Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance
Karen Levy
Princeton University Press (2023) [book and e-book] [audiobook]
Awards: McGannon Book Award | Best Book Award, American Sociological Association Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) | Best Information Science Book Award, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) | Labor Tech Research Network Book Award | PROSE Award Finalist, Cultural Anthropology and Sociology, Association of American Publishers
Media coverage: Mother Jones | Verge | Cornell Chronicle | CBC | CBC Spark (audio) | Land Line | Land Line Now (audio) | Phenomenal World | New America | TruckingTrend | Marketplace | Majority Report (video) | New Books Network (audio) | KQED Forum (audio) | Truckers News | Odd Lots (audio) | FreightWaves [1][2] | BBC | Academic Minute (audio) | Insider | Dave Nemo Show | Guardian | Ralph Nader Radio Show (audio) | Information Professional | Next Big Idea Club | CDLLife | Plutopia (audio) | Harper’s | Modern Farmer | Trans.info | PBS’ The Open Mind
Reviews: American Prospect (by Zephyr Teachout) | New Yorker (by Gideon Lewis-Kraus) | Wall Street Journal (by Marc Levinson) | L’Express (by Julien Damon) | American Affairs (by Gord Magill) | Reboot (by Matthew Sun) | Prospect (by Peter Hoskin) | JOTWELL (by Ari Waldman) | Jacobin (by Alex Press) | The American Conservative (by Michael Toscano) | ILR Review (by Jenna Burrell) | ICTjournal (by Rodolphe Koller) | Overland Literary Journal (by Rob Horning) | Labor History (by P. Arun and Avdhesh Kumar) | Information (by Dominique Routhier) | Global Privacy Law Review (by Clara Saillant) | Surveillance and Society (by Eamonn Sullivan) | net.wars (by Wendy Grossman) | SIAM News (by Ernest Davis) | Work, Employment, and Society (by Stephen Frenkel) | AAG Review of Books (by Debbie Hopkins) | Contemporary Sociology (by Keith Guzik) | IEEE Technology & Society (by David Lucsko)
Excerpts: Boston Review | WIRED | Slate
Op-eds: PUP Ideas | Psyche | Law and Political Economy Project
Participation in the Age of Foundation Models
Harini Suresh, Emily Tseng, Meg Young, Mary Gray, Emma Pierson, and Karen Levy
FAccT 2024
On the Actionability of Outcome Prediction
Lydia Liu, Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, and Karen Levy
AAAI 2024
“A Fountain Pen Come to Life”: The Anxieties of the Autopen
Pegah Moradi and Karen Levy
International Journal of Communication 18:784-792 (2024)
Media coverage: Cornell Chronicle
Surveillance Deputies: When Ordinary People Surveil for the State
Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson, and Karen Levy
Law and Society Review 57(4): 462-88 (2023)
Media coverage: Contexts Magazine
Strategic Evaluation: Subjects, Evaluators, and Society
Benjamin Laufer, Jon Kleinberg, Karen Levy, and Helen Nissenbaum
EAAMO 2023
Informational Diversity and Affinity Bias in Team Growth Dynamics
Hoda Heidari, Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, and Karen Levy
EAAMO 2023
Artificial Intelligence in Communication Impacts Language and Social Relationships
Jess Hohenstein, Rene F. Kizilcec, Dominic DiFranzo, Zhila Aghajari, Hanna Mieczkowski, Karen Levy, Mor Naaman, Jeffrey Hancock, and Malte F. Jung
Scientific Reports 13: 5487 (2023)
Media coverage: Cornell Chronicle
Information Needs of Essential Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marianne Aubin Le Quéré, Ting-Wei Chiang, Karen Levy, and Mor Naaman
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2022
Proactive Moderation of Online Discussions: Existing Practices and the Potential for Algorithmic Support
Charlotte Schluger, Jonathan P. Chang, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, and Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2022
Media coverage: Cornell Chronicle
Fast or Accurate? Governing Conflicting Goals in Highly Autonomous Vehicles
A. Feder Cooper and Karen Levy
Colorado Technology Law Journal 20: 249–281 (2022)
Chilling Effects and Unequal Subjects: A Response to Jonathon Penney’s Understanding Chilling Effects
Karen Levy
Minnesota Law Review Headnotes 106: 392–399 (2022)
An Uncommon Task: Participatory Design in Legal AI
Fernando A. Delgado, Solon Barocas, and Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2022
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Accuracy-Efficiency Trade-Offs and Accountability in Distributed ML Systems
A. Feder Cooper, Karen Levy, and Christopher De Sa
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO) 2021
Algorithmic Auditing and Social Justice: Lessons from the History of Audit Studies
