My teaching, research, and technical work focus on how people learn, search for information, and make decisions with computing systems.

I teach business and information technology at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where I develop courses and learning materials in programming, databases, analytics, information systems, and practical computing foundations. My research connects information science, human-computer interaction, online health information seeking, and behavioral information research, with particular attention to how cognitive and social biases shape search, judgment, and decision-making.

Before joining Missouri S&T, I worked in higher education, research computing, research data infrastructure, international education, and management information systems. I previously served as a faculty member at Chung Yuan University, taught information systems and business analytics at Florida State University, and contributed to research data and health data science projects. I hold a Ph.D. in Information Science from Florida State University and another in Instructional Technology from Ohio University.

By the way, “T.Y.” is pronounced tee-why.