Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D.

Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

Tumblr was a Trans Technology: The Meaning, Importance, History, and Future of Trans Technologies

Oliver L. Haimson, Avery Dame-Griff, Elias Capello, Zahari Richter
Feminist Media Studies, published online first October 2019, 17 pages

The Language of LGBTQ+ Minority Stress Experiences on Social Media

Koustuv Saha, Sang Chan Kim, Manikanta D. Reddy, Albert J. Carter, Eva Sharma, Oliver L. Haimson, Munmun De Choudhury
Proceedings of the ACM Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), 3(CSCW), Article 89, November 2019, 21 pages (to be presented at CSCW 2019)
[acceptance rate: 31%]

Mapping Gender Transition Sentiment Patterns via Social Media Data: Toward Decreasing Transgender Mental Health Disparities

Oliver L. Haimson Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) (special issue on Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving Our Reach and Impact), 26(8-9), August/September 2019 (first published online May 2019), p. 749-758

Social Media as Social Transition Machinery

Oliver L. Haimson
Proceedings of the ACM Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), 2(CSCW), Article 63, November 2018, 26 pages
[acceptance rate: 26%] [Best Paper Honorable Mention]

Social Support, Reciprocity, and Anonymity in Responses to Sexual Abuse Disclosures on Social Media

Nazanin Andalibi, Oliver L. Haimson, Munmun De Choudhury, Andrea Forte
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 25(5), October 2018

Relationship Breakup Disclosures and Media Ideologies on Facebook

Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi, Munmun De Choudhury, Gillian R. Hayes
New Media and Society, 20(5), May 2018 (first published online June 2017)

The Tangible Desktop: A Multimodal Approach to Nonvisual Computing

Mark S. Baldwin, Gillian R. Hayes, Jennifer Mankoff, Oliver L. Haimson, Scott E. Hudson
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 10(3), August 2017

Baking Gender Into Social Media Design: How Platforms Shape Categories for Users and Advertisers

Rena Bivens, Oliver L. Haimson
Social Media + Society (special issue on Making Digital Cultures of Gender and Sexuality with Social Media), 2(4), October-December 2016

Constructing and Enforcing "Authentic" Identity Online: Facebook, Real Names, and Non-Normative Identities

Oliver L. Haimson, Anna Lauren Hoffmann
First Monday (special issue on A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond), 21(6), June 2016

Supplementing Public Health Inspection via Social Media

John Schomberg, Oliver L. Haimson, Gillian R. Hayes, Hoda Anton-Culver
PLoS ONE 11(3), March 2016

Mobile Video Modeling for Employment Interviews for Individuals with Autism

Gillian R. Hayes, V. Erick Custodio, Oliver L. Haimson, Kathy Nguyen, Kathryn E. Ringland, Rachel Rose Ulgado, Aaron Waterhouse, Rachel Weiner
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 43(3), October 2015

Evaluating a Collaborative iPad Game’s Impact on Social Relationships for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

LouAnne E. Boyd, Kathryn E. Ringland, Oliver L. Haimson, Helen Fernandez, Maria Bistarkey, Gillian R. Hayes
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 7(1), June 2015

Full Conference Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

“Genderfluid” or “Attack Helicopter”: Responsible HCI Research Practice with Non-Binary Gender Variation in Online Communities

Samantha Jaroszewski, Danielle Lottridge, Oliver L. Haimson, Katie Quehl
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 2018
[acceptance rate: 26%]

Changes in Social Media Affect, Disclosure, and Sociality for a Sample of Transgender Americans in 2016’s Political Climate

Oliver L. Haimson, Gillian R. Hayes
ICWSM Conference on Web and Social Media, May 2017
[acceptance rate: 14%]

What Makes Live Events Engaging on Facebook Live, Periscope, and Snapchat

Oliver L. Haimson, John C. Tang
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2017
[acceptance rate: 25%]

Class Confessions: Restorative Properties in Online Experiences of Socioeconomic Stigma

Eugenia Ha Rim Rho, Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi, Melissa Mazmanian, Gillian R. Hayes
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2017
[acceptance rate: 25%]

