Graduate Student
Contact Information
Biography
• PhC
• MA, Anthropology, UW Seattle
• MA with Honors, Medicine, Science & Technology Studies, UC Irvine
• BA with High Distinction, Anthropology, UC Berkeley
My multisited research project situated within Medical Anthropology concerns cognizant elders in Southern California, with a central focus on low-income older adults.
I serve as a Member of the inaugural IRB at the ArtCenter College of Art and Design.
(There is no choice nor space for 'Sex & Gender' that includes non-queer men in my "Fields of Interest" due to how the backend of this webpage works, or else the category would be there.)
Awards and Honors
Sam Dubal Fellowship, 2025-2026
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Former Member, Neuroethics Thrust, Former Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering
Top Scholar Award (UW, Seattle)
Research
Selected Research
- In Disruptive Improvisations: Making Use of Non-Deterministic Art Practices in HCI. (CHI 2018)
- Liu, M. (2016). Care and crowdsourcing. Medicine Anthropology Theory. http://www.medanthrotheory.org/read/6875/care-and-crowdsourcing
- Liu, M. (2016). A Good Death: Towards Alternative Dementia Personhoods. The Neuroethics Blog. Retrieved on November 14, 2016, from http://www.theneuroethicsblog.com/2016/10/a-good-death-towards-alternative.html
Courses Taught
Additional Courses
ArtCenter College of Design
Spring '21 - present
- "Race & Racism"
Spring '21- Spring '22
- "Intro to Anthropology"
Summer '21
- "VAX for ALL: Design to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy and Achieve Vaccine Equity"
Fall '21
- "Detectable, Preventable: Promoting Cancer Screenings within the Filipino-American Community" (w/Cedars-Sinai's Research Center for Health Equity)
Spring 2022
- "Birthing Barriers: Designing for Black Birth Equity" (w/Kindred Space LA)
Summer 2022
- "Vaccinate Pasadena!" (w/Pasadena Dept. of Public Health)
Affiliations
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