Batya Friedman Explained

Batya Friedman
Occupation:	Professor
Employer:	University of Washington Information School
Known For:	Value Sensitive Design (VSD)
Website:	https://ischool.uw.edu/people/faculty/profile/batya
Alma Mater:	University of California, Berkeley
Education:	PhD

Batya Friedman is an American professor in the University of Washington Information School. She is also an adjunct professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering and adjunct professor in the Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering, where she directs the Value Sensitive Design Research Lab.^[1] She received her PhD in learning sciences from the University of California, Berkeley School of Education in 1988, and has an undergraduate degree from Berkeley in computer science and mathematics.

Work

Friedman is known for pioneering value sensitive design (VSD), an approach to account for human values in the design of information systems.

Currently, Friedman is the Co-Director of Value Sensitive Design Lab, and was the former Co-Director of the UW Technology Policy Lab.^[2]

Awards

• 2021 ACM Fellow^[3]
• "Gilles Hondius Fellow" - Technical University of Delft, 2020^[4]
• Honorary Doctorate - Technical University of Delft, 2020^[5]
• ACM SIGCHI Academy - ACM SIGCHI, 2019^[6]
• Induction into Membership - ACM SIGCHI Academy, 2019^[7]
• Social Impact Award - ACM SIGCHI, 2012^[8]
• Multi-disciplinary Privacy Paper Award, 2010^[9]
• Multi-disciplinary Privacy Paper Award, Honorable Mention, 2010^[10]
• Best Paper Award, Organizational Systems Track - HCISS, 2002^[1]
• TAP: ACM list of notable female computer scientists, 1997

Selected publications

• Friedman, B., & Hendry, D. G. (2019). Value sensitive design: shaping technology with moral imagination. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press.
• Friedman, B. (2008). Value Sensitive Design. In D. Schuler, Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (pp. 366–368). The MIT Press
• Friedman, B., & Hendry, D. (2012). The envisioning cards: a toolkit for catalyzing humanistic and technical imaginations. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1145–1148. https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208562.^[11]
• Friedman, B. (2004). Value Sensitive Design. In W. S. Bainbridge (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human-computer Interaction (pp. 769–774). Berkshire Publishing Group.
• Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (2003). Human values, ethics, and design. In A. Sears, J. A. Jacko, & S. Garfinkel, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications (2nd ed., pp. 1241–1266). CRC Press.^[12]
• Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (2000). New directions: a value-sensitive design approach to augmented reality. Proceedings of DARE 2000 on Designing Augmented Reality Environments, 163–164. https://doi.org/10.1145/354666.354694^[13]
• Friedman, B. (1996, December 1). Value-sensitive design. ACM interactions, 3(6), 16–23. https://doi.org/10.1145/242485.242493^[14]
• Friedman, B., & Kahn, P. H. (1992). Human agency and responsible computing: Implications for computer system design. Journal of Systems and Software, 17(1), 7–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/0164-1212(92)90075-U^[15]

External links

• • Friedman's UW faculty profile page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Batya Friedman
   Professor
   [e-mail]. 2020-10-04. ischool.uw.edu. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240314040508/https://ischool.uw.edu/people/faculty/profile/batya. March 14, 2024.
2. Web site: The Lab. 2020-10-04. VSD Lab. en-US.
3. Web site: ACM Names 71 Fellows for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation. Association for Computing Machinery. January 19, 2022. 2022-01-19.
4. Web site: Besteman. Marit. 2020-02-27. Prof. Dr. Batya Friedman First "Gilles Hondius Fellow". 2020-10-04. Delft Design for Values Institute. en-US.
5. Web site: Jos. Wassink. 9 January 2020. In celebration of its birthday, TU Delft honours designers with long term visions. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804221240/https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/celebration-its-birthday-tu-delft-honours-designers-long-term-visions . 2020-08-04 . Delta.
6. Web site: 2019 SIGCHI Awards. 2020-10-04. ACM SIGCHI. en-US.
7. News: Friedman, Wobbrock among 3 UW faculty to earn top honor in HCI. 2020-10-04. ischool.uw.edu. en.
8. Web site: 2012 SIGCHI Awards. 2020-10-04. ACM SIGCHI. en-US.
9. Web site: Dr. Friedman, colleagues win Multidisciplinary Privacy award. 2020-10-04. ischool.uw.edu. en.
10. Web site: The 2011 CPDP Multidisciplinary Privacy Award – Security and Privacy Research Lab. February 2011 . 2020-10-04. en-US.
11. Book: Friedman. Batya. Hendry. David. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . The envisioning cards . 2012-05-05. https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208562. CHI '12. Austin, Texas, USA. Association for Computing Machinery. 1145–1148. 10.1145/2207676.2208562. 978-1-4503-1015-4. 24059203.
12. Book: Jacko, Julie A.. Human-Computer Interaction Handbook : Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications.. 2012. CRC Press. 978-1-4398-2944-8. Third. Boca Raton. 793193195.
13. Book: Friedman. Batya. Kahn. Peter H.. Proceedings of DARE 2000 on Designing augmented reality environments . New directions . 2000-04-01. https://doi.org/10.1145/354666.354694. DARE '00. Elsinore, Denmark. Association for Computing Machinery. 163–164. 10.1145/354666.354694. 978-1-4503-7326-5. 10729495.
14. Friedman. Batya. 1996-12-01. Value-sensitive design. Interactions. 3. 6. 16–23. 10.1145/242485.242493. 9249313. 1072-5520.
15. Friedman. Batya. Kahn. Peter H.. 1992-01-01. Human agency and responsible computing: Implications for computer system design. Journal of Systems and Software. Computer Ethics. en. 17. 1. 7–14. 10.1016/0164-1212(92)90075-U. 0164-1212.