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Education

B.A. in Japanese Studies, Unversity of Michigan, 2011
M.S. in Information Management, University of Washington, 2018
M.S. in Information Science, University of Washington, 2021
Ph.D in Information Science, University of Washington, 2025 (expected)

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Publications

“A Mirror, Not a Glass Door”: Legal Code and Software Code in Practice

Petelka, J., Finn, M., Srinivasan, J., Oreglia, E., and Janani, A.P. (2025) "A Mirror, Not a Glass Door": Legal Code and Software Code in Practice. Just Code: Power, Inequality, and the Political Economy of IT. Johns Hopkins University Press. 87-108.

Restricting the Link: Effects of Focused Attention and Time Delay on Phishing Warning Effectiveness

Petelka, J., Berens, B., Sugatan, C., Volkamer, M., Schaub, F. (2025). "Restricting the Link: Effects of Focused Attention and Time Delay on Phishing Warning Effectiveness".

On the Making of Alternative Data Encounters: The Odd Interpreters

Desjardins, A., McWhirter, J., Petelka, J., Simon, C., Shin, Y., Peven, R., Widjaja, P. (2023) "On the Making of Alternative Data Encounters: The Odd Interpreters". In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems..

Writing Security: Teaching Security Ethics Through Policy Writing

Petelka, J., Finn, M., Shilton, K. (2023) "Writing Security: Teaching Security Ethics Through Policy Writing. Published at the Online Ethics Center.

Generating Practices: Investigations into the Double Embedding of GDPR and Data Access Policies

Petelka, J., Finn, M., Oreglia, O., Finn, M., Srinivasan, J. (2022) "Generating Practices: Investigations into the Double Embedding of GDPR and Data Access Policies. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6 (CSCW2).

Principles Matter: Integrating an Ethics Intervention into a Computer Security Course

Petelka, J., Finn, M., Roesner, F., Shilton, K. (2022) "Principles Matter: Integrating an Ethics Intervention into a Computer Security Course. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Volume 1.

Someone Is Wrong on the Internet: Having Hard Conversations in Online Spaces.

Baughan, A., Petelka, J., Yoo, C., Lo, J., Wang, S., Paramasivan, A., Zhou, A., Hiniker, A. (2021) "Someone Is Wrong on the Internet: Having Hard Conversations in Online Spaces". In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5 (CSCW1).

Being (In)visible: Privacy, Transparency, and Disclosure in the Self-management of Bipolar Disorder

Petelka, J., Van Kleunen, L., Albright, L., Murnane, E., Voida, S., Snyder, J. (2020). "Being (In)Visible: Privacy, Transparency, and Disclosure in the Self-Management of Bipolar Disorder". In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

GestureCalc: An Eyes-Free Calculator for Touch Screens

Chaudhuri, B., Perlmutter, L., Petelka, J., Garrison, P., Fogarty, J., Wobbrock, J. O., & Ladner, R. E. (2019). "GestureCalc: An Eyes-Free Calculator for Touch Screens". In The 21st Interactional ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.

Put Your Warning Where Your Link Is: Improving and Evaluating Email Phishing Warnings

Petelka, J., Zou, Y., and Schaub, F. (2019). "Put Your Warning Where Your Link Is: Improving and Evaluating Email Phishing Warnings". In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems..

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