| Diana Freed, Malya Levin, Tara Sklar. "From Care to Technology-Facilitated Threats and Abuse: Legal and Regulatory Approaches to Safeguard Against AgeTech Misuse." Forthcoming 2027 in Law, Healthcare and the Aging Brain and Body , edited by Glenn Cohen, Francis Shen, Nina A. Kohn, Susannah Baruch, Cambridge University Press, 2027, pp. 25-35. |
| Chanenson, Jake, Yu, Yaman, Vitak, Jessica, Erete, Sheena, Clegg, Tamara, Freed, Diana, Chetty, Marshini. "Developmentally Safe Generative AI Environment for Youth." Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026, pp. 1-5. |
| Poveda, Julio, Lanter, Alyssa, Antoniuk, Isabela, Mazurek, Michelle L., Freed, Diana. "CHAT WITH ME below as if I were a human”: Insights from Auditing AI Chatbots for Survivors of Domestic Violence." Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 2026, pp. 1398-1423. |
| Geeng, Chris, Qin, Lucy, McDonald, Allison, Batool, Amna, Freed, Diana, Haimson, Oliver L., Hutson, Jevan, Redmiles, Elissa M., Stardust, Zahra, Wei, Miranda, Zytko, Douglas. "Co-Constructing the Future of Digital Intimacy." Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2025, pp. 144-149. |
| Freed, Diana, Consolvo, Sunny, Cosley, Dan, Kelley, Patrick Gage, Ricart, Ender, Thomas, Kurt, Bazarova, Natalie N. "Help-seeking and Coping Strategies for Technology-facilitated Abuse Experienced by Youth." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 9, no. 2, 2025, pp. 1-25. |
| Karina LaRubbio and Alyssa Lanter, Seihyun Lee, Mahima Ramesh, Diana Freed, Brown University. "Intergenerational Support for Deepfake Scams Targeting Older Adults." Twenty-First Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, 2025. |
| Freed, Diana, McIlroy-Young, Reid, Radway, Sarah, Becher, Gabriela, Bernabei, Diane, Lee, Christina, Dwork, Cynthia. "Medical Data for Sale: Accessing Reproductive Health Information via the Data Brokerage Landscape." IEEE Security & Privacy, 2025, pp. 2-13. |
| LaRubbio, Karina, Grba, Malcolm, Freed, Diana. "Navigating Privacy and Trust: AI Assistants as Social Support for Older Adults." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2025. |
| Freed, Diana, Bazarova, Natalie, Consolvo, Sunny, Cosley, Dan, Gage Kelley, Patrick. "PROTECT: A Framework to Foster Digital Resilience for Youth Navigating Technology-Facilitated Abuse." Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 6, 2025, pp. 378. |
| Freed, Diana, Sharko, Marianne, Kim, Royoung, Bartlett, Kelly, Uldedaj, Ermira, Bazarova, Natalie, Goldkind, Lauri. "Sociotechnical Challenges in Implementing Domestic Violence Screening via Telehealth and In-Person Care: Qualitative Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives." Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 27, 2025, pp. e75244. |
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LaRubbio, Karina, Lanter, Alyssa, Grba, Malcolm, Velamakanni, Amulya Tran, Jennifer, Hogue, Alexandra Freed, Diana.
"Not in the Café”: Older Adults’ Perceptions of AI Companions in Community Living Settings." Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2025.
