
Additional Contributor, research and analysis on CBDCs and financial inclusion (2023)
Author (2021)
Author (2021)
Methodology Review, digital currency and end user research (2021)
Coauthor (2021)
Coauthor (2020)
Coauthor (2019)
Presentations
“Compelling Collaboration: Friction in the World of Design Anthropology.” Invited Talk, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach (2023)
“Faking Photovoice: A Methodological Quandary of Compensation and Authenticity.” 30 Years of Photovoice: Past, Present, Future Conference (2022)
“Trust, Economic Precarity, and Design in Financial Technology.” Center for Emerging Technology research event, Filene Research Institute (2019)
“Fintech and Payments Debrief 2018: Reading the Tea Leaves and Setting New Agendas for Money and Technology.” Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (2018)
Other Media and Public Impact
Trust and the Design of Bank Branches with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (research featured, April 8, 2024)
Picturing Financial Security with UCI School of Social Sciences (research featured, May 24, 2023)
Talking about Money, Together: An Abrazar-UCI Photovoice Collaboration with Photovoice Worldwide (blog, May 1, 2023)
Community Credit: A new project reimagining financial trust in the digital age with the Filene Research Institute (blog, February 15, 2022)
New research unveils missed opportunities for credit union lenders with Credit Union Times (research featured, September 9, 2021)
Webinar: Empathy and intimacy in automated financial customer service with the Filene Research Institute (webinar, January 14, 2021)
The CARES Act and credit reporting: what credit unions need to know with the Filene Research Institute (blog, September 10, 2020)
Storytelling for Impact - Virtual Train-the-Trainers Workshop with SparkPoint OC with the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (blog, July 7, 2020)
Solving for opportunities and impact with Economist Impact (quoted, November 28, 2019)
Auditing algorithms for bias and exploring new collaborative data models for credit unions with the Filene Research Institute (webinar, April 9, 2019)
Fintech apps: Shaping the future of financial literacy? with UCI School of Social Sciences (research featured, April 1, 2019)
A primer on algorithms and bias with the Filene Research Institute (webinar, March 8, 2019)