Johanna Gunawan
PhD Student
- MS in Cybersecurity, Northeastern University
- Graduate Certificate in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- BA in Political Science and International Affairs, Northeastern University
Johanna Gunawan is a doctoral student at Northeastern University, advised by David Choffnes, Alan Mislove, Christo Wilson, and Woodrow Hartzog between the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the Northeastern School of Law. Her research focus intersects privacy, policy, consumer advocacy, and human-computer interaction – most recently she focuses on dark patterns and manipulative interfaces, and the legal implications of their use.
Before entering the program, Johanna pursued coursework in the cybersecurity graduate program and the ALIGN program while working full-time at Rapid7 and Akamai Technologies. She aims to continue exploring topics in privacy and legal scholarship that help protect people from abuses of their privacy rights and user agency.