Gianna Williams
PhD Student
Research interests
- Human-computer interaction
- Social computing
Education
- BS in Computer Science, American University
Biography
Gianna Williams is a PhD student at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She earned her bachelor’s in computer science from American University. She is affiliated with the Northeastern Social Committee, the Alexandra To Lab, and the Civic A.I. Lab.
Williams is advised by Alexandra To. Her research interests are in Decolonial AI, Algorithmic Folk Theorization, Computational Social Science, and Digital resistance with a research foundation in Black feminist theory.
In her free time, Williams enjoys biking and creating content for her podcast “Girl Got Gumption.”
Recent publications
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Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding
Citation: Angela D. R. Smith, Gianna Williams, Gabriella Thompson, Alexandra To. (2025). Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 9, 385-414. https://doi.org/10.1145/3748609 -
Why Can’t Black Women Just Be?: Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monoliths
Citation: Gianna Williams, Natalie Chen, Michael Ann DeVito, Alexandra To. (2025). Why Can't Black Women Just Be?: Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monoliths CHI, 108:1-108:14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713842 -
Data Enrichment Work and AI Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean
Citation: Gianna Williams, Maya De Los Santos, Alexandra To, Saiph Savage. (2025). Data Enrichment Work and AI Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean CoRR, abs/2501.06981. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.06981
