Research & Publications

My research explores how people interact with emerging technologies, particularly in immersive environments and communities. I'm interested in privacy, user agency, accessibility, and how technology can be designed around the people who use it.

Research Areas

Three main directions that guide my work.

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers, workshop papers, and other research outputs.

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  1. Black church leaders discussing technology and livestream production around a table inside a church sanctuary.

    Technology Use in the Black Church: Perspectives of Black Church Leaders

    Full Paper

    Nissi Otoo, Gabriella Thompson, Jessie Eaves, Kaiya Jennings, Angela D. R. Smith, Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu

    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW 2026) · 2026

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  2. Illustrations of two young Black adults using digital devices.

    Understanding Digital Religion in the Lives of Black Christian Young Adults

    Full Paper

    Alexa N. Smith, Nissi Otoo, Rohin Beach, Jessie Eaves, Kaiya Jennings, George W. Lyons, Dean Thompson, Terika McCall, Teresa K. O'Leary, Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu

    CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026) · 2026

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  3. Augmented reality view of a hallway art gallery with virtual paintings, from the Visceral Notices study

    Visceral Notices and Privacy Mechanisms for Eye Tracking in Augmented Reality

    Full Paper

    Nissi Otoo (equal contribution), Kailon Blue (equal contribution), G. Nikki Ramirez, Evan Selinger, Shaun Foster, Brendan David-John

    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) · 2025 · Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2025

    Best Paper Honorable Mention, IEEE ISMAR 2025

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  4. Black church leaders discussing technology and livestream production around a table inside a church sanctuary.

    Technology Use in the Black Church: Perspectives of Black Church Leaders Preliminary Findings

    Poster

    Gabriella Thompson, Nissi Otoo, Jaden Christopher Fisher, Irene Sibi, Angela D. R. Smith, Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu

    Companion Publication of the 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024) · 2024

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Presentations & Talks

Conference presentations, posters, and invited talks.

  1. Presenting the full paper Technology Use in the Black Church at CSCW 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  2. Presented the workshop position paper Visceral Notices: Rethinking Consent at the CHI 2026 Moving Beyond Clicks workshop in Barcelona, Spain. A co-authored full paper, Understanding Digital Religion, was also presented at CHI 2026.

  3. Presented the Visceral Notices paper and a live demonstration at IEEE ISMAR 2025 in Daejeon, South Korea. The paper received a Best Paper Honorable Mention.

  4. Presented the poster Technology Use in the Black Church: Preliminary Findings at CSCW 2024 in San José, Costa Rica.