Firebird: Predicting Fire Risk and Prioritizing Fire Inspections in Atlanta

Michael Madaio, Shang-Tse Chen, Oliver L. Haimson, Wenwen Zhang, Xiang Cheng, Matthew Hinds-Aldrich, Duen Horng (Polo) Chau, Bistra Dilikina
ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, August 2016
[full paper acceptance rate: 12%] [Best Student Paper Runner-Up]

Digital Footprints and Changing Networks During Online Identity Transitions

Oliver L. Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, Lynn Dombrowski, Gillian R. Hayes
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2016
[acceptance rate: 23%] [Best Paper Honorable Mention]

Understanding Social Media Disclosures of Sexual Abuse Through the Lenses of Support Seeking and Anonymity

Nazanin Andalibi, Oliver L. Haimson, Munmun De Choudhury, Andrea Forte
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2016
[acceptance rate: 23%]

“Hunger Hurts but Starving Works:” Characterizing the Presentation of Eating Disorders Online

Jessica Pater, Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi, Elizabeth Mynatt
ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, February 2016
[acceptance rate: 25%]

Online Inspiration and Exploration for Identity Reinvention

Oliver L. Haimson, Anne E. Bowser, Edward F. Melcer, Elizabeth F. Churchill
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2015
[acceptance rate: 23%]

On Vintage Values: The Experience of Secondhand Fashion Reacquisition

Anne E. Bowser, Oliver L. Haimson, Edward F. Melcer, Elizabeth F. Churchill
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2015
[acceptance rate: 23%]

Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook

Oliver L. Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, Lynn Dombrowski, Gillian R. Hayes
ACM CSCW Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, March 2015
[acceptance rate: 28%] [Best Paper Honorable Mention]

DDF Seeks Same: Sexual Health-Related Language in Online Personal Ads For Men Who Have Sex With Men

Oliver L. Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, Gillian R. Hayes
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 2014
[acceptance rate: 23%]

Short Papers and Posters (Lightly Peer-Reviewed)

Designing Technology to Support Safety for Transgender Women & Non-Binary People of Color

Denny Starks, Tawanna Dillahunt, Oliver L. Haimson
Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), June 2019

Helpful Information to Whom? An Intersectional Critique of the ‘It Gets Better Project'

Blake W. Hawkins, Nazanin Andalibi, Oliver L. Haimson
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), February 2019

Building an Online Community of Care: Tumblr Use by Transgender Individuals

Blake W. Hawkins, Oliver L. Haimson
GEWINN / Gender & IT Conference, May 2018

#ReproHealth: A State-Based Investigation of Reproductive Health Rights Policy and Social Media Activity

Corrin Morgan, Aaron Noble, Erica Alexander, Jerome Watts, Oliver L. Haimson
iConference, March 2016

User Response to Facebook’s Custom Gender Options

Oliver L. Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, Courtney Loder, Lynn Dombrowski, Gillian R. Hayes
iConference, March 2015

Using Depression Analytics to Reduce Stigma via Social Media: BlueFriends

Oliver L. Haimson, Kathryn E. Ringland, Simone Lanette, Christine T. Wolf
iConference (Social Media Expo), March 2014

Information Occupation: Using Information Science to Explore Occupy Wall Street

Oliver L. Haimson, Josh Cartagena
iConference, February 2013

Workshops and Panels Co-Organized

Life Transitions and Social Technologies: Research and Design for Times of Life Change

Oliver L. Haimson, Bryan Semaan, Brianna Dym, Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao, Daniel Herron, Wendy Moncur
Workshop at CSCW, November 2019

HCI and Sensitive Life Experiences

Daniel Herron, Nazanin Andalibi, Oliver L. Haimson, Wendy Moncur, Elise van den Hoven
Workshop at NordiCHI, October 2016

Being Queer in Computing Environments

Gopi Kannabiran, Steve Chenoweth, Oliver L. Haimson, Kyle Overton
Birds of a Feather session at ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, September 2016

Between the Lines: Reevaluating the Online/Offline Binary

Sarah Vieweg, Oliver L. Haimson, Michael Massimi, Kenton O'Hara, Elizabeth F. Churchill
Workshop at CHI, April 2015

