Below are a selection of my research publications, organized roughly by category. Check out my Semantic Scholar or Google Scholar for the full list.
RESISTANCE TO AI HARMS
Jordan Taylor, Joel Mire, Franchesca Spektor, Alicia DeVrio, Maarten Sap, Haiyi Zhu, & Sarah Fox. Un-Straightening Generative AI: How Queer Artists Surface and Challenge the Normativity of Generative AI Models. FAccT, 2025.
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Cella M. Sum & Alicia DeVrio. Shifting Power Through Resistance: Social justice in practice. XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students (XRDS Vol. 30, Issue 4), Summer 2024.
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Alicia DeVrio, Motahhare Eslami, & Kenneth Holstein. Building, Shifting, & Employing Power: A Taxonomy of Responses From Below to Algorithmic Harm. FAccT, 2024.
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Wesley Hanwen Deng, Bill Boyuan Guo, Alicia DeVrio, Hong Shen, Motahhare Eslami, & Kenneth Holstein. Understanding Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities for User-Engaged Algorithm Auditing in Industry Practice. CHI, 2023.
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Alicia DeVos, Aditi Dhabalia, Hong Shen, Kenneth Holstein, & Motahhare Eslami. Toward User-Driven Algorithm Auditing: Investigating users' strategies for uncovering harmful algorithmic behavior. CHI, 2022.
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Hong Shen*, Alicia DeVos*, Motahhare Eslami, & Kenneth Holstein. Everyday Algorithm Auditing: Understanding the power of everyday users in surfacing harmful algorithmic behaviors. CSCW, 2021.
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC AI
Alicia DeVrio, Myra Cheng, Lisa Egede, Alexandra Olteanu, & Su Lin Blodgett. A Taxonomy of Linguistic Expressions That Contribute To Anthropomorphism of Language Technologies. CHI, 2025.
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Myra Cheng, Su Lin Blodgett, Alicia DeVrio, Lisa Egede, & Alexandra Olteanu. Dehumanizing Machines: Mitigating Anthropomorphic Behaviors in Text Generation Systems. ACL Main, 2025.
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Alexandra Olteanu, Solon Barocas, Su Lin Blodgett, Lisa Egede, Alicia DeVrio, Myra Cheng . AI Automatons: AI Systems Intended to Imitate Humans.
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Myra Cheng, Alicia DeVrio, Lisa Egede, Su Lin Blodgett, & Alexandra Olteanu. "I Am the One and Only, Your Cyber BFF": Understanding the Impact of GenAI Requires Understanding the Impact of Anthropomorphic AI. ICLR Blogposts, 2025.
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