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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
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Estelle Smith @estellesmithphd.bsky.social Assistant Professor, CS, Colorado School of Mines. Online spiritual care, social computing, online governance, Human-AI Interaction: http://bit.ly/sacredtech. CSCW, CHI, TOCHI, etc. 👩🏼💻
Community Chair for #CSCW2025🇳🇴
https://estellesmithphd.com
Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10.bsky.social Researcher studying social media + AI + mental health. Faculty of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. she/her
Koustuv Saha @kous2v.bsky.social Computational Social Science & Social Computing Researcher | Assistant Prof @illinoisCDS @UofIllinois | Prev @MSFTResearch | Alum @ICatGT @GeorgiaTech @IITKgp
ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. CSCW 2026 will be in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 10–14, 2026: https://cscw.acm.org/2026/.
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Sanchari Das @drsancharidas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at George Mason University | Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington | specializing in security, privacy, HCI, AR/VR, and accessibility | Prev Institutions : University of Denver, ParityTech, XRSI, and American Express. 🙏
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇 @bkacsmar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow. Human-centered privacy enhanced data science e.g., ML, MPC, PSI, etc.
My group is PUPS, Practical Usable Privacy and Security
https://bkacsmar.github.io//
wendy norris @wendynorris.bsky.social Assoc Prof | Information Science
Ex-investigative reporter and editor
Crisis informatics nerd
Makes good trouble
Tell your dog I said "hi"
Ross Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social 🗳️ #DemocracyScience nerd for an incrementally better world, reporting from the intersection of info & action. Pro-🏳️🌈,🏳️⚧️, 🇺🇸, and 🇺🇳 🌎🌏🌍
🔎 Researcher @ discourselabs.org
🌇 Urbanist & governance reform advocate @ fairrepla.bsky.social
📍 San Francisco
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
Shruti Phadke @shrutiphadke.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Drexel College of Computing and Informatics.
https://shrutiphadke.github.io/
Samantha Dalal @samanthadalal.bsky.social **On the job market!**
InfoSci PhD Candidate @ CU Boulder
MSR SMC '23; MSR TAIX '24
Community-based methods for tech accountability
Adriana S Vivacqua @avivacqua.bsky.social Professor, CSCW & HCI, UFRJ, Brazil
Matti Nelimarkka @matnel.bsky.social
Dr. Julie Kientz @juliekientz.bsky.social Professor and Chair at @uw-hcde.bsky.social; Human-Computer Interaction researcher studying tech for health, education, & families; Academic mama. Views are my own.
Andrew Berry, PhD @andrewberry.bsky.social Design research, person-centered health care, digital health. Assistant Professor in Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University.
Ankolika De @ankolika.bsky.social PhD candidate, Penn State, Information, HCI, Social Media, STS; On the Job Market.
Daniel Epstein @depstein.net Associate Professor, University of California Irvine
https://depstein.net/
Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social NLP, cultural analytics. Assistant Professor of CS at University of Colorado Boulder. Books, bikes, games, art. https://maria-antoniak.github.io
Jofish @jofish.bsky.social I do human-computer interaction, mainly, and play music for fun. Well, and a lot of other stuff. But HCI is useful as a way to find me.
Diyi Yang @diyiyang.bsky.social Assistant Professor @Stanford CS @StanfordNLP @StanfordAILab
Computational Social Science & NLP
Anubrata Das @ NAACL 2025 @anubrata.bsky.social Just Finished PhD @ UT Austin; Human-Centered NLP. Language Models
https://anubrata.github.io
Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social Online Communities, Social Tech, Folk Theories, Epistemic Justice, Queer/Trans HCI. Assistant Prof of Comp Sci & Comm Studies @ Northeastern University. @nusealab.bsky.social director. Neurodivergent, trans woman, wife girl, femme lesbian, dork. (she/her)
Nikhil Garg @nkgarg.bsky.social I study algorithms/learning/data applied to democracy/markets/society. Asst. professor at Cornell Tech. https://gargnikhil.com/. Helping building personalized Bluesky research feed: https://bsky.app/profile/paper-feed.bsky.social/feed/preprintdigest
🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UT Austin's iSchool.
Big Tech, political economy, AI hype, AI in War
trying to help computer ppl think more critically about computer, including me
exCornell/CMU/NASA/MSR/IntelLabs.
davidwidder.me
😶 stuart reeves 😶 @5tuartreeves.bsky.social ACADEMIC PERSON
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
Tzu-Sheng Kuo 郭子生 @tskuo.bsky.social PhD student @ CMU HCII
I build systems that empower people to shape AI through collaborative, deliberative, and democratic processes.
https://tskuo.github.io
Kashif Imteyaz @kashifimteyaz.bsky.social Comp Sci PhD @KhouryCollege. Studying Human-AI Interaction & FutureOfWork
https://www.kimteyaz.com/
Rashidujjaman Rifat @rifat-r2d2.bsky.social CS Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto; HCI, CSCW, Ethics in AI, Pluralism.
