Cella (is on the job market)
@cellllla.bsky.social
She/her | CMU HCII PhD Student | Research Assistant @ Data & Society | Previously: UCI Informatics, Big Cartel Workers Union. Tech + Labor + Resistance. Views are my own. http://cella.io
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✨I’m on the academic job market ✨
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻💻💪🏽💥
I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action
More info: cella.io
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For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
Interview Outreach
Hi! Thank you so much for your interest in participating in my study on generative AI tools in the tech workplace. This form is intended to collect your contact information and give you a little more ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
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Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org at CU Boulder Info Sci in Fall 2026.
data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd
data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd
Recruiting Ph.D. Students for Fall 2026
We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.
data-and-design.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org at CU Boulder Info Sci in Fall 2026.
data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd
data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
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AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Evaluating Trends and Challenges in State Regulation of Workplace Technologies | TechPolicy.Press
The 2025 US state legislative session has been something of a watershed moment for tech and work policy, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt.
www.techpolicy.press
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
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Management is already using the hype over AI to make workers fearful. Workers need a plan to get a say over the tools we use and how we use them.
How to organize your co-workers around AI
Management is already using the hype over AI to make workers fearful. We need a plan to get a say over the tools we use and how we use them.
workerorganizing.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Management is already using the hype over AI to make workers fearful. Workers need a plan to get a say over the tools we use and how we use them.
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Great article—AI in higher ed is about the crisis of higher ed, long in the making. Cites the AAUP report on AI. we are seeing cracks in the inevitability framing of AI—the only way out of this is together!
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great article—AI in higher ed is about the crisis of higher ed, long in the making. Cites the AAUP report on AI. we are seeing cracks in the inevitability framing of AI—the only way out of this is together!
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DAIR’s (@dairinstitute.bsky.social) latest report offers a chilling glimpse into how Amazon is using technology to ramp up surveillance of delivery drivers, violating existing workers' rights and creating unsafe working conditions.
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
DAIR’s (@dairinstitute.bsky.social) latest report offers a chilling glimpse into how Amazon is using technology to ramp up surveillance of delivery drivers, violating existing workers' rights and creating unsafe working conditions.
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
It’s the last day of #CSCW2025! Come by at 2:30pm at the Perspectives on Data Privacy session to watch me discuss the resistance tactics that workers use to circumvent surveillance and how they build towards collective action
“It’s Always a Losing Game”: How Workers Understand and Resist Surveillance Technologies on the Job. dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
'It's Always a Losing Game': How Workers Understand and Resist Surveillance Technologies on the Job | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
With the rise of remote work, a range of surveillance technologies are increasingly being used by business owners to track and monitor employees, raising concerns about worker rights and privacy. Through analysis of Reddit posts and in-depth semi-...
dl.acm.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It’s the last day of #CSCW2025! Come by at 2:30pm at the Perspectives on Data Privacy session to watch me discuss the resistance tactics that workers use to circumvent surveillance and how they build towards collective action
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"what is an algorithm to a mother who has lost her child?"
I don't understand how @helmimouni.bsky.social and coauthors didn't win an award for this work at #CSCW2025, it's so incredibly important 🇵🇸
I don't understand how @helmimouni.bsky.social and coauthors didn't win an award for this work at #CSCW2025, it's so incredibly important 🇵🇸
How do activists respond when their posts vanish or views collapse overnight? A new #CSCW2025 paper maps a continuum of “algorithmic resistance,” from self-censorship to creative workarounds to policy advocacy. Read more:
The Cat Beats the Protest: Notes on Algorithmic Resistance On Social Media
You post a short video clip from the march: a teenager shoved, a chant cut short, a moment you want the world to witness. Yesterday your…
tinyurl.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"what is an algorithm to a mother who has lost her child?"
I don't understand how @helmimouni.bsky.social and coauthors didn't win an award for this work at #CSCW2025, it's so incredibly important 🇵🇸
I don't understand how @helmimouni.bsky.social and coauthors didn't win an award for this work at #CSCW2025, it's so incredibly important 🇵🇸
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Incredible piece of work, the ingenuity in working around algorithimic censorship #cscw2025 #freepalestine
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Incredible piece of work, the ingenuity in working around algorithimic censorship #cscw2025 #freepalestine
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Now at #CSCW2025! The paper authors in the Community-Engaged Research session explore the tensions, responsibilities and future directions for transparent, sustainable and ethical relationships and outcomes between researchers, universities, and communities.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Now at #CSCW2025! The paper authors in the Community-Engaged Research session explore the tensions, responsibilities and future directions for transparent, sustainable and ethical relationships and outcomes between researchers, universities, and communities.
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🔎 Do you work at a public university or collaborate w/ someone who does? Come learn what happens when your messages are requested through public records laws in my #CSCW2025 paper w/ Rachel, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, & @katestarbird.bsky.social
🕝 2:30pm today
📍Bekken, Core Concepts in Privacy Research
🕝 2:30pm today
📍Bekken, Core Concepts in Privacy Research
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🔎 Do you work at a public university or collaborate w/ someone who does? Come learn what happens when your messages are requested through public records laws in my #CSCW2025 paper w/ Rachel, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, & @katestarbird.bsky.social
🕝 2:30pm today
📍Bekken, Core Concepts in Privacy Research
🕝 2:30pm today
📍Bekken, Core Concepts in Privacy Research
It’s Tuesday at #CSCW2025! Come catch me and my colleague Amil from Community Forge present our joint paper on equitable community-university partnerships in the Community-Engaged Research session at 11am!
