Update: I’m now an Associate Professor with tenure and I’ll be relocating soon from the Boston campus to the Oakland campus. Bay Area I’m making my way back!

Alexandra T.@alexandrato.bsky.social · last yr.

Intro thread! 👋🏼 I’m Alexandra, an Assistant Professor in Art+Design and Computer Science. I research transformational game design and racial justice & identity using human-computer interaction methods. I get to work with incredible students and collaborators! Some recent projects include…

This affects all federal grants, not just for science! Local government folks where you at?

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello we are back from a holiday weekend and the Office of Management and Budget is still trying to make sure federal grants can be withdrawn at any time, for any reason. There's still time to stop it. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

We're partnering with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to send 10 scholars to their NYC festival this July 🎮 Free Standard Ticket ($825 value), GDoCExpo 2026 pass, our online dev community, and an onsite meetup with our squad. Apply by June 30: forms.gle/vKVDPfhb85mW... #gamedev #scholarship

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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You aren't seeing double! We are fortunate enough to be in two sales this week! Go to tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale to access the whole list for the @aapiingaming.bsky.social sale!

prettysmart games@prettysmart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Looking for the 90s era ghostpunk teens vs. monsters in a haunted hotel roguelike deckbuilder? Ours is 20% off in the @aapiingaming.bsky.social Steam Sale, along with many other incredible titles! store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/... #indiegame #deckbuilder #steamsale

Catch @jailynz.bsky.social presenting “Learning Ecological Justice and Game Design by Creating Transformational Games“ on Thursday and… Natalie presenting our paper “I can take what I want and adapt as needed”: BIPOC Identity Making and Resistance Through Internet Aesthetics…” Friday! #CHI2026

@khourycollege.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As Khoury College's faculty and student researchers descend on Barcelona this week, they're asking how technology — particularly AI — can fulfill users' needs, enhance their abilities, and amplify their humanity. Read more: https://bit.ly/4miAO6t

Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The AI Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Prof. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna will discuss their new book, The AI Con.

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If you're in Oakland this weekend, I'm facilitating a FREE session on overcoming personal barriers to organizing. If you or a loved one, is unsure of what to do, how much risk to take, or generally has an aversion to thinking of themselves as an organizer. Everyone welcome! oacc.cc/event/activa...

Come work with me! The DIS community is incredible and this is a great chance to engage with and shepherd really cool cutting edge critical computing work. The primary responsibilities fall roughly late-January to late-March.

Designing Interactive Systems Conference@acm-dis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢📢 Urgent Call for ACs 📢📢 DIS 2026 is looking for more Associate Chairs for the following paper-track subcommittees! - Critical Computing & Design Theory - Design Methods & Processes If you have experience in these areas and would like to volunteer, please email tpc@dis2026.acm.org by 14 Jan. 2026

It’s that time of year~~ 12 month tarot spread. I know it looks really intimidating but it’s actually very very beginner friendly. #tarot

Call for Papers/Pictorials for #DIS2026! Abstracts are due January 9th, and full papers/pictorials are due January 19th, 2026. 👉 Papers dis.acm.org/2026/papers/ 👉 Pictorials dis.acm.org/2026/pictori... Join us in Singapore 🇸🇬 #DIS2026 #HCI #DesignResearch #Singapore #BeyondInteraction

I finally cut a clip of what multiple people told me was their favorite joke from this set.

Do I add this to my CV as an invited lecture? 🤔

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

Early Voting this weekend at the Margarita Muniz Academy in JP (20 Child St) from 11 to 7. Here's our updated endorsement flyer!

A friend at EA asked me to share this. Time for solidarity... again 😞 actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...

Make EA Better for Workers and Gamers - Not Billionaires

A group of investors - including the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners - wants to buy Electronic Arts, concentrating even more power and wealth into the hands...

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Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

Our paper, "Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding," is up now on the ACM DL and won an Honourable Mention Paper Award at #CHIPLAY2025!! This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Video games are celebrated for providing unique interactive experiences that allow players to construct their own narratives through play. However, Black gamers have been repeatedly denied representat...

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BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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Catch @jailynz.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon @qgcon.bsky.social talking about joy and play as resistance, TTRPGs, pleasure activism, and how spite motivates us to keep doing cool shit. ❤️

The QGCon Collective@qgcon.bsky.social · last yr.

Resharing to add the Sunday #QGCon schedule of events as well!

University of Michigan School of Information has four faculty positions ranging from Presidential Postdoc to Full. They're all linked here. PPFP due Sep 26, the others Nov 1 or 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House

This is one of the ways that white supremacy weaponizes civility: by implying that certain people get to be served, and other kinds of people (you know what kinds) need to be grateful, without interrogating it.

The Independent@the-independent.com · last yr.

Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

Intro thread! 👋🏼 I’m Alexandra, an Assistant Professor in Art+Design and Computer Science. I research transformational game design and racial justice & identity using human-computer interaction methods. I get to work with incredible students and collaborators! Some recent projects include…

presenting this work at #usesec25 friday morning at 11am! please come by and say hello to an academic job market candidate (me 👩🏻‍🏫) official link to paper: www.usenix.org/system/files...

yuxi 👩🏻‍🏫@yuxiwu.com · last yr.

new paper incoming at USENIX Security 2025 📬 "Navigating Security and Privacy Threats in Homeless Service Provision" really grateful to have worked with @hongshen.bsky.social, Fei Fang, and a team of amazing undergrads and community collaborators on this project yuxiwu.com/pubs/sec25_h...

Crashed out and sought answers at the bookstore: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People About Race Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men The Selected Works of Audre Lorde The Origins of Totalitarianism

Are they able to diminish or nullify Gay Marriage rights? Yes.. here’s how - and what my wife Natalie and I did to prepare. youtu.be/hOhIHdmnBM0?...

How To Save Gay Marriage

YouTube video by Under The Desk News

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Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et