JaeWon Kim

Email:

jaewonk at uw dot edu

Hi! :) I am a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Washington Information School, advised by Prof. Alexis Hiniker at the User Empowerment Lab.

My research lies broadly in human-computer interaction (HCI) and social computing. I combine empirical work with design and system-building approaches to envision social technologies for fostering meaningful social connections online, especially with the youth 👯.

I am especially passionate about Positech research (centering human flourishing in social technology design) and am open to collaborations aligning with this vision. Keywords that spark my interest include social AR/VR, online communities, conversational agents, and mental health and well-being.

Outside of research, you can find me singing, daydreaming, and slowly running, biking, and swimming with hopes of a triathlon someday (emphasis on “slowly”).

news

Nov 09, 2024	Excited for my first conference presentation on our BeReal paper and our Positech workshop @CSCW 2024 in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷
Oct 20, 2024	Excited to serve as a student volunteer for IEEE ISMAR 2024—this will be my first ever conference 🤩
Oct 13, 2024	Finally making enough research progress to actually maintain a website—guess that’s a start 😁

selected publications

CSCW 2025

Privacy as Social Norm: Systematically Reducing Dysfunctional Privacy Concerns on Social Media

JaeWon Kim , Soobin Cho^*, Robert Wolfe^*, Jishnu Hari Nair, and Alexis Hiniker

CSCW ’25 (in press), 2025

Bib HTML PDF

@article{kim2025-dysfunctional-fear,
  title = {Privacy as Social Norm: Systematically Reducing Dysfunctional Privacy Concerns on Social Media},
  author = {Kim, JaeWon and Cho, Soobin and Wolfe, Robert and Nair, Jishnu Hari and Hiniker, Alexis},
  journal = {CSCW '25 (in press)},
  year = {2025},
}

CSCW 2024 Workshop

Envisioning New Futures of Positive Social Technology: Beyond Paradigms of Fixing, Protecting, and Preventing

JaeWon Kim^* , Lindsay Popowski^*, Anna Fang, Cassidy Pyle, Guo Freeman, Ryan M. Kelly, Angela Y. Lee, Fannie Liu, Angela D. R. Smith, Alexandra To, and Amy X. Zhang

CSCW Companion ’24 (In Press), 2024

Bib HTML PDF

@article{kim2024-positech,
  title = {Envisioning New Futures of Positive Social Technology: Beyond Paradigms of Fixing, Protecting, and Preventing},
  author = {Kim, JaeWon and Popowski, Lindsay and Fang, Anna and Pyle, Cassidy and Freeman, Guo and Kelly, Ryan M. and Lee, Angela Y. and Liu, Fannie and Smith, Angela D. R. and To, Alexandra and Zhang, Amy X.},
  journal = {CSCW Companion '24 (In Press)},
  year = {2024},
}

CSCW 2024

"Sharing, Not Showing Off": How BeReal Approaches Authentic Self-Presentation on Social Media Through Its Design

JaeWon Kim , Robert Wolfe, Ishita Chordia, Katie Davis, and Alexis Hiniker

CSCW ’24 (In Press), 2024

Bib HTML PDF Slides

@article{kim2024-bereal,
  title = {"Sharing, Not Showing Off": How BeReal Approaches Authentic Self-Presentation on Social Media Through Its Design},
  author = {Kim, JaeWon and Wolfe, Robert and Chordia, Ishita and Davis, Katie and Hiniker, Alexis},
  journal = {CSCW '24 (In Press)},
  year = {2024},
}