Writing
Peer-reviewed publications
L. Irani and P. Dourish. Postcolonial Interculturality in Late Breaking Papers: International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration, Feb. 20-21, 2008. Stanford, CA. (Awarded best short paper by jury)
L. Irani, G. Hayes, and P. Dourish. Situated Practices of Looking: Visual Practice in an Online World in Proceedings of CSCW 2008, Nov. 8-12, 2008. San Diego, CA.
L. Irani. Understanding gender and confidence in CS course culture in Proceedings of ACM SIG Computer Science Education 2004
E. Roberts, L. Irani, and M. Kassianidou. Encouraging women in computer science in Proceedings of ACM SIG Computer Science Education 2002
Conference talks, posters, and workshops
L. Irani and P. Dourish. Portability of Design Methods: Cultural Differences in the Creation of Technological Knowledge accepted to CHI 2008 Workshop on ICT4D, April 5-6, 2008
L. Irani. Locating the Politics of Design Ethnography, as part of panel Towards a Postcolonial Information Studies. Talk given at iConference 2009. Chapel Hill, NC.
L. Irani. Communication Assemblages in Second Life. Talk given at Cultures of Virtual Worlds Conference at UC Irvine, Aprll 25, 2008.
Dourish, P., Hayes, G., Irani, L., Lee, C.P., Lindtner, S., Nardi, B., Patterson, D., Tomlinson, B., Informatics at UC Irvine. Research Landscapes Poster, CHI 2008.
Russell, D., L. Irani, and R. Jefferies. Everyday Sensemaking: Google Notebook and Google Spreadsheets. Talk given at Human Computer Interaction Consortium 2007
Undergraduate Thesis
A Different Voice: Women Exploring Stanford Computer Science (pdf) submitted for honors in Science, Technology, and Society 2003. Awarded Stanford University Firestone Medal for Undergraduate Research.
Other writing
Ambidextrous Magazine - I was an editor on this magazine for researchers, academics, and designers about the people and processes of design from 2006 to 2008.
- Design-it-yourself: A Conversation with Julia Lupton in Ambidextrous issue #10
- Designing a Better Future: A Conversation about Technology, Politics, and Cultures with Fred Turner and Alex Steffen in Ambidextrous issue #6
Rahrahfeminista is my personal blog.
Difference Engines is where I blog with others about differencing, feminist theory, and technoculture.