News and Recent Publications

Published in the Journal of LGBT Youth

Read an interview about the paper and sexual health information seeking here.

Delmonaco, D. and Haimson, O.L. (2022). “Nothing That I Was Specifically Looking for”: LGBTQ+ Youth and Intentional Sexual Health Information Seeking.” Journal of LGBT Youth.

Interning at MSR Social Media Collective

In summer 2022, I will interning with Dr. Tarleton Gillespie at the Microsoft Research Social Media Collective. Read about my work on healthcare providers and educators as content creators here.

National LGBTQ Health Conference Poster Accepted

Delmonaco, D., Li, S., and Haimson, O.L. (2022). Using Participatory Research Methods for Developing Online LGBTQ+ Health Resources. National LGBTQ Health Conference, Chicago, IL, July 29-30, 2022.

Published in Currents special issue “Mental Health and Marginalized Communities”

Delmonaco, D., Li, S., Paneda, C., Hughson, L., Popoff, E., Jadwin-Cakmak, L., Harper, G.W., Haimson, O.L. (2022). Information Needs for an Online Resource for LGBTQ+ Young People: Mental Health, Sexual Health, and Navigating Services. Currents: Journal of Diversity Scholarship for Social Change.

Published in New Media & Society

Thach, H., Mayworm, S., Delmonaco, D., Haimson, O.L. (2022). (In)Visible Moderation: a digital ethnography of marginalized users and content moderation on Twitch and Reddit. New Media & Society.

Received 3 paper awards at CSCW 2021

Best Paper Honorable Mention

Diversity & Inclusion Recognition

Haimson, O.L., Delmonaco, D., Nie, P., Wegner, A. (2021). Disproportionate Removals and Differing Content Moderation Experiences for Conservative, Transgender, and Black Social Media Users: Marginalization and Moderation Gray Areas. Proceedings of ACM in Human Computer Interaction (PACM).

Best Paper Honorable Mention

Karizat, N., Delmonaco, D., Eslami, M, and Andalibi, N. (2021). Algorithmic Folk Theories and Identity: How TikTok Users Engage in Algorithmic Resistance and Identity Co-Production. Proceedings of ACM in Human Computer Interaction (PACM).

Presented at the New Librarianship Symposium on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Delmonaco, D., Denda, K., and Wagner, V. (2021). Libraries advancing social justice and improving the health care of the LGBTQAI+ communities. Symposium on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. New Librarianship Symposia. November 4, 2021.

ASIS&T 2021 Panel Accepted

“Expanding Our Conceptions of Embodied and Affective Information Interactions with Queer Theory.” Diana Floegel, Travis L. Wagner, Daniel Delmonaco, B.M. Watson. Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Conference, October 30-November 1, 2021.

CSA 2021 Panel Accepted

“Contemporary Mediations of Health and Wellness.” Nicole Weber, Holly Avella, Daniel Delmonaco, and Jamie Steele. Cultural Studies Association 19th Annual Conference – ANTI-BODIES, June 10-12, 2021.

National LGBTQ Health Conference Poster Accepted

Delmonaco, D. and Haimson, O. (2021). Social Media as Starting Point for LGBTQ+ Sexual Health Information Seeking. National LGBTQ Health Conference, Online Conference, May 20-21, 2021.