Diana completed her Ph.D. in Information Science at Cornell University. She is a 2023 -24 joint fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and at the Center for Research on Computation and Society at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is also a 2024 incoming Assistant Professor at Brown University in the Department of Computer Science and the Data Science Institute. Her research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI), computer security, privacy, inclusive design, technology policy, and digital health. She works on designing, building, and evaluating sociotechnical systems in the context of youth interpersonal relationships, intimate partner violence, and caregiving systems. She also develops resources to improve digital literacy to enable individuals to make informed choices regarding technology use and to improve understanding of digital risks and harms. She uses qualitative and computational social science methods to develop new tools, technologies, and theories to detect and mitigate digital harms and inequities, facilitate safety, and inform policy.
She is a recipient of a 2022-2023 Google Grant, a 2020-2022 Meta PhD Research Fellowship, a 2019-2020 Digital Life Initiative Doctoral Fellowship, and an Engaged Cornell Graduate Student Grant. Her research has been recognized with a 2019 ACM CSCW Honorable Mention for Best Paper for work on clinical computer security interventions with survivors of intimate partner violence, a 2018 ACM CHI Best Paper Award for work on digital technologies and intimate partner violence, and a 2018 CSCW paper recognition for my contribution to Diversity and Inclusion.
Currently, she is an Affiliate at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) at the University of North Carolina. She is also an Affiliate and a former Fellow at the Data and Society Research Institute. Previously, she worked as a Technologist-in-Residence in the Small Data Lab at Cornell Tech where my research focused on digital health, mobile sensing, and patient-centered design. She is a graduate of NYU and Columbia University. After graduating from NYU she was a visiting scholar at NYU-ITP from 2015-2018.
She is actively involved in advocacy work and develop and lead digital security, privacy, and safety trainings for survivors, advocates, schools, colleges, and organizations in the US and globally. She also serves on the advisory board of the World Childhood Foundation and as a member of the NY Cyber Abuse Task Force. Additionally, she collaborates with the New York City Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and serves on the Health and Technology Steering Committee, and the Health and Gender-Based Violence Working Group. Her advocacy work has been recognized with an Advocate of New York City Award from the New York City Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence.