Improving Advising Relationships Between PhD Students and Faculty in Human-Computer Interaction
Consentful Systems
Jane Im
I rethink the definition of consent to design safer social software (e.g., social media, workplace software) and study relevant socio-economic factors to reimagine platform companies’ business practices. Existing social computing systems enable two classes of problem: 1) interpersonal harm users cause one another (e.g., online harassment) and 2) institutional exploitation of users (e.g., companies’ surveillance of users). Both are closely related with people’s consent (e.g., "Do I decide to interact with th
My research provides theoretical ideas about encoding affirmative consent into social software by drawing from feminist and Human-Computer Interaction literature—which has impacted the design of new social media. Based on consent-centered design insights, I build safety tools and governance mechanisms to enable safer and more productive online interactions. Furthermore, because there is a huge power imbalance between companies and users —which often means companies deceive users into making unenthusiastic c
I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information and Division of Computer Science & Engineering . I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Kentaro Toyama and Dr. Nikola Banovic . I am also part of the Human-Centered Computing Lab . My work is supported by the Barbour Scholarship and Meta Research PhD Fellowship .
Improving Advising Relationships Between PhD Students and Faculty in Human-Computer Interaction
Consentful Systems
Jane Im