Stacy Branham

Stacy Branham is an Assistant Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Her research reveals how technology can isolate, offend, and harm people with disabilities, as much as it has the potential to integrate and empower them when designed properly. Her work has been recognized by several Best Paper awards at top research conferences and has been supported by over $15 million from funding entities, including Jacobs Foundation, Toyota, Intel, and the NSF. In 2021, she received the NSF CAREER Award and was named one of the “Brilliant 10” rising STEM researchers by Popular Science.