Briana Vecchione, Solon Barocas, and Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO) 2021
Gathering Strength, Gathering Storms: The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) 2021 Study Panel Report
Michael L. Littman, Ifeoma Ajunwa, Guy Berger, Craig Boutilier, Morgan Currie, Finale Doshi-Velez, Gillian Hadfield, Michael C. Horowitz, Charles Isbell, Hiroaki Kitano, Karen Levy, Terah Lyons, Melanie Mitchell, Julie Shah, Steven Sloman, Shannon Vallor, and Toby Walsh
AI100 Study Panel Report (2021)
Artificial Intelligence, Systemic Risks, and Sustainability
Victor Galaz, Miguel A. Centeno, Peter W. Callahan, Amar Causevic, Thayer Patterson, Irina Brass, Seth Baum, Darryl Farber, Joern Fischer, David Garcia, Timon McPhearson, Daniel Jimenez, Brian King, Paul Larcey, and Karen Levy
Technology in Society (2021)
Algorithms and Decision-Making in the Public Sector
Karen Levy, Kyla Chasalow, and Sarah Riley
Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2021)
On Modeling Human Perceptions of Allocation Policies with Uncertain Outcomes
Hoda Heidari, Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, and Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2021
Exemplary Paper Award, Applied Modeling Track
A Community-Centered Research Agenda for AI Innovation Policy
Fernando A. Delgado and Karen Levy
Cornell Policy Review (2021)
Computer Vision and Conflicting Values: Describing People with Automated Alt Text
Margot Hanley, Solon Barocas, Karen Levy, Shiri Azenkot, and Helen Nissenbaum
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES) 2021
Representativeness in Statistics, Politics, and Machine Learning
Kyla Chasalow and Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) 2021
The Future of Work in the Age of AI: Displacement or Risk-Shifting?
Pegah Moradi and Karen Levy
Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (2020)
Regulating Accuracy-Efficiency Trade-Offs in Distributed Machine Learning Systems
A. Feder Cooper, Karen Levy, and Christopher De Sa
Law and Machine Learning Workshop @ ICML 2020
Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships
Karen Levy and Bruce Schneier
Journal of Cybersecurity, 6: 113 (2020)
Media coverage: Dark Reading | The Register | Privacy News Online
Measuring the Predictability of Life Outcomes with a Scientific Mass Collaboration
Matthew J. Salganik, Ian Lundberg, Alexander T. Kindel, [100 mass collaboration participants], Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Barbara E. Engelhardt, Moritz Hardt, Dean Knox, Karen Levy, Arvind Narayanan, Brandon M. Stewart, Duncan J. Watts, and Sara McLanahan
Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences 117(15): 8398–8403 (2020)
Media coverage: MIT Technology Review | VentureBeat | phys.org
Privacy Dependencies
Solon Barocas and Karen Levy
Washington Law Review, 95: 555–616 (2020)
Review: JOTWELL
AI-Mediated Communication: Definition, Research Agenda, and Ethical Considerations
Jeffrey T. Hancock, Mor Naaman, and Karen Levy
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2020)
Roles for Computing in Social Change
Rediet Abebe, Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, Karen Levy, Manish Raghavan, David Robinson
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT*) 2020
Talk video: FAT*
Mitigating Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: Evaluating Claims and Practices
Manish Raghavan, Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT*) 2020
Media coverage: MIT Tech Review | Cornell Chronicle | HR Technologist | Fortune | Globe and Mail
Privacy, Ethics, and Data Access: A Case Study of the Fragile Families Challenge
Ian Lundberg, Arvind Narayanan, Karen Levy, Matthew Salganik
Socius, 5: 1–25 (2019)
Blog post: Freedom to Tinker
Strange Loops: Apparent versus Actual Human Involvement in Automated Decision-Making
Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Karen Levy, Daniel Susser
Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 34: 745–771 (2019)
Narrative Paths and Negotiation of Power in Birth Stories
Maria Antoniak, David Mimno, Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 3: Article 88 (2019)
Media coverage: Cornell Chronicle | Diaries of Social Data Research podcast interview
Cameras on Beds: The Ethics of Surveillance in Nursing Home Rooms
Clara Berridge, Jodi Halpern, Karen Levy
American Journal of Bioethics: Empirical Bioethics 10(1): 55–62 (2019)
Media coverage: The Markup
Regulating Privacy in Public/Private Space: The Case of Nursing Home Monitoring Laws
Karen Levy, Lauren Kilgour, Clara Berridge
Elder Law Journal 26: 323–363 (2019)
Review: JOTWELL
Op-ed: The Conversation, reprinted in Chicago Tribune and elsewhere