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| Valle, Natercia, Zhao, Pengfei, Freed, Diana, Gorton, Katie, Chapman, Andie B., Shea, Ashley L., Bazarova, Natalie N. "Towards a Critical Framework of Social Media Literacy: A Systematic Literature Review." Review of Educational Research, 2024. |
| Deldari, Elmira and Freed, Diana and Poveda, Julio and Yao, Yaxing. "An Investigation of Teenager Experiences in Social Virtual Reality from Teenagers', Parents', and Bystanders' Perspectives." Nineteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2023, 2023. |
| Freed, Diana, Bazarova, Natalie N., Consolvo, Sunny, Han, Eunice J, Kelley, Patrick Gage, Thomas, Kurt, Cosley, Dan. "Understanding Digital-Safety Experiences of Youth in the U.S." Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, vol. 1, 2023, pp. 1-15. |
| Bhandari, Aparajita, Freed, Diana, Pilato, Tara, Taki, Faten, Kaur, Gunisha, Yale-Loehr, Stephen, Powers, Jane, Long, Tao, Bazarova, Natalya N. "Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on Digital Tools for U.S. Asylum Applicants Seeking Healthcare and Legal Information." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 6, no. CSCW2, 2022, pp. 1-21. |
| Tseng, Emily, Freed, Diana, Engel, Kristen, Ristenpart, Thomas, Dell, Nicola. "A Digital Safety Dilemma: Analysis of Computer-Mediated Computer Security Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19." Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021. |
| Freed, Diana, Havron, Sam, Tseng, Emily, Gallardo, Andrea, Chatterjee, Rahul, Ristenpart, Thomas, Dell, Nicola. "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, no. CSCW, 2019, pp. 1-24. |
| Selter, Aliza, Tsangouri, Christina, Ali, Sana B, Freed, Diana, Vatchinsky, Adrian, Kizer, James, Sahuguet, Arnaud, Vojta, Deneen, Vad, Vijay, Pollak, JP, Estrin, Deborah. "An mHealth App for Self-Management of Chronic Lower Back Pain (Limbr): Pilot Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 6, no. 9, 2018, pp. e179. |
| Chatterjee, Rahul, Doerfler, Periwinkle, Orgad, Hadas, Havron, Sam, Palmer, Jackeline, Freed, Diana, Levy, Karen, Dell, Nicola, McCoy, Damon, Ristenpart, Thomas. "The Spyware Used in Intimate Partner Violence." 2018 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), 2018. |
| Freed, Diana, Palmer, Jackeline, Minchala, Diana, Levy, Karen, Ristenpart, Thomas, Dell, Nicola. "A Stalker's Paradise”." Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018. |
| Freed, Diana, Palmer, Jackeline, Minchala, Diana Elizabeth, Levy, Karen, Ristenpart, Thomas, Dell, Nicola. "Digital Technologies and Intimate Partner Violence." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 1, no. CSCW, 2017, pp. 1-22. |
| Yang, Longqi, Freed, Diana, Wu, Alex, Wu, Judy, Pollak, JP, Estrin, Deborah. "Your Activities of Daily Living (YADL): An Image-based Survey Technique for Patients with Arthritis." 10th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2016. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PhD | Cornell University |
| 2021 | MS | Cornell University |
| 2015 | MPS | New York University |
| 2005 | MA | Columbia University |
| 2002 | BA | New York University |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | 2023-2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Postdoctoral Researcher - Computer Science | Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | 2023-2024 | Cambridge, Mass, USA |
2026 SIGCHI CARES Committee
2025-'26 CRA and Microsoft AI Trustworthy Fellowship
2023 Special Recognition, Reviewer, CHI 2023
2020-'22 Meta Research PhD Fellowship (Top 1.8% of Applicants)
2019 Best Paper Honorable Mention, ACM CSCW
2019 Digital Life Initiative Doctoral Fellowship
2019 Advocate of New York City Award
2018 Best Paper Award, ACM CHI
2017 Diversity and Inclusion Award, ACM CSCW
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society
Brown University, Department of Computer Science
Brown University, Data Science Institute
Brown University, AI Research Institute on Interaction for AI Assistants
Brown University, Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign (CNTR)
Brown University, Science, Technology and Society
Brown University, Swearer Center for Public Service
Harvard Law School, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hire Aspirations Institute
Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
| Assistant Professor, Computer Science. Brown University, 2024- |
| CSCI 1302 - Intro to Sociotechnical Systems and HCI |
| CSCI 1302 - Sociotechnical Approaches to AI and HCI |
| CSCI 1953A - Accessible and Inclusive Cybersecurity and Privacy |
