I’ve seen a few researchers who list the good news and bad news that come with the job (e.g. Adam Aviv). I’ve seen others who’ve created a CV of Failures (e.g. Jessica Vitak). Seeing the rejections behind all of their success has certainly made my rejections feel a little lighter. It’s hard to ever find out the whole story – all the trials and perseverence and rejection that occur before a seminal paper (or any paper!) gets accepted. I really respect when others demystify this success, and honor their invisible work, by publishing these lists. So…
Paper cycles:
🟢 March 2026 - FAccT acceptance!
🟢 February 2026 - Surveillance Studies panel acceptance! With Melissa Wang and Meira Gilbert
🟢 February 2026 - CHI poster acceptance!
🟡 🟡 February 2026 - 2 papers submitted to SOUPS
🔴 February 2026 - PETS rejection
🟡 January 2026 - PETS rebuttal
🟡 January 2026 - CHI posters submission, led by Rachel Hong
🟡 January 2026 - Surveillance Studies panel submission with Melissa Wang and Meira Gilbert
🟡 January 2026 - FAccT submission
🟡 November 2025 - PETS submission
🔴 September 2025 - IEEE S&P rejection
🟡 August 2025 - IEEE S&P rebuttal
🟡 June 2025 - IEEE S&P submission
🔴 March 2025 - ToCHI rejection
🟡 February 2025 - ToCHI submission
🟢 February 2025 - ConPro acceptance!
🟡 January 2025 - ConPro submission
🔴 January 2025 - Rejected from CHI after revise & resubmit
🟡 November 2024 - Other CHI paper given a revise & resubmit
🔴 October 2024 - One CHI paper desk rejected
🟡 🟡 September 2024 - 2 papers submitted to CHI
🔴 June 2024 - JOTS rejection
🟡 April 2024 - Journal of Online Trust and Safety (JOTS) submission
Rejections from fellowships/grants:
🔴 Google PhD fellowship 2025
🟡 NSF GRFP 2025 (got an honorable mention)
Rejections from PhD programs (2023):
🔴 CMU, Cornell
Rejections from Masters programs (2022):
🔴 UC Berkeley, McGill, Princeton, Columbia, UMich, Cornell. (Accepted to Boston University; too expensive; chose not to go)