Leah Ajmani

schoolUniversity of Minnesotabar_chart#1290 Global Rank

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(Re)mediators of Epistemic Injustice: Generative AI and Hermeneutic Resource Provision in Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as “abuse or aggression that occurs in a romantic relationship." IPV survivors face barriers when help-seeking, such as epistemic injustice -- secondary victimization from dismissal and indifference when disclosing, misdirection, or inappropriate interventions. Survivors may…

CHI '251st AuthorHonorable MentionAlgorithmic Fairness & Bias +1

Moving Towards Epistemic Autonomy: A Paradigm Shift for Centering Participant Knowledge

Justice, epistemology, and marginalization are rich areas of study in HCI. And yet, we repeatedly find platforms and algorithms that push communities further into the margins. In this paper, we propose epistemic autonomy--—one’s ability to govern knowledge about themselves---as a necessary HCI paradigm for working wit…

CSCW '241st AuthorSession 2g: Reflecting on CSCW, methods and artifacts

Whose Knowledge is Valued? Epistemic Injustice in CSCW Applications

Social computing scholars have long known that people do not interact with knowledge in straightforward ways, especially in digital environments. While policies around knowledge are essential for targeting misinformation, they are value-laden; in choosing how to present information, we undermine non-traditional---ofte…

CSCW '231st AuthorWikipedia

Peer produced Friction: The consequences of Wikipedia page protection and editor engagement

Peer production systems have frictions–mechanisms that make contributing more effortful–to prevent vandalism and protect information quality. Page protection on Wikipedia is a mechanism where the platform’s core values conflict, but there is little quantitative work to ground deliberation. In this paper, we empiricall…

CHI '232nd AuthorMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

"I See Me Here": Mental Health Content, Community, and Algorithmic Curation on TikTok

Social media platforms are a place where people look for information and social support for mental health, resulting in both positive and negative effects on users. TikTok has gained notoriety for an abundance of mental health content and discourse. We present findings from a semi-structured interview study with 16 pa…

CSCW '222nd AuthorUnderstanding and Supporting Online Discussions

Engagement or Knowledge Retention: Exploring Trade-offs in Promoting Discussion at News Websites

How does presenting comments in a news article affect the ways that readers engage with and retain information about news? This paper presents results from a controlled experiment investigating effects related to different strategies for promoting discussion at news websites (N=336 participants). The strategies incl…

CSCW '222nd AuthorUnderstanding and Supporting Online Discussions

Engagement or Knowledge Retention: Exploring Trade-offs in Promoting Discussion at News Websites

CSCW '212nd AuthorContent Moderation

Reporting the Community Beat: Practices for Moderating Online Discussion at a News Website

Due to challenges around low-quality comments and misinformation, many news outlets have opted to turn off commenting features on their websites. The New York Times (NYT), on the other hand, has continued to scale up its online discussion resources to reach large audiences. Through interviews with the NYT moderation…

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