More: https://www.rashidujjaman.com/
Ridley LeDoux @ridleyal.bsky.social With great power comes great respronsitrilitrance
Cella @cellllla.bsky.social She/her | Postdoc @ UVA DTD | Previously: CMU HCII, Data & Society, UCI Informatics, Big Cartel Workers Union. Views are my own. http://cella.io
Stine S. Johansen @stinejohansen.bsky.social Researcher in HCI, interaction design, prototyping, human-robot interaction, soundscape, sound interaction, design methods.
Postdoc at QUT, Australia - soon to be Assistant Prof (TT) at Aalborg University, Denmark.
Aneesha Singh @puddlelogic.bsky.social Hci researcher and faculty at University College London.
Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social Research Director, Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell University, r/AskHistorians moderator
I study how to make the internet freer and safer— and how to help the helpers on the ground making that possible. She/her
https://citizensandtech.org/
Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social Privacy & data ethics scholar. Director of @MUDataEthics.bsky.social at Marquette University. I also curate @ZuckerbergFiles.bsky.social
Anton @ntnon.bsky.social
Matthew Zent @matthewzent.bsky.social PhD Candidate, CS, University of Minnesota. Online communities, Applied AI, Research Ethics. https://zentavious.github.io/
Shadi.N @shadinz.bsky.social PhD student in Computer Science | Interested in Human-Computer Interaction, Online Communities, Mental Health
Jesan @jesanovi.bsky.social I’m a PhD student in the Computer Science Department at the Colorado School of Mines. My primary research focus is on online spiritual communities, particularly through the lens of computational social science.
Iman Mohammadi @imanm02.bsky.social 1st Year PhD student at UCI
@chenhaotan.bsky.social @chenhaotan.bsky.social Associate professor at the University of Chicago. Working on human-centered AI, NLP, CSS. https://chenhaot.com, https://substack.com/@cichicago
Jacy Reese Anthis @jacyanthis.bsky.social Researching machine learning and human-AI interaction, particularly the rise of digital minds. Student researcher at Google DeepMind, visiting scholar at Stanford, co-founder of Sentience Institute, and PhD candidate at U of Chicago. jacyanthis.com
Jake Thebault-Spieker @jacob.thebault-spieker.com Professional account, professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, in the Information School, as a part of the School of Computer, Data, and Information Sciences.
w: http://jacob.thebault-spieker.com
JaeWon Kim @jaewonk.bsky.social social media, online communities, youth, trust, usable privacy @ischool.uw.edu 😁 https://jaewonkim.me // https://positech.github.io/
Sunyup Park @sypark9.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Information at the University of Maryland
Malik Khadar @malik-khadar.bsky.social 2nd year PhD student studying human-centered AI at the University of Minnesota.
Website: https://malikkhadar.github.io/
Ananya Gupta @ananyagupta-hcai.bsky.social About to graduate with PhD in Human-Centered Computing, Clemson University in May 2026.
Human-Centered AI | User-controlled Social media post translation | Safety and Trustworthy AI | UX researcher
Portia Wang @portiawang.bsky.social phding @Stanford • previously @Columbia • I design and build things in 🥽 sometimes
sohyeon hwang @s0hw.bsky.social postdoc @princetoncitp.bsky.social
i study and support community-based models of governing technologies.
https://www.sohyeonhwang.com/
travis lloyd (træve) @travislloydphd.bsky.social public interest technologist // luddite hacker.
information science phd at cornell tech.
inequality, ai, and the information ecosystem.
🤠 traeve.com 🤠
Farhana Shahid @farhana-shahid.bsky.social PhD candidate at Cornell University. HCI researcher examining trust & safety issues in the Majority World.
Nina Lutz @ninalutz.bsky.social PhD-ing at UW @cip.uw.edu @hcde.uw.edu. Visual media in problematic info (mis/disinfo, hate, scams, propaganda) and digital safety in sociotechnical systems. ninalutz.github.io.
Kaixiang Sean Zhang @seanzhangkx.bsky.social Cornell MSCS;
Hauke Sandhaus @sandhaus.bsky.social http://hauke.haus
Information Science PhD candidate advised by Helen Nissenbaum, Wendy Ju and Qian Yang. Creator of http://brightpatterns.org
Tallal Ahmad @tallal527.bsky.social PhD candidate @ UW–Madison (iSchool) | HCI, Responsible AI & socio-technical systems | Researching how AI ethics & governance frameworks connect with real-world ML practice | Interested in Global North/South perspectives on AI | Ex-LUMS/ITU
Ashique Ali T @ashiquealit.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.
Affiliation: Socio-technical Resistance and Ethical Technologies (STREET) Lab.
