Jessica A. Pater, PhD
2024
Charting the COVID Long Haul Experience - A Longitudinal Exploration of Symptoms, Activity, and Clinical Adherence
Pater, J., Chopra, S., Carroll, J., Zaccour, J., Nova, F.F., Toscos, T., Guha, S., Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'24). Article 131. [link]
2023
Parents' desire to change phone use: Associations with objective smartphone use and feelings about problematic use and distraction
McDaniel, B.T., Pater, J., Cornet, V., Mughal, S., Reining, L., Schaller, A., Radeskey, J., Drouin, M.
Computers in Human Behavior 148, 107907. [link]
Internet Research Ethics: A CSCW Community Discussion
Fiesler, C., Pater, J., Read, J., Vitak, J., and Zimmer, M.
Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '23 Companion). [pdf]
Social Media is not a Health Proxy: Differences Between Social Media and Electronic Health Record Reports of Post-COVID Symptoms
Pater, J. Coupe, A., Nova, F.F., Pfafman, R., Carroll, J., Brouwer, A., Bohn, C., Li, J., Todd, N., Chang, F.L., and Guha, S.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 7 (CSCW1), Article 148. [pdf]
Applying Human-Centered Data Science to Healthcare: Hyperlocal Modeling of COVID-19 Hospitalizations
Chui, V., Pater, J., Toscos, T., and Guha, S.
Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP '23), 24-26. [pdf]
Peripheral Neuropathy in Long-COVID Patients: Demographic Distribution and Risk Factors
Li, J., Bohn, C., Todd, N., Pater, J., Carroll, J., Henriksen, B., Chang, F.L.
Neurology 100 (Supplement 2). [link]
Factors Potential Patients Deem Important for Decision-Making in High-Risk Surgical Scenarios
Dellen, M., Flanagan, M., Pfafman, R., Drouin, M., Pater, J., Pei, K.Y.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 236(1), 93-98. [pdf]
Editorial Introduction - Supporting Group Work
Pater, J. and Prates, R.O.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7 (GROUP). [pdf]
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) to Monitor Neuroinflammation Status during Long COVID
Fisher, L., Goska, B., Pater, J., and Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of the IMPRS 6 (1). [link]
2022
No Humans Here: Ethical Speculation on Public Data, Unintended Consequences, and the Limits of Institutional Review
Pater, J., Fiesler, C., Zimmer, M.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6 (GROUP), 1-13. [pdf]
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Cultivating the Community: Inferring Influence within Eating Disorder Networks on Twitter
Nova, FF., Coupe, A., Mynatt, E.D., Guha, S., Pater, J.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6 (GROUP), 1-33. [pdf]
Uncovering Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) from Clinical Narratives Within the Electronic Health Record
Nova, FF., Pfafman, R., Kardys, K., Kerrigan, C., Guha, S., Pater, J.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6 (CSCW2), 1-29. [pdf]
The Work of Digital Social Re-Entry in Substance Use Disorder Recovery
Phelan, C., Heyer, J., Pfafman, R., Kerrigan, C., Tzilos Wernette, G.K., Drombkowski, L., Miller, A., Pater, J.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6 (CSCW2), 1-29. [pdf]
Spatio-Temporal Predictive Modeling for Placement of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the Midwestern U.S.
Pater, J., Guha, S., Pfafman, R., Kerrigan, C., & Toscos, T.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (pp. 429-438). [pdf]
Connecting Self-Reported COVID-19 Needs with Social Determinants of Health
Pater, J., Toscos, T., Flanagan, M., Drouin, M., McMahan, D., Distler, M., Hayes, P., Peters, N.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (pp. 207-225). [pdf]
Associations Between Psychiatric Symptoms and Cognitive Impairment in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID
Todd, N., Pater, J., Li, J., Bohn, C., Henriksen, B., Carroll, J., Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of IMPRS 5 (1). [link]
Peripheral Neuropathy in Long-COVID Patients; Demographic Distribution and Medical Risk Factors
Li, J., Bohn, C., Todd, N., Pater, J., Henriksen, B., Carroll, J., Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of IMPRS 5 (1). [link]
Predicting Cognitive Impairment in Long-COVID Patients; A Demographic and Co-Morbid Analysis Using BrainCheck Cognitive Assessment
Bohn, C., Li, J., Todd, N., Pater, J., Carroll, J., Henriksen, B., Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of IMPRS 5 (1). [link]
"It's a Mess Sometimes": Patient perspectives on provider responses to healthcare costs and how informatics interventions can support cost-sensitive care decisions.
