Sarita Schoenebeck

Sarita Schoenebeck is a Professor of Information at the University of Michigan's School of Information, where she directs the Living Online Lab (LOL). Her research focuses on equity and justice in digital spaces, including issues like non-consensual intimate media, privacy in automated systems, and technology policy. She holds affiliations with the Digital Studies Institute, Science and Technology in Public Policy, and the Michigan Institute for Data Science. Previously, she served as an Adjunct Professor at UM Law School (2022) and Visiting Professor at Yale Law School (2021). Schoenebeck's work has been recognized with NSF CAREER Award, UMSI DEI Award, and ACM CSCW Service Award, among others.

• Education: BA in Computer Engineering (Dartmouth College), MS (UC Berkeley School of Information), PhD in Human-Centered Computing (Georgia Tech).
• Research Interests: Social computing, HCI, privacy, technology policy, and digital justice.

Her recent publications emphasize ethical AI applications, sociotechnical systems combating online harm, and feminist interaction design. Schoenebeck advises six PhD students and teaches courses on algorithms, ethics, and interaction design. Her grants include funding from NSF, Google, and Meta. Disclosures include consulting roles with Twitter (2021-2022) and Google (2023-2024).

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award
• UMSI Faculty Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• ACM CSCW Service Award

Labs/Teams: Living Online Lab (LOL) focuses on techno-mediated justice and online equity initiatives. Collaborations include the Yale Justice Collaboratory and Michigan Institute for Data Science.