Research: Tech-mediated resistance + {labour, caste, social movements}
Eunmi (Ellie) Jeong @elliejeong.bsky.social 📍Ph.D. candidate in the Information School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
📚 Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) | Human-AI Collaboration | Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Pushpendra Singh @singhpushpendra.bsky.social I am a HCI researcher at IIIT Delhi. I work in the area of HCI4D - developing tech solutions to societal problems. I work in health primarily with CSCW and CHI community.
Sastha Srinivasan @sasthasrinivasan.bsky.social A computer science researcher from IIIT-Delhi interested in bridging technology with lived realities of Global South Societies.
Akshay Kolgar Nayak @akshayknayak.bsky.social With Gusto!
Zach Levonian @zwlevonian.bsky.social Human–computer interaction researcher. PhD from University of Minnesota. Tacoma, WA. Mastodon: zwlevonian@hci.social
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social History and politics of climate science, climate change, knowledge infrastructures. Prof. Emeritus of Information and History, University of Michigan and Director Emeritus, Stanford University STS Program. Now expat based in Marseille, fleeing US fascism.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
Dallas Card @dallascard.bsky.social Assistant professor at https://si.umich.edu/ working in computational social science, machine learning, and NLP | https://dallascard.github.io
Alain Cohn @acohn.bsky.social Associate Professor @ University of Michigan
Behavioral Economist || alaincohn.com
rebecca frank @rfrank.bsky.social Asst Prof @ UMSI
she/her. digital preservation & curation, risk & disasters, open data.
@rfrank@digipres.club
Ben Green @benzevgreen.bsky.social Author of ALGORITHMIC REALISM: DATA SCIENCE PRACTICES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE (Oct 6, MIT Press). Assistant Professor of Information and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. https://www.benzevgreen.com
Mark Guzdial @markguzdial.bsky.social Professor in CSE, Information, and Education at
U-Michigan. Director of PCAS https://lsa.umich.edu/computingfor. Computing Ed Researcher, blogger, dad. https://computinged.wordpress.com/
Libby Hemphill @libbyh.bsky.social Faculty member at Michigan. Data archivist, computational social scientist, reluctant social media user
Abigail Jacobs @azjacobs.bsky.social Asst Prof of Information @ UMich thinking about assumptions built into AI
David Jurgens @davidjurgens.bsky.social Associate prof at @UMich in SI and CSE working in computational social science and natural language processing. PI of the Blablablab blablablab.si.umich.edu
Silvia Lindtner @yunnia.bsky.social writer ethnographer Prof Umich Author of Prototype Nation: China & the Contested Promise of Innovation she/her
Joyojeet Pal @joyojeet.bsky.social ঘোড়ার ডিম
Daniel Romero @danielmromero.bsky.social Associate Professor at UMSI, UMICHCS, and UMICHCSE working on Computational Social Science, Network Science, Science of Science, Complex Systems, and Social Media. 🇨🇴🇺🇸 dromero.org
Dr. Charles R. Severance (Dr. Chuck) @dr-chuck.bsky.social Professor, open source, EdTech, OER, MOOCs. Python for Everybody - the most popular programming course in the world.
Misha Teplitskiy | Science of science | on LinkedIn mostly @innovation.bsky.social Mostly on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/misha-teplitskiy
justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social assistant professor in information, university of michigan. i have big intellectual feelings about language and technology.
https://tisjune.github.io/
she/her
Matt Bui @mnbui.bsky.social professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, focusing on racial justice as data justice. interests: critical data x urban comm
working on a book, Appetite for Data, about foodie platforms & race / class / solidarity.
radjusticelab.com
Michaelanne Thomas @michaelannephd.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information | anthropology of technology | precarity, activism, collaboration | Latin America + US | also parenting, animals, & tiny things | michaelannethomas.com- T Patricia Garcia @thebigfiveone.bsky.social Assoc Professor at @umsi + Co-Director of @MichiganESC + Proud first gen scholar studying race, gender, and tech.
Jenn Gibbs @gibni.bsky.social I am a professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara who researches organizational communication and digital media, especially collaboration in global, virtual, and remote work.
Mx Dylan Spradlin, MA, LCSW (they/them) @familyinsights.bsky.social Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, in Msla, Montana. Neurosparkly, AuDHD, dog lover, birder, pollinater gardener, justice warrior, child advocate, fierce anti-oppressionist, continually evolving my joyful life of healing. www.familyinsightstherapy.com
Jordan Acker @jordanackermi.bsky.social Girl Dad x 3, UM Regent, Lawyer.
Anhong Guo @anhongguo.bsky.social Assistant prof at UMich.
Lada Adamic @ladamic.bsky.social For now aiming to entertain people with my remodeling mistakes.
@teknoreba.bsky.social @teknoreba.bsky.social
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Aaron Jiang @aaroniidx.bsky.social Spending way too much time thinking about trust & safety, anime, and gaming.
Harmanpreet Kaur @harmankaur.bsky.social Assistant professor at University of Minnesota CS. Human-centered AI, interpretable ML, hybrid intelligence systems.
@terveen.bsky.social @terveen.bsky.social
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.