Identity Lab

We study how identity is
designed, represented and
experienced through technology

Projects / View more

  • Suicide Bereavement Support

    Suicide Bereavement Support

  • Post-Break-Up Identities

    Post-Break-Up Identities

  • Queer Identities on Dating Apps

    Queer Identities on Dating Apps

  • Death & the Social Network

    Death & the Social Network

  • Digital Hospice

    Digital Hospice

  • Identity + Algorithms

    Identity + Algorithms

  • Marginalization & Safety

    Marginalization & Safety

  • Improving Design for Mortality Information Systems

    Improving Design for Mortality Information Systems

  • Assessing Support for Mortality: An Environmental Scan of Online Platforms

    Assessing Support for Mortality: An Environmental Scan of Online Platforms

  • Positional Machine Learning

    Positional Machine Learning

  • Post-userism

    Post-userism

  • Queer HCI

    Queer HCI

  • Queer Representation on WikiData

    Queer Representation on WikiData

  • Generative AI and Transness

    Generative AI and Transness

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March 27, 2026

For generative ghosts, feeling authentic matters more than facts

Our latest work examines how people interact with “generative ghosts” — AI systems that simulate deceased loved ones — finding that emotional authenticity matters more than factual accuracy. The paper will appear at ACM DIS 2026.

March 27, 2026

New work at CSCW 2026 on end-of-life values in electronic health records

Doyle and Brubaker reveal how EHR systems fail to consistently support the documentation and transfer of patients’ end-of-life values across care settings. The paper will appear at ACM CSCW 2026.

March 11, 2026

Brubaker gives invited talk at UT Austin on "Clinic as Method"

Brubaker presented the Digital Legacy Clinic as a model for combining research, teaching, and direct public support in a colloquium at UT Austin’s iSchool.