Members of the Michigan ICTD Team had several papers, extended abstracts, and workshop papers at CHI 2018 in Montreal, Canada. Congratulations to everyone who presented this year! Best Papers: “Keeping a Low Profile? Technology, Risk and Privacy among Undocumented Immigrants,” by Tamy Guberek, Allison McDonald, Sylvia Simioni, Abraham H. Mhaidli, Kentaro Toyama and Florian Schaub…

“I had a block that if I used a cane my dignity would be lost.”—quoted from an interview with a blind woman from India. Social stigma is lethal. Whether openly or reluctantly, most people will agree that the implicit biases and assumptions surrounding disability are incredibly powerful. Everyday, the social stigma of disability affects the…

Politicians in various parts of the world have invested in social media campaigns, including in settings where a relatively small proportion of the voting public is actually online. Leaders use social media to actively court constituents, to present a narrative on their political program to the international community, or to use the affordances of social…

Politicians and Social Media in the Global South In the last decade, politicians in various parts of the world have invested in social media campaigns, including in settings where a relatively small proportion of the voting public is actually online. Leaders may use social media for a range of reasons including to actively court constituents,…