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RESEARCH

Our work combines foundational research with community engagement to ensure technology empowers those working to end IPV and related social ills. Peer-reviewed academic publications are listed below; resources and other documentation regarding our advocacy can be found here

PUBLICATIONS

Janet X. Chen, Allison McDonald, Yixin Zou, Emily Tseng, Kevin A Roundy, Acar Tamersoy, Florian Schaub, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
Trauma-Informed Computing: Towards Safer Technology Experiences for All.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2022.

Emily Tseng, Mehrnaz Sabet, Rosanna Bellini, Harkiran Kaur Sodhi, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.

Care Infrastructures for Digital Security in Intimate Partner Violence.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2022. 

Yixin Zou, Allison McDonald, Julia Narakornpichit, Nicola Dell, Thomas Ristenpart, Kevin Roundy, Florian Schaub, and Acar Tamersoy.
The Role of Computer Security Customer Support in Helping Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
USENIX Security Symposium. 2021. 

Emily Tseng, Diana Freed, Kristen Engel, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.

A Digital Safety Dilemma: Analysis of Remote Computer-Mediated Computer Security Interventions During COVID-19.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2021

Rosanna Bellini, Emily Tseng, Nora McDonald, Rachel Greenstadt, Damon McCoy, Thomas Ristenpart, & Nicola Dell.
"So-called privacy breeds evil": Narrative Justifications for Intimate Partner Surveillance in Online Forums.

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Issue CSCW. 2020

Best Paper Award

Emily Tseng, Rosanna Bellini, Nora McDonald, Matan Danos, Rachel Greenstadt, Damon McCoy, Nicola Dell, and Thomas Ristenpart.
The Tools and Tactics Used in Intimate Partner Surveillance: An Analysis of Online Infidelity Forums.
29th USENIX Security Symposium. 2020

Distinguished Paper Award; Internet Defense Prize (third place)

Kevin Roundy, Paula Mendelberg, Nicola Dell, Damon McCoy, Daniel Nissani, Thomas Ristenpart, and Acar Tamersoy.
The Many Kinds of Creepware Used for Interpersonal Attacks.

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2020).

Diana Freed, Sam Havron, Emily Tseng, Andrea Gallardo, Rahul Chatterjee, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
"Is my phone hacked?" Analyzing Clinical Computer Security Interventions with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol. 3 Issue CSCW. 2019.

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 

Sam Havron, Diana Freed, Rahul Chatterjee, Damon McCoy, Nicola Dell, and Thomas Ristenpart.
Clinical Computer Security for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.

USENIX Security Symposium (Security 2019). pdf. presentation (video).
Media coverage: MIT Technology Review, Cornell Chronicle.

Rahul Chatterjee, Periwinkle Doerfler, Hadas Orgad, Sam Havron, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Freed, Karen Levy, Nicola Dell, Damon McCoy, and Thomas Ristenpart.
The Spyware Used in Intimate Partner Violence.

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2018). pdf. presentation (video).

Media coverage: The New York TimesVoxFreedom to Tinker (Princeton CITP)

Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
"A Stalker’s Paradise": How Intimate Partner Abusers Exploit Technology.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). pdf
Best Paper Award 

Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell. 
Digital Technologies and Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis with Multiple Stakeholders.

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 1 Issue CSCW, November 2017. Article. 46. pdf.

FUNDING

Our research is generously supported by the NSF, Google, Facebook, JPMorgan, and Engaged Cornell. 

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