By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 13, 2019
Zaina Aljallad at CSCW
Congratulations to STIR Lab undergraduate student Zaina Aljallad for her presentation at CSCW 2019 on the co-authored article, "Co-designing for Community Oversight: Helping People Make Privacy And Security Decisions Together". The article proposes a novel model for collaborative interaction for making individual digital privacy and security decisions, known as Community...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 11, 2019
Badillo-Urquiola
Congratulations to 4th year STIR Lab Ph.D. student Karla Badillo-Urquiola for being featured by UCF's College of Graduate Studies for her exemplary research and track record as an extraordinary UCF Knight. Karla's dissertation focuses on the online safety of teens in foster care. Karla's Profile: https://graduate.ucf.edu/profile/karla-badillo-urquiola Social Media...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 11, 2019
CSCW 2019 Workshops
Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. student Afsaneh Razi for being accepted to participate in two CSCW 2019 workshops in Austin, Texas: Qualitative Research Methods for CSCW Ethical Considerations for Adolescent Online Risk Detection AI Systems Qualitative Research Methods Participants (Afsaneh is in the back row, fourth from the right)
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 7, 2019
Women in STEM
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski who was invited to participate in a panel on "Women in STEM" at UCF. She emphasized to undergraduate STEM women at UCF to pursue STEM careers--not because they need to prove to someone else that they can do it, but because they should pursue what...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 6, 2019
ACM Interactions Article
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for her co-authorship on a recent article in the November-December 2019 edition of ACM Interactions. The article, titled "Moving Beyond 'One Size Fits All': Research Considerations For Working With Vulnerable Populations," discusses the challenges and benefits of working with vulnerable populations, and details a list...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ November 4, 2019
SAGE Article
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski and STIR Lab Ph.D. student Karla Badillo-Urquiola for their lead in the co-authorship of an article in the November 2019 Special Issue of SAGE's Journal of Adolescent Research. The article, titled "Beyond Parental Control: Designing Adolescent Online Safety Apps Using Value Sensitive Design," takes a...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ October 30, 2019
SaTC PI Meeting
Congratulations to Drs. Pamela Wisniewski, Heather Lipford, and Jess Kropcynzski on their Secure and Trustworthy Computing (SaTC) NSF-funded project that was presented in October at the NSF SaTC PI Meeting. STIR Lab undergrads Zaina Aljallad and Christy Laperriere have been working on this project as Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ October 29, 2019
ORC Doctoral Fellows
Congratulations and welcome to STIR Lab first-year Ph.D. students Zainab Agha and Neeraj Chatlani for receiving prestigious UCF's ORC Doctoral Fellowship, a $25,000 stipend with 3 years of graduate assistantship support. They joined the STIR Lab at the beginning of Fall 2019. Neeraj (left) and Zainab (right)
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ October 18, 2019
Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski for being awarded the William R. Jones Outstanding Mentoring Award by the McKnight Foundation and the Florida Education Fund. We was nominated by her Ph.D. student Karla Badillo-Urquiola, who is a McKnight Fellow. Dr. Wisniewski attended the award ceremony in Tampa, FL to receive her...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ October 13, 2019
Badillo-Urquiola Award
Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. student Ms. Karla Badillo-Urquiola who received the Russel V. Ewald Award, which is presented by the McKnight Foundation and the Florida Education Fund to recognize academic excellence and community service. We are proud of Karla, all of her accomplishments, and everything she has given back...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ October 4, 2019
Teens and Screens
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski who gave an invited presentation in Fort Wayne, Indiana at Parkview Medical Center's 2019 "Teens and Screens: Taking Charge of Mental Health" event. Over 300 families and community members attended this wonderfully planned event. Dr. Wisniewski spoke about her research on taking a resilience-based approach...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ September 29, 2019
CSCW 2019 Demo
Congratulations to STIR Lab students Zachary Shea, Zaina Aljallad, David Taylor, and Chhaya Chouhan, and Dr. Wisniewski for the acceptance of their demonstration at CSCW 2019. The demo showcases Carebit, a mobile app for remote, informal caregiving using Fitbit technology. Shea, Z., Aljallad, Z., Taylor, D., Chouhan, C., and Wisniewski, P. (2019)...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ September 28, 2019
STIR PhD Students
The STIR Lab welcomes four new PhD students who joined the lab in Fall 2019. From left to right, standing in the picture below: Rajib Dey, Zainab Agha, Neeraj Chatlani, and Zach Shea. Also pictured in the front row, Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, and Afsaneh Razi. Not pictured, Kevin...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ September 28, 2019
Welcome Heidi!
The STIR Lab would like to welcome Dr. Heidi Hartikainen who is joining our lab as Post Doctoral Research. She graduated from the University of Oulu in Finland and completed her dissertation work on the topic of child online safety. We are excited to work with Heidi and welcome to...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ September 28, 2019
Oulu, Finland
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski who was invited to teach a three day course on "Conducting Research with Teens: Methods and Findings in Adolescent Online Safety" at University of Oulu in Finland. She was excited to have this wonderful opportunity to engage with Ph.D. students in Finland and thankful for...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ September 13, 2019
Associate Editor TSC
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski who was selected to serve as an Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Social Computing. ACM Transactions on Social Computing (TSC) seeks to publish work that covers the full spectrum of social computing including theoretical, empirical, systems, and design research contributions. Dr. Wisniewski is excited...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ August 22, 2019
CSCW 2019 Papers
Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski, her students, and collaborators for two full papers that were accepted to CSCW 2019!! The papers will be presented during November 2019 in Austin, Texas. Page, X., Anaraky, R.G., Knijnenburg, B.P., and Wisniewski, P. (2019) “Pragmatic Tool vs. Relational Hindrance: Exploring Why Some Social Media Users...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ August 20, 2019
Rivera Award
Congratulations to Ms. Olga Rivera for winning the CECS Employee of the Semester Award! Dr. Wisniewski nominated Olga for this award due to Olga's commitment to excellence at UCF and her support of the STIR Lab: "Olga is impeccable in terms of the accuracy in which she does her job....
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