Richards, O., Iott, B.E., Toscos, T., Pater, J., Wagner, S., Veinot, T.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 29 (6). 1029-1039. [pdf]
Health Informatics Interventions to Minimize Out-of-Pocket Medication Costs for Patients: What Providers Want
Kiessling, K.A., Iott, B.E., Pater, J., Toscos, T., Wagner, S., Gottlieb, L.M., Veinot, T.
JAMIA Open, 5 (1). ooac007. [pdf]
2021
Social Media Data: How to Get It and What you Need to Know
Pater, J. National Council on Family Research Workshop, "So you want to study media use and families: best use for media use in research" [ppt]
Charting the Unknown: Challenges in the Clinical Assessment of Patients’ Technology Use Related to Eating Disorders
Pater, J. Nova, F.F., Coupe, A., Reining, L., Kerrigan, C., Toscos, T., and Mynatt, E.D..
Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, New York, NY Article 548, 1-14. [pdf]
Standardizing Reporting of Participant Compensation in HCI: A Systematic Literature Review and Recommendations for the Field
Pater, J., Coupe, A., Pfafman, R., Phelan, C., Toscos, T., and Jacobs, M.
Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, New York, NY Article 141, 1-16. [pdf]
User-Centered Design of a Mobile App to Support Peer Recovery in a Clinical Setting
Pater, J., Phelan, C., Cornet, V., Ahmed, R., Colletta, S., Hess, E., Kerrigan, C., Toscos, T.
Proc. Hum.-Compt. Interact. 5, CSCW1, Article 112 (April 2021), 31 pages. [pdf]
Post-COVID-19 Fatigue: Demographic Distribution and Relation to Chronic Illness
Chaudhary, A., Pater, J., Flanagan, M., Pfafman, R., Carroll, J., Chang, F.L.
Proceedings of IMPRS 4(1). [pdf]
2020
Design Opportunities and Challenges for App-Based Telemental Health Technologies for Teens and Young Adults
Pater, J. Coupe, A., Miller, A.D., Reining, L., Drouin, M. and Toscos, T.
Proc.of the 14th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. AAAI. [pdf]
How parents and their children used social media and technology at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with anxiety
Drouin, M., McDaniel, B., Pater, J., and Toscos, T.
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. [pdf]
Medication adherence for atrial fibrillation patients: triangulating measures from a smart pill bottle, e-prescribing software, and patient communication through the electronic health record
Toscos, T., Drouin, M., Pater, J., Flanagan, M., Wagner, S., Coupe, A, Ahmed, R., Mirro, M.J.
JAMIA Open. 3(2), July 2020, 233-242. [link]
Parents' Feelings about School Re-opening during COVID-19: Survey Results from Northeast Indiana.
Flanagan, M.E., McDaniel, B.T., Drouin, M., Pater, J., Toscos, T.
Kardys, K., Pfafman, R., Kerrigan, C., Reining, L., Drouin, M. Toscos, T., and Pater, J.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 26(3), 311-313. [link]
Data is People: New Challenges and Tensions in Social Media Research
Pater, J., Nobles, A., Gilbert, S., Zimmer, M., and Fiesler, C.
14TH International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM). AAAI. [pdf]
GROUP4Good: Exploring Positive Impacts of GROUP Research
Pater, J., Badillo-Urquiola, K., Wisniewski, P., LaLone, N., & Jacobs, M.
In Companion of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (pp. 147-150). ACM. [pdf]
Digital Self-Harm: Implications of Eating Disordered Behaviors Online (Dissertation).
Pater, J.
