About
Hi! I’m Angela, a Public Policy, Psychology, & Digital Intelligence student at Duke University. I work at the intersection of AI policy, media & information ecosystems, and cultural labor, with a focus on using digital policy and journalism to democratize information access and strengthen community connections. This past summer, I researched AI policy, music streaming, and creative democracy in the EU & UK as a Laidlaw Scholar and with Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. This culminated in presentations at the University of Oxford's Rothermere American Institute, the Laidlaw Scholars Global Conference, and a forthcoming publication with Taylor & Francis. Previously, at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, the world's leading think tank in science & technology policy, I investigated AI use in election information dissemination for minority-language voters in the US. Having grown up in both Hong Kong and Canada, I also strongly believe in the importance of collaboratio…
Experience
Vice President of Campus Life
Senator of Campus Life
• Elected to elevate undergraduate student life, implementing key initiatives including removing upfront laundry costs & expanding healthcare access on East Campus (our freshman campus). Voted weekly on Student Organization Finance Committee funding allocations to support campus programming. Additional Commitments: • 2024–25: Undergraduate Student Representative @ Information Technology Advisory Council, Board of Elections • 2023–24: DSG Reforms Task Force, Senate Internal Affairs Committee, Blue Devil Buddies Mentorship Program
Ai & Creative Economy Policy Researcher
Duke Hart Leadership Program · Brussels
Present
• Researched & analyzed AI & music streaming in the EU & UK from June–July 2025, producing a 40-page collaborative policy paper and additional research deliverables in six weeks. • Presented at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute in June 2025 to key industry, policy, and academic stakeholders. • Consulted leading policy & music stakeholders from the EU Parliament & Commission, NATO, Universal Music Group, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), OECD, and Digital Europe (among others), traversing Brussels, Paris, Oxford, and London. • Advised graciously by Duke Professor David Hoffman and Grammy-nominated musician Tift Merritt.
Inaugural Laidlaw Scholar for Research & Leadership @ Duke University
Present
• Selected to join a global community of scholars in 20 member universities across 3 continents dedicated to “becoming ethical leaders in every sector and geography.” Hosted under Duke’s Hart Leadership Program as a research, leadership, & community engagement fellowship with two fully-funded summers. Summer 2025: • Researched & analyzed AI & music streaming in the EU & UK from June–July 2025, producing a 40-page collaborative policy paper and additional research deliverables in six weeks. • Presented at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute in June 2025 to key industry, policy, and academic stakeholders. • Conducted research in consultation with stakeholders from the EU Parliament & Commission, NATO, Universal Music Group, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), OECD, and Digital Europe (among others), traversing Brussels, Paris, Oxford, and London. • Advised graciously by Duke Professor David Hoffman and Grammy-nominated musician Tift Merritt.
Undergraduate Student Representative @ Information Technology Advisory Council
Present
• Elected by the Duke Student Government to provide the undergraduate perspective on Duke’s digital equity, emerging technology, and R&D strategy. Collaborate biweekly with administrators, faculty, staff, and fellow students, including Duke CIO & VP Tracy Futhey.
Project Director @ Project Global (Experiential Orientation @ New Student & Family Programs)
Cyber Policy Travel Competitor @ Duke Cyber Team
• Research & propose policy solutions to cybersecurity & geopolitical incidents at the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge hosted by the Atlantic Council. • International semifinalist & awardee (Best Teamwork Award) @ Washington, DC (Mar 2025). • National semifinalist & awardee (Best Policy Brief Award) @ Austin, TX (Feb 2025).
Co-President
Duke University Blue Devil Buddies
• Spearheaded Duke Student Government's flagship mentorship program supporting incoming students—both first-years and transfer students—with their transitions to Duke by pairing them one-on-one with upperclassman students. Historically generated 1,000+ pairs every year (with a first-year class size of ~1,700). • Initiated pivotal improvements, including being approved as a DSG Affiliate (thus becoming DSG's umbrella mentorship program organization), organizing BDB's first-ever in-person social events (in our five years of history), reforming internal processes, and forming collaborations with wider campus organizations.
Local News & Civic Information Ecosystems Researcher @ Bass Connections
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
• Investigated information inequalities in news ecosystems and public policy solutions alongside faculty, graduate students, and fellow undergraduates, devising and researching two projects advised by Dr. Phil Napoli and Dr. Andrew Trexler. • Researched geographical divides in local news consumption (rural vs. urban) in North Carolina, conducting in-person focus groups and content analysis. Accepted for presentation at the 2025 Local Journalism Researchers Workshop hosted by UNC's Hussman School of Journalism and Duke's DeWitt Wallace Center of Media & Democracy. • Built a sample dataset and codebook for a machine-learning news headlines classifier to identify bias (e.g., jargon & clickbait), handcoding 2,000 news headlines from American national newspapers and conducting intercoder reliability tests.
Ai & Elections Research Fellow
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation · Washington, DC
• Researched the use of AI in election information dissemination for minority language voters in the US. Part of ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation. Advised by ITIF Vice President Daniel Castro. • "ITIF is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute that has been recognized repeatedly as the world’s leading think tank for science and technology policy." (https://itif.org)
President @ East Campus Council (First-Year Class Council)
• Elected by the Class of 2027 to oversee the Executive Board, East Campus House (Dorm) Council Representatives, and three standing committees in organizing fortnightly campus-wide programming & traditions (with a ~$90K USD budget) and collating student feedback. Chair weekly General Body and Executive Board meetings. • Represent first-years to university administrators, elevating the first-year QuadEx experience through the Quad Identity Team and synthesizing efforts between East Campus House Councils and West Campus Quad Councils to organize the Bricks to Stone Celebrations (a core annual university tradition). • Served as the Class of 2027 Speaker at the Bricks to Stone 2024 Pinning Ceremony, delivering remarks alongside key administrators including University President Vincent Price. • Affiliated responsibilities: Quad Identity Team & Bricks to Stone Planning Committee. • Also received leadership development training as an inaugural George Scholar for Duke True North Leadership.
Head Student (Student Body President)
• Student Representative @ School Board, Chair @ IS Student Council, Director @ IS Student Ambassadors (Tour Guides), & School Representative @ English Schools Foundation Student Council
Founder & Head @ Girls Rising (Gender Equity Task Force)
• Spearheaded campaign to rename Island School’s Houses for more inclusive representation, establishing an annual renaming tradition to spotlight diverse and remarkable yet underrepresented figures. • Organized whole-school annual Women’s Week celebrations (2021–2023). Pitched for and awarded $10,000 HKD from the Island School Trust. • Recognized by the Island School Team Award for Action & Service 2× and featured by English Schools Foundation (school network) CEO Belinda Greer to all 2.6K employed staff members in ESF’s network of 22 schools in her 'Top Three Things' newsletter.
Co-Founder & Co-Editor-in-Chief @ Island Currents (School Newspaper)
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Student Representative
Education
Duke University
B.A. & B.S., Public Policy & Psychology
Island School
International Baccalaureate Diploma & IGCSE
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