ABOUT ME
A philosopher by training, I research and teach about the social, political, and ethical dimensions of information technology, focusing especially on privacy and data ethics.
I'm an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, a Research Associate at the Rock Ethics Institute, and affiliate faculty in the Philosophy Department at Penn State University.
From 2016-18, I was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University. Before that, I was a Research Fellow at the Information Law Institute at New York University's School of Law, a member of the Institute's Privacy Research Group, and a Visiting Scholar in NYU's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication.
NEWS
Prospective students: Do you have a strong background in the humanities or social sciences? Do you want to pursue a PhD in informatics, with a focus on technology ethics or policy? If so, get in touch.
- I'm excited to present on manipulation and the ethics of adaptive choice architectures at the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES) in January. [1/28/19]
- My paper with Beate Roessler and Helen Nissenbaum — "Online Manipulation: Hidden Influences in a Digital World" — is now up in draft form on SSRN. Feedback welcome! [1/8/19]
- In October I presented at the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Privacy, Security, Risk Conference. [10/2018]
- Our "Online Manipulation" paper won a Best Paper Award at the 2018 Privacy Law Scholars Conference! [5/31/18]
- I was interviewed for this KCBS story about privacy issues raised by the arrest of the Golden State Killer. [4/27/18]
- I presented work in progress on the ethics of behavioral targeting and online manipulation at the 2018 Internet Law Works-in-Progress Conference at New York Law School. [3/24/18]
- I participated in a super interesting plenary panel on "Humanity and Technology" with Don Norman, Gail Heyman, John Evans, and Katerina Semendeferi at UC San Diego's Conference for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. [2/22/18]
- My chapter on "Transparent Media and the Development of Digital Habits" was published in Postphenomenology and Media: Essays on Human-Media-World Relations. [7/5/17]