Georgia Institute of Technology. [link]
2019
Exploring Indicators of Digital Self-Harm with Eating Disorder Patients: A Case Study
Pater, J., Farrington, B., Brown, Alycia, Reining, L., Toscos,T., and Mynatt, E.D.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW, Article 84 (November 2019), 26 pages. [pdf]
Selection Biases in Technology-based Intervention Research: Patients' Technology Use Relates to Both Demographic and Health-related Inequities
Toscos, T., Drouin, M., Pater, J.A., Flanagan, M., Pfafman, R., Mirro, M.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 26(8-9), 835-839. [link]
"Notjustgirls": Exploring male-related eating disordered content across social media platforms
Pater, J.A., Reining, L., Miller, A.D., Toscos, T. and Mynatt, E.D.
In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM. Paper 651, 1-13. [pdf]
Connecting ACEs to in-patient behavioral health treatment associated with bullying/cyberbullying
Pater, J.A., Pfafman, R. Reining, L., Drouin, M, Kerrigan, C., Kardys, K.
American Public Health Association (APHA). November 2019, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Does my research trigger you? Designing studies for patients with eating disorders
Pater, J.A. and Mynatt, E.D. (2018). Presented at the Conducting Research with Stigmatized Populations. ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Social Computing. Jersey City, NJ. [pdf]
Understanding Cultural and Gender Differences of Eating Disordered Behaviors on Social Media
Pater, J.A., Mynatt, E.D.
International Conference on Eating Disorders. Academy of Eating Disorders. March 2019, New York, NY, USA.
Case Study: Conducting Qualitative Research with Substance Abuse Populations
Phelan, C. and Pater, J.A.
Presented at the Qualitative Research Methods for CSCW: Challenges and Opportunities. ACM Computer Supported and Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference. Austin, TX [pdf]
Best Practices for Qualitative Data collection with a Vulnerable Patient Population
Pater, J.A. and Mynatt, E.D.
Presented at the Qualitative Research Methods for CSCW: Challenges and Opportunities. ACM Computer Supported and Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference. Austin, TX [pdf]
2018
Advancing the Agile Software Process: The case of modernizing the Army Community Service's information technology infrastructure.
Pater, J.A., Lie-Tjauw, S., Gonzalez, M., Kim, M., Isbell, S., and Severson, D.
In Proceedings of the 22nd World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (1-15). [pdf]
Characterizing the Presentation of Eating Disorders Across Social Media Platforms
Pater, J.A., and Mynatt, E.D.
International Conference on Eating Disorders. Academy of Eating Disorders. April 2018, Chicago, IL, USA.
Conducting Research with Stigmatized Populations
Maestre, J.F., Eikey, E., Warner, M., Pater, J.A., Jacobs, M., Yarosh, S., Marcu, G., Shih, P.
In Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Social Computing. ACM. [pdf]
Research Ethics Town Hall Meeting
Bjorn, P., Fiesler, C., Muller, M., Pater, J.A., Wisniewski, P.
In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork, pp. 393-396. ACM. [pdf]
Does my research trigger you? Designing studies for patients with eating disorders
Pater, J.A. and Mynatt, E.D. (2018).
Presented at the Conducting Research with Stigmatized Populations. ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Social Computing. Jersey City, NJ. [pdf]
Digital Self-harm: A case study of eating disorders and social media
Pater, J.A. and Mynatt, E.D.
Presented at the Symposium on Computing and Mental Health. ACM Conference on Human Factors in computing Systems. Montreal. [pdf]
Does the Punishment fit the crime"? Online harassment policies and the case of self-harm.
Pater, J.A. and Fiesler, C.
Presented at the Workshop on Understanding Bad Actors" Online. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Montreal. [pdf]
2017
Addressing medication adherence technology needs in an aging population
Pater, J.A., Owens, S., Farmer, S., Mynatt, E., and Fain, B.
In Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (58-67). ACM. [pdf]
Multimodal Classification of Moderated Online Pro-Eating Disorder Content
Chancellor, S., Kalantidis, Y., Pater, J.A., De Choudhury, M., and Shamma, D. A. (2017).
