![CDT Welcomes Dr. Wisniewski](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/CDT-jpg.webp)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ February 19, 2024
CDT Welcomes Dr. Wisniewski
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has announced that Dr. Pamela Wisniewski will be joining their Non-Resident Fellows Program. Dr. Wisniewski will join eight other distinguished researchers from diverse organizations and backgrounds, highlighting the far-reaching influence of technology on various facets of everyday life. The Center for Democracy &...
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![Harvard Hosts Dr.Wisniewski](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/AtHarvard.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ February 19, 2024
Harvard Hosts Dr.Wisniewski
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski participated as a panelist at the Harvard Undergraduate UNICEF Club Conference: 'Empowering Humanity.' The conference aims to enlighten, foster reflective thinking, and spark discussions on the educational obstacles encountered by countless children globally. It also explores the connections and root causes of educational disparities, such as conflict,...
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![AI Ethics Book Chapter](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/BookCover-jpg.webp)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ February 18, 2024
AI Ethics Book Chapter
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski who has contributed to a newly published book, titled "Trolley Crash: Approaching Key Metrics for Ethical AI Practitioners, Researchers, and Policy Makers" as one of the chapter authors. She collaborated on the third chapter, "Boiling the Frog: Ethical Leniency due to Prior Exposure to Technology,"...
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![Alsoubai Joins ELEVATE Program](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/Vandy-jpg.webp)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ December 11, 2023
Alsoubai Joins ELEVATE Program
Congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Ashwaq Alsoubai for getting accepted into the ELEVATE leadership program at Vanderbilt University next Spring. The ELEVATE program provides a collaborative environment for senior students to explore critical leadership concepts and skills.
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![CHI 2024 Case Study](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/CHI24Study-jpg.webp)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ December 8, 2023
CHI 2024 Case Study
Congratulations to Naima Ali, Zainab Agha, Neeraj Chatlani, Jinkyung Park, and Pamela Wisniewski on their recent CHI case study acceptance. The case study involved working with seven teens (15-17 years old) in a Youth Advisory Board program for over a year, The authors involved teens in online safety research where...
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![Alghamdi Passes Candidacy](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/Leenas-proposal-Copy.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ December 7, 2023
Alghamdi Passes Candidacy
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Leena Alghamdi on passing her Candidacy Exam for Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida. The Candidacy Exam is the second milestone in the Ph.D. program in which the Graduate Committee evaluates the literature review, research progress, and proposed dissertation studies of...
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![Andy’s MOSafely Poster](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/AndyPoster-jpg.webp)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ November 16, 2023
Andy’s MOSafely Poster
Congratulations to Stirlab Undergraduate student Andy Niser who presented MoSafely study poster at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair. He shared insights about the MOSafely Stakeholder Project and some of the major findings.
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![FOX Hosts Wisniewski](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/Pam-Fox.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ November 15, 2023
FOX Hosts Wisniewski
"Kids making threats at school is nothing new, what's so concerning now is the speed and scale others on social media promote these behaviors," Dr. Wisniewski talks to FOX 35 about a recent incident in Florida involving an 11 years boy who fabricated bomb threat because of TikTok. The middle...
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![Caddle Passes Candidacy](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/xavier.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 19, 2023
Caddle Passes Candidacy
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Xavier Caddle on passing his Candidacy Exam for Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. The Candidacy Exam is the second milestone in the Ph.D. program in which the Graduate Committee evaluates the literature review, research progress, and proposed dissertation studies of...
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![Agha Earns Her Mug](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/zinab.jpg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 19, 2023
Agha Earns Her Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD candidate Zainab Agha for earning her lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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![The Lab Publishes New Posters](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2c648b2b-b736-e3c5-b995-779dd8e65f65.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 18, 2023
The Lab Publishes New Posters
Congratulations to Zainab Agha, Kelsey Miu, Sophia Piper, Jinkyung Park, and Pamela J. Wisniewski on successfully publishing their conference poster at CSCW '23 Companion: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. The publication titled "Co-Designing User Personas and Risk Scenarios for Evaluating Adolescent Online Safety Interventions" provides an in-depth understanding...
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![STIR Lab Presents at CSCW](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2c648b2b-b736-e3c5-b995-779dd8e65f65.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 5, 2023
STIR Lab Presents at CSCW
STIR lab is going to present four papers at CSCW 2023. The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel in Minneapolis, MN USA between October 14 – 18. The four papers the lab is presenting are as follows: “Strike at the Root”: Co-designing Real-Time Social Media Interventions...
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![Alghamdi Earns Her Mug](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/LeenaMug.jpg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 4, 2023
Alghamdi Earns Her Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD Student Leena Alghamdi for earning her lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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![Agha’s Medium Article](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/ZA-Med.jpg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 3, 2023
Agha’s Medium Article
"We provide teen-centered design-based recommendations based on co-design with teens that break from the status quo of victim protection, emphasizing on risk prevention and teen empowerment, rather than treating teens like victims.," Says Zinab Agha, a fifth-year PhD candidate, as part of a recently published article in Medium, which is...
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![STIR Lab Impact Award](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2c648b2b-b736-e3c5-b995-779dd8e65f65.png)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ October 2, 2023
STIR Lab Impact Award
Congratulations to Afsaneh Razi, Ashwaq Alsoubai, Seunghyun Kim, Shiza Ali, Gianluca Stringhini, Munmun De Choudhury, and Pamela Wisniewski for receiving an impact recognition award at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2023). The team was recognized for their work: "Sliding into My DMs: Detecting Uncomfortable or Unsafe Sexual Risk...
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![Caddle Earns His Mug](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/CaddleMug.jpeg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 27, 2023
Caddle Earns His Mug
Congratulations to STIR lab PhD Student Xavier Caddle for earning his lab mug gift! Receiving a mug from the lab is a tradition that the lab does to honor students who successfully published the first study in their dissertation.
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![Scientific American Article](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/citations.jpeg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 22, 2023
Scientific American Article
"Designing features that let users block others and limit the audience for specific posts allow kids and teens to take the reins of their own safety—which is critical," Says Dr. Wisniewski as part of an article featured in Scientific American magazine about how to keep kids and teens safe online....
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![Wisniewski News2 Interview](https://stirlab.org/wp-content/uploads/Wisniewski-sept-23-2.jpg)
By Abdulmalik Alluhidan
/ September 20, 2023
Wisniewski News2 Interview
“Youth are almost desensitized to some of the violent language that’s out there. So, they’ll bully each other to say, ‘go kill yourself’ or, ‘I’m gonna kill myself’ in conversations that are in group conversations that are joking, and so to some extent, I think the social culture around using...
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