Hi, I’m Miranda!

I’m a first-year Media Lab student in the Personal Robots Group.. Here’s my (slightly out-of-date) personal website where you can see some of the things I did before I got here. I made this Figma board to introduce myself to my cohort that is probably the most up-to-date summary of Who I Am Right Now:

Here’s what that itty bitty hard-to-read text says:

hi i am miranda!

art is my favorite thing to do. my ongoing art practice (mostly traditional mediums + 2D so far but currently in a bit of an exploratory phase) deeply informs my worldview and helps me see myself / my surroundings more clearly, so i can be more kind.

so far, i have mostly siloed my academic / research life apart from my art practice: i’ve been working on building accessible, human-centered CS education and doing AI stuff™. however the whole point of me coming here is that i want to see if there is a way to bring my art practice a bit closer to my research and vice versa. tbd if / how that is possible; i am very picky and opinionated about The Intersection of Art and Technology which is, inevitably, where i find myself…