Julia Bernd is a research scientist at the International Computer Science Institute and a member of the Berkeley Laboratory for Usable and Experimental Security (BLUES). She is a linguist and social scientist by background (MA, Linguistics, Stanford University); she has applied this training in academic research, public health projects, and curriculum development. Current research interests include user and bystander expectations about smart homes, privacy culture in software development, and the intersections of privacy and social power dynamics.