Leah Zhang-Kennedy
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Leah Zhang-Kennedy

Google Scholar ID: 9Mn8wU0AAAAJ
Associate Professor, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, University of Waterloo
user experience designusable security and privacyhuman-computer interaction
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Publications
8 items
Immersive Invaders: Privacy Threats from Deceptive Design in Virtual Reality Games and Applications
2025
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Who is Responsible When AI Fails? Mapping Causes, Entities, and Consequences of AI Privacy and Ethical Incidents
2025
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Computer-based Deceptive Game Design in Commercial Virtual Reality Games: A Preliminary Investigation
ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play · 2024
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Culture Clash: When Deceptive Design Meets Diverse Player Expectations
ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play · 2024
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From Motivating to Manipulative: The Use of Deceptive Design in a Game's Free-to-Play Transition
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. · 2024
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The Great AI Witch Hunt: Reviewers Perception and (Mis)Conception of Generative AI in Research Writing
Computers in Human Behavior · 2024
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Privacy in Immersive Extended Reality: Exploring User Perceptions, Concerns, and Coping Strategies
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2024
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Deceived by Immersion: A Systematic Analysis of Deceptive Design in Extended Reality
ACM Computing Surveys · 2024
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Background
  • Associate Professor and Associate Director, Graduate Stratford, at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, University of Waterloo
  • Member of the Games Institute and the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
  • Director of the Safe Interactions Lab
  • Research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI), computer security, online privacy, and digital literacy
  • Aims to develop human-centric, usable, safe, and engaging technologies for diverse users including non-technical users, persons with disabilities, children, and older adults
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Sonia Chiasson
Sonia Chiasson
Professor, School of Computer Science, Carleton University
Hilda Hadan
Hilda Hadan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Waterloo
Lennart E. Nacke
Lennart E. Nacke
Professor, UX and HCI Research about Games, University of Waterloo
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Derrick M. Wang
Derrick M. Wang
University of Waterloo