Dr. Stacy Branham is a Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research investigates how technologies mediate interpersonal relationships, often with people who are blind. Her recent and ongoing studies explore how technology can engender safety as people with disabilities encounter law enforcement at protests, as blind parents care for their children at home, and as transgender people navigate violence in online and offline spaces. Her research has been recognized with best paper awards at ACM CHI and ACM DIS. She teaches COMP 101 for first-semester computing majors, applying best practices for increasing diversity in STEM, and was recently nominated by Dean Keith Bowman to represent UMBC for the national Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate award. She is serving as an AC for ACM ASSETS 2018 and has recently served as a papers AC for CHI 2018 and the Chair of the Student Research Competition for ASSETS 2017. She received her BS and PhD in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.