Pamela Wisniewski, PhD

Dr. Pamela Wisniewski is a Principal Research Scientist at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and a non-resident fellow of the Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity (AFOG) Working Group within the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) lies at the intersection of Social Computing and Privacy. She is an expert in online safety for adolescents. As the Founder and Director of the Socio-Technical Interaction Research (STIR) Lab and Teenovate, she has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and won multiple best papers (top 1%) and best paper honorable mentions (top 5%) at ACM SIGCHI conferences. Her research program has secured $6.04 million in external funding, including the NSF CAREER Award, and has been featured in outlets such as Scientific American, CNN, ABC News, NPR, Psychology Today, and U.S. News & World Report. As an ACM Senior Member, Dr. Wisniewski also serves on the DARPA ISAT Study Group and previously served on the Computing Research Association’s CCC Council. She became the first computer scientist selected as a William T. Grant Scholar for her efforts to reduce digital inequality for youth. The importance of her work on adolescent online safety has been recognized nationally and internationally by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Netherland’s Down to Zero Alliance on combating the online sexual exploitation of children, and the White House’s Task Force on Kids Online Health and Safety. Her efforts have helped shape research, policy, and design practices aimed at creating safer and more inclusive digital experiences for young people.