Debiasing Desire: Addressing Bias and Discrimination on Intimate Platforms
Jevan Hutson, Jessie Taft, Solon Barocas, Karen Levy
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2(1): Article 73 (2018)
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Media coverage: Chicago Tribune | WIRED | WIRED UK | Axios | Rewire | CNN | Bustle | Boston Review
The Phallus-y Fallacy: On Unsexy Intimate Tracking
Karen Levy
American Journal of Bioethics 18(2): 22–24 (2018)
Refractive Surveillance: Monitoring Customers to Manage Workers
Karen Levy and Solon Barocas
International Journal of Communication 12: 1166–1188 (2018)
Op-ed: Harvard Business Review
Media coverage: France Culture (interview, dubbed in French)
Visual Data and the Law
Sarah Brayne, Karen Levy, Bryce Newell
Law and Social Inquiry 43(4): 1149–1163 (2018)
The Surveillant Consumer
Luke Stark and Karen Levy
Media, Culture, and Society 40(8): 1202–1220 (2018)
Media coverage: Top of Mind Radio (interview)
The Spyware Used in Intimate Partner Violence
Rahul Chatterjee, Periwinkle Doerfler, Hadas Orgad, Sam Havron, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Freed, Karen Levy, Nicola Dell, Damon McCoy, Tom Ristenpart
IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy (2018)
Media coverage: New York Times
‘A Stalker’s Paradise’: How Intimate Partner Abusers Exploit Technology
Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, Nicola Dell
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2018
Best Paper Award
Op-eds: Slate | Vox
Media coverage: Washington Post
Digital Technologies and Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis with Multiple Stakeholders
Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, Nicola Dell
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), Article 46 (2017)
Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion
Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts and the Social Workings of Law
Karen Levy
Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 3: 1–15 (2017)
Reprinted: Computers and Law, 25–29, Feb/Mar 2018 (edited version)
Blog post: Hacking, Distributed
Designing Against Discrimination in Online Markets
Karen Levy and Solon Barocas
Berkeley Technology Law Journal 32(3): 1183–1237 (2017)
Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award, Future of Privacy Forum
Discriminating Tastes: Uber’s Customer Ratings as Vehicles for Workplace Discrimination
Alex Rosenblat, Karen Levy, Solon Barocas, Tim Hwang
Policy and Internet 9(3): 256–279 (2017)
Best Paper Award, Oxford Internet Institute Conference on Internet, Policy, and Politics, 2016
Media coverage: New York Times | New Scientist | VICE
Privacy, Poverty, and Big Data: A Matrix of Vulnerabilities for Poor Americans
Mary Madden, Michele Gilman, Karen Levy, Alice Marwick
Washington University Law Review 95: 53–125 (2017)
Op-ed: New York Times (by Mary Madden)
Media coverage: VICE
When Open Data is a Trojan Horse: The Weaponization of Transparency in Science and Governance
Karen Levy and David Merritt Johns
Big Data & Society 3(1) (2016)
Op-ed: Washington Post
Media coverage: FiveThirtyEight
Digital Surveillance in the Hypermasculine Workplace
Karen Levy
Feminist Media Studies 16(2): 361–365 (2016)
Media coverage: Science Node
The Contexts of Control: Information, Power, and Truck Driving Work
Karen Levy
The Information Society 31: 160–174 (2015)
Nicholas C. Mullins Prize, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Op-ed: Los Angeles Times
Media coverage: New York Times | The Atlantic | Boston Review | Axios | Vox (video) | Science Node | Fusion | The Guardian
Intimate Surveillance
Karen Levy
Idaho Law Review 51: 679–693 (2015)
Media coverage: Vox | The Guardian | The Guardian | CBC Spark (interview) | Algocracy and Transhumanism podcast (interview)
Review: 2-part ethical analysis by John Danaher (1) (2)
The User As Network
Karen Levy
First Monday 20(11) (2015)
Wiki Surveys: Open and Quantifiable Social Data Collection
Matthew J. Salganik and Karen Levy
PLoS ONE 10(5) (2015)
Media coverage: MIT Technology Review
Driving Regulation: Using Topic Models to Examine Political Contention in the United States Trucking Industry
Karen Levy and Michael Franklin
Social Science Computer Review 32(2): 182–194 (2014)
The Networked Nature of Algorithmic Discrimination
danah boyd, Karen Levy, Alice Marwick
Data and Discrimination: Collected Essays (S. Ganghadaran, V. Eubanks, and S. Barocas, eds.), 53–57, Open Technology Institute (2015)
Media coverage: The Atlantic
Relational Big Data
Karen Levy
Stanford Law Review Online 66: 73–79 (2013)