By Mamtaj Akter
/ November 5, 2025
Wisniewski CCC Workshop
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski co-organized the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Visioning Workshop on “Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing,” alongside Katie Siek, Tammy Toscos, Sunny Consolvo, and Kevin Butler. The workshop brought together 49 researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and civil society to examine how the computing community can better...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ October 30, 2025
Wisniewski on Revolution.Social
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski joined Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath on the Revolution.Social podcast to discuss what it really takes to make the internet safer for teens. The conversation explored why parental control apps and restrictive approaches often fall short, what teens say they actually need to navigate online risks, and why protecting...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ October 5, 2025
Wisniewski Joins ICSI
Wisniewski Joins ICSI Dr. Pamela Wisniewski has joined the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) as a Principal Research Scientist. She is also the Founder and Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research (STIR) Lab and Teenovate. Wisniewski’s interdisciplinary research lies at the intersection of social computing, privacy, and adolescent online safety,...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ August 30, 2025
Wisniewski at Public Knowledge
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski joined researchers, advocates, and policymakers at Public Knowledge for a discussion on building a safer and healthier internet for children and teens. The event centered on Public Knowledge’s report, The Kids Aren’t Alright Online: How To Build a Safer, Better Internet for Everyone, which calls for policymaking...
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By Mamtaj Akter
/ August 28, 2025
Wisniewski in Washington Post
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski was featured in The Washington Post discussing growing privacy concerns surrounding camera-enabled smart glasses and why Gen Z is pushing back against being recorded in public without consent. (The Washington Post) Wisniewski explained that Gen Z has developed heightened awareness of privacy, consent, and digital footprints and...
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By Renkai Ma
/ April 4, 2025
Wisniewski on AI Futures
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski has contributed her insights to the latest report published by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center and Lee Rainie, titled “Being Human in 2035: How Are We Changing in the Age of AI?” The report explores how advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) may reshape fundamental human...
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By Renkai Ma
/ March 23, 2025
Alluhidan in The Conversation
We are thrilled to share that Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt University, and Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab, were recently featured in The Conversation for their CSCW 2024 research highlighting how social media design directly shapes the risks and benefits teens experience online. Their...
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By Renkai Ma
/ March 19, 2025
Wisniewski on CDT Panel
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski recently participated as a panelist at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Working Group Meeting on Shaping Safer Digital Spaces for Kids. She joined Dr. Alice Marwick, Director of Research at the Data & Society Research Institute at UNC Chapel Hill, and Dr. Brandie Nonnecke, Founding...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ March 18, 2025
Ma Joins UCincinnati
Congratulations to our postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Renkai Ma, on his new position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Information Technology! Renkai will officially begin his faculty role in Fall 2025. Renkai’s research takes a human-centered approach to Trust & Safety (T&S), focusing on three...
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By Renkai Ma
/ February 22, 2025
Alghamdi earns Ph.D.
Congratulations to Dr. Leena Alghamdi!We are thrilled to share that Leena Alghamdi, a Computer Engineering PhD student in the STIR Lab and also at the University of Central Florida, has successfully defended her dissertation, “Improving smart home access control mechanisms to account for community-based sharing beyond the home.” Her research...
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By Renkai Ma
/ February 5, 2025
Ali Earns Master Degree
We are thrilled to announce that Naima Samreen Ali, a third-year PhD student at Vanderbilt University, has successfully completed her Master of Science in Computer Science. Her research focuses on adolescent online safety, privacy, and social computing, approached from a Human-Computer Interaction perspective. Naima's recent publications delve into design-based nudges...
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By Renkai Ma
/ February 4, 2025
Qadir Earns Master Degree
We are thrilled to announce that Sarvech Qadir, a third-year PhD student at Vanderbilt University, has recently earned his Master of Science in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University. His research revolves around adolescent online safety, leveraging Human-Computer Interaction and Machine Learning to foster safer digital environments. His recent publications span...
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By Renkai Ma
/ November 25, 2024
SafeLINC Advances Youth Safety
A senior design team of UCF Computer Science students presented their work on SafeLINC, a mobile app designed to improve suicide safety planning for youth aged 10-24. SafeLINC offers an interactive, secure, and culturally sensitive approach, addressing gaps in existing mobile health (mHealth) apps. Incorporating the six dimensions of the...
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By Renkai Ma
/ November 25, 2024
MiSu App Team Triumphs
A senior design team of UCF Computer Science undergraduate students completed their almost year-long work on Mi Casa es Su Casa (MiSu) with a final presentation recently. Starting in Spring 2024, the team collaborated with the Socio-Technical Interaction Research Lab to develop an Android and iOS app focused on secure...
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By Renkai Ma
/ November 18, 2024
Roblox Boosts Parental Controls
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Popular online gaming platform Roblox has introduced new parental control features aimed at improving safety for young users. Speaking to The National News Desk, Dr. Pam Wisniewski, a computer science professor at Vanderbilt University and also a mother, shared her perspective on the changes and the ongoing...
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By Renkai Ma
/ November 1, 2024
Wisniewski in Scientific American
Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, an expert in human-computer interaction and youth online safety, shared her views in Scientific American on the complex role of GPS tracking in parenting teens. Wisniewski emphasized, "It depends on how parents use the information. If it’s a tool for safety and open communication, that’s one thing,...
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By Naima Samreen
/ November 1, 2024
OSTP Workshop
OSTP Workshop on Ethical Considerations in Youth Online Safety Research Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, an expert in human-computer interaction and youth online safety, participated in a workshop hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on October 15, 2024. The event, "Ethical Considerations when Studying Youth Online,"...
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By Naima Samreen
/ October 7, 2024
Radio Talk
The Internet offers kids and teens many positive things, but there's also a dark side targeting young people. Pamela Wisniewski, PhD, a specialist in privacy and online safety for adolescents, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University offers expert advice to keep your kids safe online. Listen to the...
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