Profiles: Jasmine C. Foriest, 0000-0002-5265-9574, Google Scholar,
Biography
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Information Security and Privacy (ISP) Lab at UNIL, where my work examines human-centered security and privacy research in contexts of violence, vulnerability, and inequality. My research investigates how digital systems shape whether individuals can understand, articulate, and act on harm, particularly in high-risk contexts where failures can lead to real-world injury or death.
My work sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), usable security and privacy, communication studies, and public health. I develop sociotechnical frameworks and interventions to examine how digital platforms, AI systems, and institutional infrastructures both enable and inhibit safety-critical help-seeking. Central to my research are the concepts of muting, epistemic injustice, and interdependent privacy, which I use to explain how systems reproduce structural inequalities and constrain users’ ability to seek help or protect themselves.
I received my Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I investigated how technologies mediate violence and harm across social media, news media, and AI systems. My dissertation introduced the concept of muting—the sociotechnical mechanisms through which platforms suppress survivor discourse—and demonstrated how these mechanisms shape access to information, support, and safety.
Prior to and alongside my academic work, I bring over a decade of experience in violence prevention, policy, and public health, including collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the implementation of the Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention in healthcare settings.
Professional course
Research Scientist, Information Security & Privacy Lab (ISP), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 2026 – present
Senior Implementation Advisor, Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention, 2015 – present
Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021 – 2025
Data Scientist & Strategy Lead, City of Atlanta Office of the Public Defender, 2023 – 2025
ORISE Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Injury Center, 2021 – 2025
Injury Prevention Coordinator, Trauma Program, Grady Memorial Hospital, 2015 – 2023
Education
Ph.D., Human-Centered Computing (Minor: Communications), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2026
M.S., Technology, Leadership, and Management, Agnes Scott College, 2021
M.P.H., Global Health Leadership, University of Southern California, 2017
B.S., Health Science, Columbus State University, 2013
Publications
Jasmine C. Foriest, Leah H. Ajmani, Munmun De Choudhury. (Re)mediators of Epistemic Injustice: Generative AI and Hermeneutic Resource Provision in Intimate Partner Violence. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Barcelona, Spain, Apr 2026. ACM. [doi] Conference
A. Godwin, Jasmine Foriest, M. Bottcher, G. Baas, M. Tsai, D. T. Wu. Interaction Techniques for Providing Sensitive Location Data of Interpersonal Violence with User-Defined Privacy Preservation. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Yokohama, Japan, Apr 2025. ACM. [doi] Conference
Jasmine C. Foriest, M. Jain, B. Horne, Munmun De Choudhury. A Growing Sense of Alienation: Spirals of Silence and Suppression of Structural Circumstances of Suicide in News. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), 2025. [doi] Conference
Jasmine C. Foriest, Shravika Mittal, Kirsten Bray, Anh-Ton Tran, Munmun De Choudhury. A Cross Community Comparison of Muting in Conversations of Gendered Violence on Reddit. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 8, no CSCW2, Nov 2024. ACM. [doi] Journal
Leah Hope Ajmani, Jasmine C. Foriest, Jordan Taylor, Kyle Pittman, Sarah Gilbert, Michael Ann DeVito. Whose Knowledge is Valued? Epistemic Injustice in CSCW Applications. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 8, no CSCW2, Nov 2024. ACM. [doi] Journal
Jasmine C. Foriest, Shravika Mittal, Eugenia Kim, Andrea Carmichael, Natalie Lennon, Steven A. Sumner, Munmun De Choudhury. News Media Framing of Suicide Circumstances and Gender: Mixed Methods Analysis. In JMIR Mental Health, vol. 11, no 1, 2024. [doi] Journal
Shravika Mittal, Jasmine Foriest, Benjamin D. Horne, Munmun De Choudhury. News Media and Violence Against Women: Understanding Framings of Stigma. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), 2024. [doi] Conference
Melo-Jean Yap, Jasmine Foriest, K. Walker, S. Sanford, A. Rice. STEM Pathways and Social Networks for Women of Color in STEM. In CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol. 23, no 1, 2024. Journal
Leah Ajmani, Mo Houtti, Jasmine Foriest, Nicholas Vincent, Isaac Johnson, Michael Ann DeVito. Epistemic Injustice in Online Communities: Unpacking the Values of Knowledge Creation and Curation within CSCW Applications. In Companion Proceedings of CSCW, 2023. Conference
Priscilla Pemu, Michael Prude, Atuarra McCaslin, Elizabeth Ojemakinde, Christopher Awad, Anny Rodriguez, Jasmine Foriest, Muhammed Idris. Detecting Conversation Topics in Recruitment Calls Using Machine Learning: Model Development and Validation Study. JMIR Formative Research, 2024. [doi] Journal
Laura Min Mercer Kollar, Steven A. Sumner, et al., Jasmine Foriest. Building Capacity for Injury Prevention: Evaluation of the Cardiff Model in the Southeastern USA. Injury Prevention, vol. 26, no 3, pp. 221–228, 2020. Journal
D. T. Wu, J. C. Moore, D. A. Bowen, L. M. Mercer Kollar, E. W. Mays, T. R. Simon, Jasmine Foriest, et al. Proportion of Violent Injuries Unreported to Law Enforcement. JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 179, no 1, pp. 111–112, 2019. Journal
R. R. Koval, C. C. Zalesky, T. P. Moran, J. C. Moore, J. J. Ratcliff, D. T. Wu, Jasmine Foriest, et al. Concussion Care in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 75, no 4, pp. 483–490, 2020. Journal
D. A. Bowen, L. M. Mercer Kollar, D. T. Wu, D. A. Fraser, C. E. Flood, J. C. Moore, Jasmine Foriest, et al. Forecasting Areas of Increased Violence Using Crime and Demographic Data. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, vol. 25, no 4, pp. 443–448, 2018. Journal