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Michael Ann DeVito

@michaelann@hci.social

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Qualitative Empirimancer. Community AI/ML, Tech Literacy, Folk Theories, Queer/Trans/Sapphic HCI.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science + Communication Studies @ Northeastern University. Director @ Sociotechnical Equity and Agency Lab.

Neurodivergent, trans woman, lesbian, dork.

155 Followers

180 Following

4 Posts

Joined October 29, 2022

Website:

http://www.michaelanndevito.com

Pronouns:

she/her/hers

Lab:

https://sealab.sites.northeastern.edu

Michael Ann DeVito @michaelann@hci.social

· 47mo ago

I'm currently on the job market, looking for tenure-track academic positions and highly mission-relevant positions outside of academia. My latest papers are a good sample of the kind of work I do:

Transfeminine TikTok Creators, Folk Theorization, and the Algorithmic Trap of Visibility: https://wp.me/p2O4Fr-fJ

Folk Theorization as Algorithmic Literacy: https://wp.me/p2O4Fr-au

Trans Experiences in Online ED Spaces: https://wp.me/p2O4Fr-g1

LGBTQ+ Platform Design Values: https://wp.me/p2O4Fr-9T

How Transfeminine TikTok Creators Navigate the Algorithmic Trap of Visibility Via Folk Theorization

Dr. Michael Ann DeVito, Ph.D.

How Transfeminine TikTok Creators Navigate the Algorithmic Trap of Visibility Via Folk Theorization

Michael Ann DeVito. 2022. How Transfeminine TikTok Creators Navigate the Algorithmic Trap of Visibility Via Folk Theorization. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 6, CSCW2…

Michael Ann DeVito @michaelann@hci.social

· 35mo ago

Replying to

@lisamelton @lisa That said, lovely to meet you - I'll be over here more to get a feel for discourse on federated platforms, as I have an awesome grad student who is doing cool work on blocklists over here.

Michael Ann DeVito @michaelann@hci.social

· 35mo ago

I’ll admit: the primary reason I don’t spend much time on here is that transfem Twitter is still going strong and producing instant classics.