is a PhD student in computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She studies how the designs of technologies encourage or discourage us from taking actions that lead to a good life, and how we can redesign technology to promote positive habits. Her research draws from virtue ethics and Catholic Social Teaching to determine the habits we should be designing for or avoiding. On this topic, she co-authored the book Virtue in Virtual Spaces: Catholic Social Teaching and Technology which was published by Liturgical Press in September 2024. A graduate of Brown University, Louisa worked as a software engineer for Amazon Alexa and served as a campus missionary with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) before starting her graduate studies at Notre Dame.