In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (3213-3226).ACM. [pdf]
Defining Digital Self-Harm
Pater, J.A. and Mynatt, E.D.
In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (1501-1513). ACM. [pdf]
Press: [Globe & Mail] [Parkview]
Best Paper Award
The Army Family Web Portal and Next Generation of Homefront Readiness
Pater, J.A., Gonzalez, M., Isbell, S., Lie-Tjauw, S., Kim, M., and Severson, D.
The Society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS) Annual Continuing Education Meeting. Washington, D.C. [pdf]
Next Generation Homefront Readiness
Gonzalez, M., Isbell, S., Pater, J.A., Lie-Tjauw, S., Kim, M., and Severson, D.
Health Systems: The Next Generation 2017. Atlanta, GA. [pdf]
Exploring Digital Self-Harm
Pater, J.A., and Mynatt, E.D.
Presented at the Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). Denver, CO. [pdf]
Interactive System in Mental Behavioral Health
Pater, J.A., Toscos, T., Andalibi, N. and Torous, J.
Presented at the Workshop on Interactive Health Systems at the AMIA 2017 Annual Symposium. Washington D.C. [pdf]
2016
Characterizations of online harassment: Comparing policies across social media platforms
Pater, J.A., Kim, M.K., Mynatt, E.D., and Fiesler, C.
In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Supporting Group Work (369-374). ACM. [pdf]
"Hunger Hurts but Starving Works": Characterizing the presentation of eating disorders online
Pater, J.A., Haimson, O.L., Andalibi, N., and Mynatt, E.D.
In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (1185-1200). ACM. [pdf]
#thyghgapp: Instagram content moderation and lexical variation in pro-eating disorder communities
Chancellor, S., Pater, J.A., Clear, T., Gilbert, E., and De Choudhury, M.
In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (1201-1213). ACM. [pdf]
Press: [gizmodo] [independent] [wired] [daily dot]
Best Paper Honorable Mention
(In)accessible learning in virtual worlds.
Todd, R.L., Pater, J.A., and Baker, P.M.A.
Learning in Virtual Worlds: Research and Applications. Eds. S. Gregory, M. Lee, B. Dalgarno, and B. Ynan. Athabasca University Press, pp. 87-115. [link]
Ethics and Obligations for Studying Digital Communities
Fiesler, C., Wisniewski, P., Pater, J.A., Andalibi, N.
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work, pp. 457- 460. ACM. [pdf]
Challenges and Futures for Ethical Social Media Research
Fiesler, C., Pater, J.A., Hoffmann, A.L., Proferes, N.
10th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. ICWSM. [pdf]
Exploring the Ethics of Social Work Services in a Closed System
Kim, M., Pater, J.A., Lie-Tjauw, S., Partridge, A., Gonzalez, M., Isbell, S.
Presented in Ethics and Obligations. International Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP 2016). Sanibel Island Nov 13-16, 2016. [pdf]
Designing Information Systems to Support Social Work Systems Involving Fatalities
Lie-Tjauw, S., Pater, J.A., Kim, M. Partridge, A., Gonzalez, M., Isbell, S.
Presented in Engaging with Users and Stakeholders: The Emotional and the Personal. International Conference on Supporting Groupwork (GROUP 2016). Sanibel Island Nov 13-16, 2016. [pdf]
Connecting Online Presentations of Eating Disorders to Clinically Significant Indicators
Pater, J.A., and Mynatt, E.D. (2016).
Presented at the Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). San Jose, CA. [pdf]
2015
No longer wearing: investigating the abandonment of personal health-tracking technologies on Craigslist
Clawson, J., Pater, J. A., Miller, A. D., Mynatt, E. D., and Mamykina, L.
In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (647-658). ACM. [pdf]
This Digital Life: A Neighborhood-Based Study of Adolescents' Lives Online
Pater, J.A., Miller, A.D., and Mynatt, E.D. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2305-2314). ACM. [pdf]
Exploring the Explorers Guild: A case study of a professional learning program
Pater, J.A., Boston, T., DiSalvo, M., and Demmers, J.
In Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (2507-2510). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [link]
Exploring the Explorers Guild - An analysis of a decade of technology-focused teacher professional development.
Pater, J.A., Boston, T., Smee, L., DiSalvo, M. and Demmers, J.
In Proceedings of the 2015 AACE Conference for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE 2015). March 2015, Las Vegas, NV, USA. [link]
thinspiration: Exploring the Ethics of Research Focused on Teens, Self-harm, and Social Computing
Pater, J.A., and Mynatt, E.D.
Presented in Ethics for Studying Online Socio-technical Systems in a Big Data World. ACM Conference for Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). Vancouver, Canada. [pdf]
2014 & earlier
Just awful enough: the functional dysfunction of the something awful forums
Pater, J.A., Nadji, Y., Mynatt, E.D., and Bruckman, A.S.
(2014).In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2407-2410). ACM. [pdf]
Communities of participation: A comparison of disability and aging identified groups on Facebook and LinkedIn
Baker, P., Bricout, J., Moon, N., Coughlan, B., Pater, J.A.
(2013). Telematics and Informatics. 20(1), 22-34. [link]
Design strategies for youth-focused pervasive social health games
Miller, A.D., Pater, J.A., and Mynatt, E.D.
(2013). In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (9-16). Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. [pdf]
Best Paper Award
Communities of participation: A comparison of disability and aging identified groups on Facebook and LinkedIn
Baker, P., Bricout, J., Moon, N., Coughlan, B., Pater, J.A..
(2013). Telematics and Informatics. 20(1), 22-34. [link]
E-Accessibility and Municipal Wi-Fi: A Model for Inclusivity and Implementation
Baker, P.M.A., Fairchild, A. and Pater, J.A.
(2012). ICTs for Advancing Rural Communities and Human Development: Addressing the Digital Divide. Ed. S. Chahabra. IGI Global Press, pp. 109–124.
The Power of Digital Inclusion: Technology’s Impact on Employment and Opportunities for People with Disabilities
White, J., Baker, P.M.A., Todd, R.L., Moon, N., Fain, B. and Pater, J.A.
(2011). Washington D.C., National Council on Disability, United States. [link]
The Not So Level Playing Field: Disability Identity and Gender Representation in Second Life
Foreman, A.E., Baker, P.M.A., Pater, J.A., and Smith, K.
(2011). Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences, and Relationships. Ed. C. Livermore. IGI Global Press, pp. 144–161. [link]
Beautiful to me: Identity, disability, and gender in virtual environments.
Forman, A., Baker, P., Pater, J.A., and Smith, K.
(2011). International Journal of E-Politics 2, 2 (2011), 1–17. [link]
Press: [mercury]
Excellence in Research Award
Community, Participation and Virtual Spaces: Design Considerations for lnclusivity.
Baker, P., Fairchild, A., Pater, J.A., and Seavey, A.
(2010). In ECEG 2010-Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on E-Government: National Center for Taxation Studies. University of Limerick, Ireland 17-18 June 2010 (p. 44-52). Academic Conferences Limited. Chicago.
Direct to Discovery: Expanding Research Laboratories into K-12 Classrooms to Enhance STEM Education
Pater, J.A., Evans, J., Matthews, W. and Mote, C.
(2009).International Association for Development of the Information Society Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA ’09) (531-533). IADIS.
Network Performance Requirements for Innovative Student Learning
Evans, J., Pater, J.A., and Matthews, W.
(2009). International Association for Development of the Information Society Conference on WWW/Internet (62-66). IADIS.
Direct to Discovery: Learning Beyond the Bandwidth Barrier.
Matthews, W., Pater, J.A., Evans, J., and Huff, C.
(2009). In EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (1309-1316). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Teens Online – Strategies for increasing cybersafety awareness and education
Pater., J.A and Dowling, S.
(2008). National Education and Computing Conference. International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).
Outta Site! The benefit of an online science and technology newsletter
Pater, J.A., Huff, C., and McMichael, K.
(2007). In E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (2126-2126). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).Conducting Research with Stigmatized Populations.
