1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 27fb800..bb9dae6 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ i exist in a lot of places:
 - give me money once on [ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/boringcactus) or on an ongoing basis on [patreon](https://www.patreon.com/boringcactus)
 - if you must, email me at `melody@<this domain>`
 
+currently, by night i'm a PhD student in Dr. Leah Buechley's [Hand and Machine research group](https://handandmachine.cs.unm.edu/), and by even later night i intermittently work on side projects.
+
 every once in a very great while i write things here:
 
 {% for post in posts %}