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Jessica Vitak
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She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Director of the HCIL. General Chair for CSCW 2025. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content. .. more

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Jessica Vitak is an American information scientist who is a professor at the University of Maryland. She is faculty in the University of Maryland College of Information (iSchool) and Communication Department. She serves as Director of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) and an Associate Member of the Social Data Science Center (SoDa). .. more

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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 2d
Also, I'm getting very excited to see so many of you in Bergen, but I'm also going to have 57 different things on my mind at any given time, so please come grab me and say hi & make sure I'm drinking enough water. :)

[chairing a conference turns out to be a lot of work!]
#cscw2025

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 2d
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#CSCW2025 is almost here! The virtual pre-conference is this Friday, Oct. 10th, and the main in-person conference is from Oct. 18-22nd.

The program for the pre- & main conference events are online, including abstracts, author info, and awards winners. 

programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
Conference Programs
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 3d
If you're not already following @acm-cscw.bsky.social, now is the time to do so! With the online pre-conference this Friday & the main conference in 2 weeks, we are sharing lots of amazing research by CSCW authors. #cscw2025
You can also check the full program out here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
Conference Programs
programs.sigchi.org
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 7d
Happening today on campus and over Zoom!
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HCIL @hcil-umd.bsky.social · 13d
Join us at 12:30pm ET Thursday, 10/2, in Iribe 4105 or online for our weekly brown bag speaker series. We'll hear from Jeba Rezwana on "The next Frontier of AI in Creative Spaces: Designing Human-Centered Co-Creative AI" Visit hcil.umd.edu/bbl-speaker-... for more information.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 8d
Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.
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HCIL @hcil-umd.bsky.social · 13d
Join us at 12:30pm ET Thursday, 10/2, in Iribe 4105 or online for our weekly brown bag speaker series. We'll hear from Jeba Rezwana on "The next Frontier of AI in Creative Spaces: Designing Human-Centered Co-Creative AI" Visit hcil.umd.edu/bbl-speaker-... for more information.
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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 14d
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 15d
To kick us off, I'll admit that nearly 20 years since I started grad school, I still struggle with defining/describing/differentiating epistemology & ontology. My brain does not want to remember these concepts specifically.
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 15d
I'm teaching a proseminar this semester for new PhD students. We're reading @jessicacalarco.com's great book, "A Field Guide to Grad School" & we're talking about academic jargon tomorrow. What's some academic jargon you took a long time to understand? Any weird jargon I should share with students?
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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 15d
Thinking about attending #CSCW2025 in picturesque Bergen, Norway? Register soon before rates go up on October 1st!

We have reserved rooms at the nearby Hotel Zander K. Reserve by September 25th for the special rate of US$164 /night.

cscw.acm.org/2025/index.php/registration/
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HCIL @hcil-umd.bsky.social · 20d
Join us at 12:30pm ET, 9/25 , in IRB4105 or Zoom for our BBL speaker series. We'll hear from Yuexing Hao on "Outlining the Borders for LLM Applications in Patient Education: Developing an Expert-in-the-Loop LLM-Powered Chatbot for Prostate Cancer Patient Education" hcil.umd.edu/bbl-speaker-series/
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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 20d
This year, #cscw2025 is holding an online pre-conference on October 9 (CET) to give authors who can't travel to Norway a chance to present their work. The program for this event is now live and features 70+ papers -- check it out here: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
Online program – CSCW 2025
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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Richard S.J. Tol , and 32 more

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 20d
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Map of Sinclair stations
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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 21d
We are excited to announce CSCW's 2025's Lasting Impact Award winners. Congrats to Jill Dimond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and Amy Bruckman who will receive the award for their 2013 paper "Hollaback!: The Role of Collective Storytelling Online in a Social Movement Organization." #csccw2025
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 23d
My kid still asks me about the book I was going to write in 2020 during my sabbatical that I didn't write BECAUSE THERE WAS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND I HAD CANCER. He is infinitely amused when I get angry at him for mentioning it.
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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 23d
We're excited to share more information on the planned shift to rolling deadlines for CSCW papers, slated to begin in 2026. Read more here: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc...

Thanks to Amy Bruckman (@asbruckman.bsky.social) and Eric Gilbert (@eegilbert.org) for leading this change!
CSCW Rolling Submissions
CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…
medium.com
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communitydata.science @communitydata.science · 29d
Thinking about applying to grad school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or MS? Interested in the intersect of technology and society? CDSC is hosting a Q&A session for prospective students on Sept. 26th at 12pm CT. Learn more and register here: blog.communitydata.science/prospective-...
Prospective PhD Student Q&A – September 26th
Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…
blog.communitydata.science
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Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · 29d
You heard it here first (maybe): The CAT/Mobile doctoral consortium will officially be happening again at #ica26 in Cape Town! Are you dissertating? Consider applying for mentorship from top scholars in comm tech / mobile.
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 29d
The only game I've owned from that list is Skyrim. But I've also been an almost 100% Nintendo gamer since I got my NES in 1988. JRPGs are so much better than first-person shooters or stealing cars IMO.

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · Sep 9
Job alert! 🌸🏔️ The UW iSchool is hiring for *two* TT faculty positions, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. It's pretty here!

Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).

Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Sarita @saritas.bsky.social · Sep 8
Tenured Associate Professor/Professor position in Human-Centered AI: AI Privacy and Ethics at UMSI. Apps due Nov 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
Tenured Associate Professor/Professor in Human-Centered AI: AI Privacy and Ethics | umsi
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a faculty position focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Privacy and Ethics at the rank of associate or full profess...
www.si.umich.edu
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · Sep 8
Gatsby is Okay, Most of the Time
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 8
Diminish a book

The Grapes of Minor Annoyance
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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · Sep 8
diminish a book

Regular Person of the Rings

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 8
Diminish a book

The Grapes of Minor Annoyance
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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · Sep 8
diminish a book

Regular Person of the Rings
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Sep 8
Slightly diminish a book

Manslaughterbot
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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · Sep 7
The in-person program for #cscw2025 is online! View it here: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
The online pre-conference program will go live soon.

Reminder: the early bird registration deadline is this Tuesday, September 9th.
Program overview – CSCW 2025
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · Sep 6
I was a sophomore in high school at the time (in Baltimore) and only somewhat into baseball, and I still clearly remember the leadup to him breaking Lou Gehrig's record. He truly embodied his "Iron Man" nickname.
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · Sep 6
One of the biggest days in Baltimore sports history was 30 years ago today. On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken broke the record for most consecutive games played (2131). His streak still stands today at 2632 games, and he has been great to the city over the years. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
'I was just so, so honored to be out there': Remembering Ripken's record-setting streak
Thirty years after the epic night Cal Ripken set his Ironman streak, he and others remember the magic.
www.espn.com
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Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · Sep 6
Really great article by @nelsonaguilar.bsky.social on the conspiracy theory that refuses to die: your phone isn’t really listening to you all the time, that’s just predictive ad targeting.

www.cnet.com/tech/service...
No, Your iPhone Isn't Listening to You. Here's What's Really Happening
There are lots of reasons an ad pops up on your phone, but none involve a microphone listening.
www.cnet.com
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