Hi, I'm Leah!
I love bringing a philosophical lens to modern technology problems
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota where I am advised by Stevie Chancellor and funded by the College of Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. I am a member of the GroupLens research lab. My PhD research agenda is focused on understanding how constructs in ethics--such as roles, responsibilities and norms--can help us better understand the layers behind community in sociotechnical settings. Inspired by my work as a yoga teacher, my guiding philosophy is to hold space for all perspectives, including both human-centered and data-centered ones, and find the nuance amongst them.
Research
Ethical Tensions, Norms, and Directions in the Extraction of Online Volunteer Work [Extended-Abstract]
Hanlin Li, Leah Ajmani, Moyan Zhou, Nicholas Vincent, Sohyeon Hwang, Tiziano Piccardi, Sneha Narayan, Sherae Daniel, and Veniamin Veselovsky
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction - CSCW (2022)
Brian McInnis, Leah Ajmani, Steven Dow
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction - CSCW (2022)
Reporting the Community Beat: Practices for Moderating Online Discussion at a News Website [pdf] [bib]
Brian McInnis, Leah Ajmani, Lu Sun, Yiwen Hou, Ziwen Zeng, and Steven P. Dow.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction - CSCW (2021) Impact Recognition
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