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PRIVACY
When technology crosses a line.
How do people experience privacy violations, what harms follow, and where do our existing frameworks fail to capture those experiences?
PRIVACY · HARM · DESIGN
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Hello, I'm
Kirsten
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researcher
mentor
human ☺
Chapman.
I study the human consequences of how we design technology.
PRIVACY
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HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
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RESPONSIBLE AI
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SOCIAL COMPUTING
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ACCESSIBILITY
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PRIVACY
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HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
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RESPONSIBLE AI
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SOCIAL COMPUTING
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ACCESSIBILITY
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PRIVACY
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HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
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RESPONSIBLE AI
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SOCIAL COMPUTING
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ACCESSIBILITY
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ABOUT
My work asks how we can build technology that actually accounts for the people using it.
Currently
I'm a PhD candidate at Brigham Young University, where I work with Dr. Xinru Page in the Social Technology and Privacy Lab (STaPL).
What I study
My research focuses on privacy, social computing, responsible AI, and people's experiences with emerging technologies.
How I study it
I use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, including interviews, surveys, and diary studies.
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RESEARCH
Questions I keep
coming back to.
A few themes that connect the work I do.
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RESPONSIBLE AI
Who bears the AI harms we overlook?
How can we better identify and evaluate harms from generative AI, particularly for people whose experiences are often overlooked in technology design and evaluation?
GENAI · EVALUATION · EQUITY
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SOCIAL COMPUTING
Being human through a screen.
How does technology shape the ways people communicate, build relationships, interpret social cues, and navigate social expectations?
SOCIAL MEDIA · CMC · HCI
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SELECTED WORK
Recent papers.
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PRISM: Evaluating a Rule-Based, Scenario-Driven Social Media Privacy Education Program for Young Autistic Adults
Kirsten Chapman, Garrett Smith, Kaitlyn Klabacka, Joseph Thomas Bills, Addisyn Bushman, Terisa Gabrielsen, Pamela J. Wisniewski, Xinru Page
Persuasiveness of Conversational Agents for Targeted Advertising: Autism and Gen-AI Chatbots
Kirsten Chapman, Kaitlyn Klabacka, Garrett Smith, Xinru Page
A House Divided: How US Politics Could Shape Contact-Tracing Adoption in Future Pandemics
Garrett Smith, Kirsten Chapman, Tzu-Yu Weng, Haijing Hao, Mainack Mondal, Staci Smith, Yunan Chen, Xinru Page
04 / BEYOND THE LAB
Researcher,
mentor,
person.
I care about doing research that matters to the people it describes, mentoring the next generation of researchers, and making academia a little more human.
Outside of research, you'll usually find me exploring somewhere new, finding something good to eat, knitting, or taking my dog Java (yes, named after the programming language) on walks around the Wasatch Front.
More about me →QUESTIONS · COLLABORATIONS · INTERESTING PAPERS
Let's chat ↗© 2026 Kirsten Chapman