Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D. | Source | Assistant Professor - School of Information at University of Michigan
Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D.
Dr. Oliver Haimson is an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan School of Information and author of Trans Technologies (MIT Press, 2025). He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award. Haimson conducts social computing research focused on envisioning and designing trans technologies.
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University of Michigan (http://umich.edu)
Assistant Professor - School of Information
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University of Michigan (http://umich.edu)
Assistant Professor / President's Postdoctoral fellow - School of Information
Aug 2018 – Jul 2019 -
Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com)
PhD Research Intern
Jan 2016 – Dec 2016
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Oliver Haimson: Social Media Content Moderation for Marginalized Individuals and Communities
Assistant professor and former Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Oliver Haimson earned an NSF CAREER grant in 2020 for his work, “Toward Equitable Social Media Content Moderation for Marginalized Individuals and Communities.” His research goes into the gray areas of website moderation, to examine the causes and consequences of online platforms banning users and content that do not actually violate site policies.
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University of California, Irvine - Informatics Seminar Series: Trans Technologies
Oliver L. Haimson, University of Michigan
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Extended Reality Trans Technologies: Bridging Digital and Physical Worlds to Support Transgender People.
Oliver L. Haimson, Aloe DeGuia, Rana Saber, and Kat Brewster. 2024. Proceedings of the ACM Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) (will be presented at CSCW 2024).
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