Crystal Lee

Appointments

July 2023- Assistant Professor, Computational Media and Design, MIT

Sep 2022- Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

Co-lead, Ethical Tech Working Group. Former Fellow (2020–21) and Affiliate (2021–22).

Jan 2022- Senior Fellow, Responsible Computing Challenge, Mozilla

2022-23 Postdoctoral Associate, Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT

2018 Visiting Scientist, Joint Research Center (Italy), European Commission

Education

2022 PhD, History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2016 MA, History of Science, Stanford University

2015 BA (high honors), History of Science, Stanford University

Research interests

Data visualization, critical data studies, digital media, science and technology studies, human- computer interaction, disability studies

Selected fellowships, grants, and awards

2022 Honorable Mention, Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis; top 3 papers)

2021 Honorable Mention, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (top 5%)

2020 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant #1941577 ($18,825)

2020 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Social Data Dissertation Fellowship ($15,000)

Publications

Refereed Journals

2023 Gracen Brilmyer* and Crystal Lee*. “Terms of use: Crip legibility in information systems, First Monday (January 2023).

2021 Jamie Wong, Crystal Lee, Vesper Long, Di Wu, Graham Jones*. “Let’s Go, Baby Forklift: The Power of Cuteness and the Cuteness of Power on Chinese Social Media,” Social Media + Society (April 2021).

Refereed conference proceedings

2022 Jonathan Zong, Crystal Lee, Alan Lundgard*, JiWoong Jang, Daniel Hajas, Arvind Satyanarayan. “Rich Screen Reader Experiences for Accessible Data Visualization,” Eurographics Conference on Visualization (May 2022). ==Honorable Mention.==

2021 Crystal Lee, Tanya Yang, Gabrielle Inchoco, Graham M. Jones, and Arvind Satyanarayan, “Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online.” ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2021. ==Honorable Mention.==

2019 Alan Lundgard, Crystal Lee, and Arvind Satyanarayan, “Sociotechnical Considerations for Accessible Visualization Design,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (October 2019).

Last updated: February 2023