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peer-reviewed conference publications

Here’s what you need to know about my data: Exploring Expert Knowledge’s Role in Data Analysis
Haihan Lin, Maxim Lisnic, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex
(to appear) IEEE VIS 2025 Proceedings 2025
🥛 2025 VIS Honorable Mention
preprint

Entanglements for Visualization: Changing Research Outcomes through Feminist Theory
Derya Akbaba, Lauren Klein, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2024
🥛 2024 VIS Best Paper Award (Top 1% of papers)
paper supplemental material

Teaser image for publication. Shakes and dances on hover.

Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba, Marian Dörk, Benjamin Bach
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2024
paper

'Two Heads are Better than One': Pair-Interviews for Visualization
Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2023
paper supplemental material

Troubling Collaboration: Matters of Care for Visualization Design Study
Derya Akbaba, Devin Lange, Michael Correll, Alexander Lex, Miriah Meyer
In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) 2023
paper blog post supplemental material

Data Hunches: Incorporating Personal Knowledge into Visualizations
Haihan Lin, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2023
paper interactive prototype supplemental material

peer-reviewed abstracts + workshop papers

Bring Your Own Biodata (BYOB): Feminist, Corporeal and Collective Approaches to Datafied Bodies
Beatrice Vincenzi, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Alejandra Gómez Ortega, Kim Sauvé, Laura Forlano, Derya Akbaba, Edda Forero, Samuel Thulin, Pedro Sanches, Kit Kuksenok
Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2025
workshop

Interaction Design as a Form of Decolonial Care
Tania Villalobos Lujan, Pratim Sengupta, Derya Akbaba, Sofia Alessio-Robles, Amelia Lee Dogan, Monica Meltis, Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, Lora Oehlberg
Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2025
workshop

words matter || mattering words
Derya Akbaba
CSCW Workshop. A Toolbox of Feminist Wonder: Theories and methods that can make a difference 2023
workshop, proceedings

I Was Here: Digital Traces as Design Material
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba
Information+ Conference 2023
conference talk

Reflections on applying feminist theory to visualization research
Derya Akbaba, Lauren Klein, Miriah Meyer
Information+ Conference 2021
conference ⚡ talk

Manifesto for Putting 'Chartjunk' in the Trash 2021!
Derya Akbaba, Jack Wilburn, Main T. Nance, Miriah Meyer
alt.VIS, a workshop co-located with IEEE VIS 2021
paper performance art as website

reports, editor letters, science communication

Critical Data Visualization—Part II
Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 45(4):11-13 2025
guest editors' introduction

Critical Data Visualization—Part I
Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 45(3):14-16 2025
guest editors' introduction

Visualizing Uncertainty: What can graphics convey about the character of data?
Derya Akbaba
Natural History Magazine 2020
personal copy of article

Visualization and the Humanities: Towards a Shared Research Agenda (Dagstuhl Seminar 23381)
Johanna Drucker, Mennatallah El-Assady, Uta Hinrichs, Florian Windhager, Derya Akbaba
2024
report

service

Organizing Committee Bring Your Own Biodata (BYOB), DIS Workshop 2025

Organizing Committee Input Visualization, VIS Workshop 2025

Program Committee VISAP, VIS Co-Event 2025

Editor CG&A Special Issue on Critical Data Visualization 2025

Student Volunteer EuroVis 2024

Organizing Committee VISions of the Future: Sustainable Practices within Visualization, VIS Workshop 2024

Organizing Committee alt.vis, VIS Workshop 2023

Communication, Design Co-Chair Info+ Conference 2023

Student Volunteer Eyeo Festival 2022

Organizing Committee alt.vis, VIS Workshop 2022

Grad Representative College of Engineering Diversity Committee, U. of Utah 2020

Student Volunteer IEEE VIS 2020

reviewing

Frontiers Journal ('25, '24)

TVCG Journal ('25, '23)

ACM DIS Full Papers ('25)

ACM CHI Full Papers ('26, '25), alt.chi ('25)

IEEE VIS Full Papers ('22, '23, '24'), alt.vis ('22, '23)

talks

Care, Craft, & Complexity
Visualizing Knowledge Conference, June 2025
VK25

Exploring New Threads in Visualization Research
Lecture Series @ ITU Copenhagen, June 2025
FFF & Vis @ KTH, Dec 2024
KTH24

Are visualizations haunted?
Cest‑la‑viz Conference, Nov 2024
CLV24

Entanglements for Visualization: Changing Research Outcomes through Feminist Theory
Best Paper Session @ IEEE VIS, Oct 2024
VIS24

Data Empowerment
Östergötlands Stadsmission, Aug 2024

Staying with the Trouble: Applying Feminism to Visualization Research
VIG @ TU Eindhoven, Nov 2024
VIS Cluster @ TU Eindhoven, Nov 2024
Atlanta Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Network @ Emory University, Oct 2024
VDL @ University of Utah, Oct 2024
CIM @ University of Warwick, Nov 2023
giCentre @ City, University of London, Nov 2023
HCC group & Women in Science @ King's College, Nov 2023
HCDS group & hdilab @ ITU Copenhagen, May 2023

Feminist Data Visualization
Beautiful Data @ Graphic Hunters, Feb 2024

Reflections on applying feminist theory to visualization research
Info+, Oct 2021
Info+21

I Was Here: Digital Traces as Digital Material
Info+, Nov 2023
Info+23

Troubling Collaboration: Matters of Care in Visualization Design Study
CHI, April 2023
CHI23

Interactive Visualizations in Social Science Networks
Polarization Lab @ Duke University, Sept 2021

teaching

Applications of Feminist Theory Seminar

FID3216: Data Feminism
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, F24, F25

Master Thesis Advisor

Advised: Camilla Svensson & Claudia Torelli
Linköping University, S24

Implosion Workshop Seminar

TDDE39: Physical Interaction Design and Prototyping
Linköping University, S23, S24

Critical Perspectives in Visualization Seminar

TNM101: Advanced Visualization Design
Linköping University, F23

Bachelors Thesis Advisor

Advised: Pranav Rajan
University of Utah, S21

Teaching Assistant

COMP1010: Computing for All
University of Utah, S20

non-university teaching

A important aspect of my pedagogical philosophy is to extend my teaching efforts outside of traditional university walls. I do this through workshops and seminars with non-profit organizations and professional groups, reaching a wide range of age groups and communities.

Mapping as a Social Science Method

Maastricht University
the Netherlands, F2025

Data Crafting for Young Children

Visualiseringscenter C
Sweden, S2024

Data Crafting for Team Leaders

Östergötlands Stadsmission
Sweden, F2024

Data Crafting for Empowerment & Expression

Östergötlands Stadsmission
Sweden, S2024

Feminist Data Visualization

Graphic Hunters Beautiful Data Series
the Netherlands, virtual, S2024

Introduction to Data Science

SHETech Explorer Day, Women Tech Council
USA, S2022