Estelle Smith 🌟

@estellesmith@hci.social
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Professor of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines (CS@Mines). Community Chair for #CSCW2025.
Cultivating a new research area in Online Spiritual Care, Mental Health, and Online Communities (see bit.ly/sacredtech). #HCI #CSCW #CHI #TOCHI

Websiteestellesmithphd.com
Faculty Pagecs.mines.edu/project/smith-estelle-c/
Publicationsscholar.google.com/citations?user=1YmwfXoAAAAJ&hl=en
CVbit.ly/C-Estelle-Smith-CV

Our next monthly meeting of the SPIRITED Collective features a talk & discussion led by Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum on AI, religion, and consciousness. Join the discussion on Weds, July 16 (9am PT/12 pm ET/5 pm BST).

πŸ“© Email spirited.hci@gmail.com for the meeting link
🌐 Learn more at https://spiritedhci.org

πŸ“£ Deadline EXTENDED to June 19, 2025 πŸ“£

🌊 Dive into the Ocean of Religious and Spiritual Design Research at #DIS2025! 🌊

πŸ‘‰ Submit your short papers or artworks (max 4 pages)
✨ All R/S beliefs (including none) welcome!
πŸ”— Submit: spiritedhci.org/dis2025works...

#HCI #Design #HCIResearch #SPIRITED

🌊 Dive into the Ocean of Religious & Spiritual Design Research at #DIS2025 🌊

Join us for a workshop exploring the intersection of religion / spirituality (R/S) and HCI design research. We invite researchers, designers, and R/S leaders or practitioners to explore themes of fluidity, mystery & depth of the unknown, transcendence, and sustainability.

πŸ‘‰ Submit short papers/artworks (max 4 pg) by 6/5/25
All R/S beliefs (inc. none) are welcome.
πŸ”— Learn more & submit: https://spiritedhci.org/dis2025workshop

Diving Into the Ocean of Religious and Spiritual Design Research

ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference 2025July 2025 – Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Workshop DescriptionCall for ParticipationSubmission FormImportant DatesScheduleOrganizers Worksh…

SPIRITED Collective

Join us this Thursday (5/15/25) to hear from Dr. Elizabeth Buie at our monthly SPIRITED Collective meeting for her talk on transcendent user experiences.

πŸ“© If you'd like to join our growing community, please send an email to spirited.hci@gmail.com for the meeting invite!

Hey #CSCW attendees! I'm a Community Co-Chair for #CSCW2025. This year, we're hoping to help folks coordinate things like: hotel roommates, ride shares to/from the airport, and fun travel activities in Norway before/after the conference. Your input will be helpful for us to time this well. Given that the conference is Oct. 18-22, around what time would you estimate that you'll be booking your travel arrangements? (Blog post coming early this summer!)
Observation for #HCI / #CSCW: Rather than submitting to specific conferences, I should encourage the international students in my lab to submit to #TOCHI (etc.) so that they can *choose* any ACM presentation venue that works, even if it takes much longer to be accepted. πŸ€”πŸ’­πŸ’‘

We believe the internet should be a place where everyone feels safe, respected and empowered to connect.

That’s why this #GivingTuesday we’re launching a campaign to fund a vital new role at #Mastodon:

✨ Trust & Safety Lead ✨

With the recent US elections and many changes to come, protecting our community has never been more important.

We officially kick off on *Tue, Dec 3rd* but if you’d like, you can make an impact today. Thank you for your support!

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Would love to see you at #CSCW2024 Session 2f today: "Governance, Online Communities, and Design” from 11:00AM-12:30PM in Room Central 3. I've been eager to share our work on Community Archetypes for a long time, and the day is *finally* here! πŸ˜„

https://medium.com/acm-cscw/how-about-some-better-criteria-for-online-community-membership-than-posting-three-times-042af5466506

How about some better criteria for online community membership than β€œposting three times?”

β€œArchetypes” are universal symbols, themes, or characters that recur across different cultures and stories, representing fundamental human experiences and emotions. From the β€œHero” embarking on an…

ACM CSCW

Our panel on Tuesday afternoon is the single event I am *most excited about* at #CSCW2024. Our community dearly needs to balance AI hype against thoughtful opportunities to integrate #AI into mental & spiritual healthcare. Add it to your schedule!

Panelists include Munmun De Choudhury, Diana Freed, Rev. George Handzo (a preeminent spiritual care expert with 150+ papers), and myself, moderated by Jingjin Li.

https://programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2024/program/content/179230

Conference Programs

πŸ…Our work on #BlackReddit has been awarded a DEI recognition!πŸ…πŸ₯²
. . .
After the opening #CSCW2024 keynote, please join us for the first paper session (Session 2b): "Exploring Race, Gender, and Identity in Digital Platforms" from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Room Guanacaste 1.

https://tinyurl.com/2jumc5cy-cscw2024

Verified Black: How A Controversial Governance Strategy on r/BlackPeopleTwitter Supports Black Authenticity and Sense of Virtual Community

Quick, go take a peek at the subreddit, r/BlackPeopleTwitter. What’s the first post you notice? Did it make you bust your gut laughing? Did you feel right at home in the community? Or perhaps the…

ACM CSCW