Veronica Rivera
Embedded Ethics Postdoctoral Scholar
Veronica Rivera is an Embedded Ethics Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University where she works with the Empirical Security Research Group, the Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the Center for Ethics in Society. Her research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Security. She studies tech-facilitated abuse, focusing on how technology-enabled harms occur between and beyond digital platforms and how to protect users. As part of Stanford's Embedded Ethics program, Veronica also develops and teaches ethics curriculum to prepare engineering students to consider the social impact of their work. She received a PhD in Computational Media from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a B.S in Computer Science and Math from Harvey Mudd College.