Hello world! My name is Lizzie Li. I'm a PhD student in the Media, Technology, and Society program at Northwestern University. I currently work with Dr. Jeremy Birnholtz in the Social Media Lab and Dr. Darren Gergle in the CollabLab. My human-computer-interaction research focuses on designing social media platforms to better align with human values.
I was previously a research fellow at the Columbia Privacy Lab where I conducted a digital ethnography to ascribe meaning to an emerging anti-privacy behavior — screenshot and sharing of dating app profiles on TikTok, reddit, and Facebook communities.
While at Columbia, I completed a thesis research project as part of my MA in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University where I was advised by Dr. Steven Bellovin. My thesis explored information sharing behaviors of Hinge dating app users.
I was also a communications fellow at Columbia Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design's eLab, where I worked with SIPA professor Sarah Holloway with graphic and web design, which has been a side passion of mine.
I received my BS from Cornell University in 2019 with a double major in
Communication and Development Sociology and a minor in Inequality Studies.
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