“You’re in a Ferrari, I’m Waiting for the Bus”: Confronting Tensions in Community-University Partnerships. dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
"You're in a Ferrari. I'm Waiting for the Bus": Confronting Tensions in Community-University Partnerships | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
There have been increasing calls within HCI to build sustained partnerships with communities
that go beyond surface-level engagement. However, little is known about how communities
view such partnersh...
dl.acm.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It’s Tuesday at #CSCW2025! Come catch me and my colleague Amil from Community Forge present our joint paper on equitable community-university partnerships in the Community-Engaged Research session at 11am!
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Two spuddies will be at #CSCW2025:
@yuxiwu.com will present our work on designing citizen harm reporting interfaces for privacy (and is on the job market!).
Isadora Krsek will present our work on user reactions to AI-identified self-disclosure risks online.
@yuxiwu.com will present our work on designing citizen harm reporting interfaces for privacy (and is on the job market!).
Isadora Krsek will present our work on user reactions to AI-identified self-disclosure risks online.
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Two spuddies will be at #CSCW2025:
@yuxiwu.com will present our work on designing citizen harm reporting interfaces for privacy (and is on the job market!).
Isadora Krsek will present our work on user reactions to AI-identified self-disclosure risks online.
@yuxiwu.com will present our work on designing citizen harm reporting interfaces for privacy (and is on the job market!).
Isadora Krsek will present our work on user reactions to AI-identified self-disclosure risks online.
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still can't get over that there's an entire session dedicated to advocacy at #CSCW2025 😍 it's gonna be HOTT
👋 Hello #CSCW2025! I’ll be presenting my paper on tech worker organizing on Monday at 4:30pm in the Advocacy Work session and my dissertation work “From the Future of Work to the Future of Labor: Centering Worker Resistance in Age of AI and Automation” at the demos/posters reception! Please say hi!
What can #CSCW learn from tech workers who have been involved in collective action and unionization about how to make transformative change within our field?
My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question.
Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579
My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question.
Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
still can't get over that there's an entire session dedicated to advocacy at #CSCW2025 😍 it's gonna be HOTT
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For #CSCW2025’s Doctoral Consortium, 16 PhD students from the U.S., Canada and Europe presented their work covering topics across social media, accessibility, health, policy and work. Thanks to Elena Agapie and Nervo Verdezoto for organizing it!
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
For #CSCW2025’s Doctoral Consortium, 16 PhD students from the U.S., Canada and Europe presented their work covering topics across social media, accessibility, health, policy and work. Thanks to Elena Agapie and Nervo Verdezoto for organizing it!
👋 Hello #CSCW2025! I’ll be presenting my paper on tech worker organizing on Monday at 4:30pm in the Advocacy Work session and my dissertation work “From the Future of Work to the Future of Labor: Centering Worker Resistance in Age of AI and Automation” at the demos/posters reception! Please say hi!
What can #CSCW learn from tech workers who have been involved in collective action and unionization about how to make transformative change within our field?
My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question.
Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579
My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question.
Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
👋 Hello #CSCW2025! I’ll be presenting my paper on tech worker organizing on Monday at 4:30pm in the Advocacy Work session and my dissertation work “From the Future of Work to the Future of Labor: Centering Worker Resistance in Age of AI and Automation” at the demos/posters reception! Please say hi!
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🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
'There Has To Be a Lot That We're Missing': Moderating AI-Generated Content on Reddit | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Generative AI is altering how we work, learn, communicate, and participate in online communities. How might online communities be changed by generative AI? To start addressing this question, we focused on online community moderators' experiences with AI-...
dl.acm.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🇳🇴 I'm in Bergen for #CSCW25 🇳🇴
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This Wednesday, in the "Content Moderation" session, I'll present my paper about how Reddit moderators are grappling with AI-Generated Content. I'm honored that it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🤓 If you're here too, let's connect!
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
États-Unis : face à Donald Trump et aux géants de la tech, se soumettre ou résister ? Media-Options Media Options
Depuis plusieurs mois, des salarié·es de la tech s’opposent à la vente à Tel-Aviv ou Washington d’outils facilitant la surveillance de masse. Retour sur une mobilisation, alors que Microsoft vient de ...
www.media-options.fr
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
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How do activists respond when their posts vanish or views collapse overnight? A new #CSCW2025 paper maps a continuum of “algorithmic resistance,” from self-censorship to creative workarounds to policy advocacy. Read more: tinyurl.com/socialmediac...
October 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How do activists respond when their posts vanish or views collapse overnight? A new #CSCW2025 paper maps a continuum of “algorithmic resistance,” from self-censorship to creative workarounds to policy advocacy. Read more: tinyurl.com/socialmediac...
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this piece by @workshops4gaza.bsky.social is worth reading. still profoundly disappointed with SIGCHI for having CHI in hawai`i in 2024, and a lot of this resonates across conferences and disciplines (especially the specious claims of being socially conscientious, or engaging w/indigenous knowledge)
Against Colonial Conferencing
A W4G screed against the phenomenon of academic conferences in general
workshops4gaza.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
this piece by @workshops4gaza.bsky.social is worth reading. still profoundly disappointed with SIGCHI for having CHI in hawai`i in 2024, and a lot of this resonates across conferences and disciplines (especially the specious claims of being socially conscientious, or engaging w/indigenous knowledge)
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Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems.
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems.
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
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🗣️The Future Of The Tech Industry Is Unionized!
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The future of white-collar work may be unionized
Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🗣️The Future Of The Tech Industry Is Unionized!
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Baby’s first published academic article! @js-tan.bsky.social and @nataliyan.bsky.social and I analyzed the @techactions.bsky.social archive and find that tech worker labor organizing stands on the shoulders of prior struggle- conflict begets class conflict journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Baby’s first published academic article! @js-tan.bsky.social and @nataliyan.bsky.social and I analyzed the @techactions.bsky.social archive and find that tech worker labor organizing stands on the shoulders of prior struggle- conflict begets class conflict journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...