+RESEARCH
I'm a first year PhD student in Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington, where I am affiliated with Inquilab.
I'm mentored by Dr. Sucheta Ghoshal and Dr. Emily Tseng.
My research focuses on:
PUBLICATIONS
Conference Proceedings and Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Barakat, H., and Redmiles, E. M. 2022. Community Under Surveillance: Impacts of Marginalization on an Online Labor Forum. Proc. of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 16, 1 (May 2022), 12–21.
Bhalerao, R., McDonald, N., Barakat, H., Hamilton, V., McCoy, D., and Redmiles, E. 2022. Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 6, CSCW2 (Nov. 2022), Article 409.
Hamilton, V., Barakat, H., and Redmiles, E. M. 2022. Risk, Resilience and Reward: Impacts of Shifting to Digital Sex Work. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 6, CSCW2 (Nov. 2022), Article 410.
Butler, K., Hugenberg, K., Jain E., Kapadia, A., Kohno, T., Redmiles, E., Roesner, F., Sim, M., Traynor, P., Barakat, H. Extending the Heilmeier Catechism to Evaluate Security and Privacy Systems: Who is Left Out? in IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 91-95.
Amrute, S., Caplan, R., Dissmore, S., Garofalo, L., Mukogosi, J., Roxanne, T., Woluchem, M., Agrawal, G., Barakat, H., boyd, d., Aviña Cerecer, G., Demanuele, A., Furtado, C., Lampinen, A., Martin, Z., Minhas, P., Abdul Rahman, E., Ramirez, A., Rosner, D., Sengupta, A., Singh, A., Vasconcelos, E. L., & Washington, A. (2025). Trust Issues: An Anthology. Data & Society.
Applied Research Papers and Reports (Non-Peer Reviewed Publications)
Barakat, H., 2025. “Trees, Trade, and Text Messages: Scenes from a Palestinian Spatial Politic” Logic(s), Issue 22.
Barakat, H., 2025. How Information Asymmetry Inhibits Efforts for Big Tech Accountability. Tech Policy Press, April 16, 2025.
Barakat, H., Cameron, C., Prest, E., Dunn, A., Juneja, P., Where Cloud Meets Cement: A Case Study Analysis of Data Center Development. The Maybe. 2025
Barakat, H., 2024. Selective Perspectives: A Content Analysis of The New York Times’ Reporting on Artificial Intelligence. The Maybe. 2025
Barakat, H., 2024. Interrogating Mainstream Reporting on Artificial Intelligence. Tech Policy Press, August 12, 2024.
Barakat, H., Cannon, C., 2024. Assuming Consensus: How Socio-technical Assumptions are Influencing Decision-Making in the Age of Machine Learning. Apiary.
Barakat, H., 2023. Motivations & Reputations: Mapping Reputation (Eco)systems in Web3. Apiary.
Barakat, H., Heaney-Corns, M., 2023. Decentralization Needs Contextualization: The Use and Misuse of Ostrom’s ‘Governing the Commons’. Apiary.
AWARDS
College of Engineering Dean's Fellowship, University of Washington, 2025- 2026
Outstanding Thesis Award, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 2022
Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Diversity & Inclusion Recognition Award, 2022
XXXII Olympiad, Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2021
Ivy League Athletic Scholar, 2019 - 2020
JP Blacksmith Memorial Award for Leadership, Scholarship, Athletic Commitment, and Public Service, 2017 Flintridge Preparatory School