SC&I faculty member Kaitlin Costello and Ph.D. student Diana Floegel have received the award for their paper examining how people diagnosed with mental health conditions feel about the mental health apps they use, and the critical privacy, ethics, and justice issues surrounding their use.

“Sympathy Sockpuppets,” members of online communities who employ deceptive personas to gain sympathy and care from other members, can have a devastating impact on the groups they infiltrate, according to new research by Assistant Professor Kaitlin Costello.