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My PhD student Emma is giving her FIRST talk ever at an HCI conference today (Wednesday) at #chi2024 in the 11AM session on online toxicity. If you study trauma, sexual violence, online dating, or data donation…come on out!

Our U.S. National Science Foundation REU site on Digital Accessibility is...halfway over??? Having a blast spending time with these emerging undergrad researchers.

Been two weeks since the first cohort of our U.S. National Science Foundation REU site on digital accessibility ended and I think…this hand painted portrait of my pug Goblin is the greatest gift I’ve ever received. We look at it everyday in our living room!

I’ve officially accepted the responsibility of Director of Graduate Studies for University of Michigan-Flint's College of Innovation & Technology. In this role I’ll be guiding initiatives to ensure that our graduate programs are the most industry-responsive offerings, bar none. UM-Flint College of Innovation and Technology

Proud of Isha for her first 1st-author paper at CSCW next month! She used participatory model building of risk detection AI with online daters and found that women want…biased and subjective AI assessment of risk??? Pre-print: dougzytko.com/research/CSCW_…

3 of our undergrad researchers at University of Michigan-Flint have their first poster publication at ACM CSCW next month on social cross-reality harm in VR dating. Harm within VR is well documented, but what about harm that traverses VR into the physical world? Pre-print: dougzytko.com/research/Tebbe…

One of my favorite collaborations is being published at ACM CSCW next month about perceived algorithmic harms and folk theories on Tinder. Really enjoyed working with Mahla and Motahhare on this paper! Pre-print: dougzytko.com/research/CSCW_…

We’re hiring multiple tenure track positions again University of Michigan-Flint College of Innovation & Technology. Areas of focus: Information Systems, AI, Cybersecurity. Best workplace culture I’ve ever been in. AMA - I’m on the search committee! apply.interfolio.com/155833

#cscw2024 folks: if you’re on the TT faculty job market (or hiring) we are hosting a lunch tomorrow (Tuesday) at the convention center. FREE lunch for first 20 ppl. Meet at front desk at 12:30 or DM me your lunch order. (Btw: we are hiring at UM-Flint College of Innovation and Technology!)

One of my favorite #CSCW2024 presentations! Doug Zytko did an excellent job presenting their work on user interactions with risk detection #AI to prevent online-to-offline harm in #dating apps. Check out their fantastic research: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…

With #cscw2024 now behind us, I can say my favorite memory was watching Mahla ✨ present her work about algorithmic harms on Tinder. She’s worked so hard on this research, and we finally had the opportunity to celebrate it in Costa Rica!

Loved being on this panel at #GROUP2025! Was a great, great first day of my favorite conference. #doritoAI

Are you - or do you know - an undergraduate student who is looking for a paid research position this summer? The application page for our NSF REU site for digital accessibility research is live! umflint.edu/cit/nsf-reu-in…

Submission deadline is this Friday, February 28! Come to join our #CHI2025 workshop to work together on actionable solutions to mitigate new harms in immersive and embodied virtual spaces!

Ever wonder/worry about the role of generative AI in nonconsensual sexual activity? I collaborated with some wonderful people on a commentary piece for the journal Family Relations that is out now! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fa…

So excited for this CHI workshop! If you do any research into computer-mediated harm, highly recommend applying!

Affirmative consent is dead—according to our latest #CHI2025 paper. "Yes Means Yes" sounds simple, but when we asked users how it should actually work in VR and online dating to prevent unwanted behavior, they told us: it doesn’t. Pre-print: dougzytko.com/research/Burge…

Delighted that our #chi2025 paper on affirmative consent won an Honorable Mention award! This whole paper came about from an audience question at CHI 2023 while presenting some of our other research on sexual consent technology. Pre-print: dougzytko.com/research/Burge…

#CHI2025 has officially ended and I couldn’t be prouder of my students for representing UM-Flint College of Innovation and Technology at their very first research conference! They won an Honorable Mention award for their paper on affirmative consent and competed in the student design competition.