Exploring Gender, Race, and Sexuality with Social Media Data

Oliver L. Haimson, Amanda Menking, Jordan Eschler, Ingrid Erickson, Gillian R. Hayes
Workshop at iConference, March 2015

Facebooking in "Face:" Complex Identities Meet Simple Databases

Mark Handel, Rena Bivens, Jed R. Brubaker, Oliver L. Haimson, Jessa Lingel, Svetlana Yarosh
Panel at CSCW, March 2015

Workshop Papers (Lightly Peer-Reviewed)

Gender Inclusivity at SIGCHI

Oliver L. Haimson
CHInclusion Workshop, May 2019

It Gets Better, But it Takes More Than a YouTube Video: Reconsidering Online Mental Health Campaigns

Blake W. Hawkins, Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi
CHI 2018 Symposium on Computing and Mental Health, April 2018

Creating Online Places of Care: The Experiences of Transgender People Using Tumblr to Maintain Positive Mental Health

Blake W. Hawkins, Oliver L. Haimson
CHI 2018 Design for Sexual Wellbeing workshop, April 2018

Opportunities and Challenges for Transgender People in Digital Spaces

Oliver L. Haimson
iConference Workshop on Vulnerable Communities in the Digital Age, March 2017

Ethical Obligations When Asking Research Participants to View Unpredictable Content

Oliver L. Haimson, John C. Tang
ACM Group Ethics Workshop, November 2016

Anonymity, Pseudonymity, and Gender Categorization as Social Justice Issues in HCI

Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi
CHI Workshop on Exploring Social Justice, Design, and HCI, May 2016

Social Signaling on Facebook After Relationship Dissolution

Oliver L. Haimson, Nazanin Andalibi
CSCW Workshop on Unpacking Social Signaling Theory for Social Computing Systems Analysis and Design, February 2016

Identifying and Prioritizing Fire Inspections: A Case Study of Predicting Fire Risk in Atlanta

Michael Madaio, Oliver L. Haimson, Wenwen Zhang, Xiang Cheng, Matthew Hinds-Aldrich, Duen Horng (Polo) Chau, Bistra Dilikina
Bloomberg Data for Good Exchange, September 2015

Toward Trans Inclusion in Feminist HCI

Oliver L. Haimson, Gillian R. Hayes
CSCW Workshop on Feminism and Feminist Approaches in Social Computing, March 2015

Marginalized Populations and Research Ethics Online

Oliver L. Haimson, Kathryn E. Ringland, Gillian R. Hayes
CSCW Workshop on Ethics for Studying Sociotechnical Systems in a Big Data World, March 2015

Understanding Gender Transition on Social Media to Design Technology for Changing Identities

Oliver L. Haimson, Gillian R. Hayes
CHI Workshop on Designing Technology for Major Life Events, April 2014

Informally-Published Written Work

Making Space for Them, Her, Him, and ‘Prefer not to Disclose’ in Group Settings: Why Pronoun-Sharing is Important but Must Remain Optional

Oliver L. Haimson, Lee Airton
National Center for Institutional Diversity, June 2019

Why "Standing in Your Identity Corner" Doesn’t Work: Against Forced Disclosure of Marginalized Identities as Casual Icebreakers

Oliver L. Haimson
National Center for Institutional Diversity, October 2018

Book Review: Allucquère Rosanne Stone’s The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age, Twenty Years On

Oliver L. Haimson
The Geek Anthropologist, May 2015

Embracing Analytics: How Communities Around the Country are Utilizing Data Analytics to Predict a Host of Risk Factors and Reduce Fires

Jesse Roman
National Fire Protection Association Journal, May 2016

Thinking Deep Thoughts, Helping Others, and Traveling the World: The Perks of a Career in Research

Hannah Hiles
i3 Alert Newsletter, April 2016

How Male Rape Survivors are Finding Help Online: Researchers Find That Men Use Throwaway Reddit Accounts to Disclose Sexual Abuse — Some for the Very First Time

Tracy Clark-Flory and Leigh Cuen
Vocativ.com, February 2016

Sexual Assault Survivors, Especially Men, Find Refuge in Online Anonymity: Drexel Study Examines Anonymous Posts About Abuse on Reddit

PhillyVoice.com, February 2016

PUBLICATIONS