Julia Bernd

Biography

Julia Bernd is a Research Scientist in Usable Security and Privacy at ICSI, where her research focuses on user privacy expectations, human-computer interaction, differential impacts of new technologies on at-risk populations, and the intersections of privacy and social power dynamics. At ICSI, she has been involved in program evaluations; curriculum projects in privacy, security, and the social impacts of computing; and open-access corpus development. 

Bernd received her MA in linguistics from Stanford University, and has applied her academic training to practical causes by working on a wide variety of social-science and public-health research projects around the Bay Area. She has also worked as a researcher at UC Berkeley and a research consultant with Cause Data Collective, and supported UpRise Campaigns SPC in various capacities.

Publications

Selected Leadership Activities

• Member, Board of Directors, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center

Areas of Expertise

• Usable Security and Privacy by Design
• Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design
• User Experience (UX), Usability, and Interface Design
• Collaborative Systems, Social Computing, and CSCW
• Human-AI Interaction and Trust in AI Systems
• AI Ethics, Responsible AI, and Governance of Technology
• Global Digital Inclusion, Access, and Equity

ICSI Activity