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Dr. Zameshia Williams, chief of research at Measure, is an intellectual strategist who bridges public systems governance, technology policy, and community-engaged scholarship. Dr. Williams provides the senior methodological oversight for […]
In his review of Just Tech Fellow Rua Williams’s recent book, Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We Are Wrong about AI, Taylor Quinn highlights how Williams identifies the role eugenics and eugenic thinking influences tech, including artificial intelligence, as well as our perceptions of novel technologies.
Zachary Loeb is an assistant professor in the department of history at Purdue University. His research sits at the intersection of the history of technology and the history of disasters. […]
Taylor Quinn is an undergraduate student studying cybersecurity and human rights at Purdue University. He is the lab manager of Purdue’s Tech Justice Lab, where he helps facilitate programming that […]
Lesedi Bewlay serves as deputy director at the Engine Room, where he leads efforts to strengthen partnerships and advise project leads across sub-Saharan Africa. Bewlay has a background in computer […]
The DISCO Network (Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism Network) is an intergenerational collective of researchers, artists, technologists, policymakers, and practitioners working together to challenge digital social and racial inequalities. Participants include:
Odest Chadwicke “Chad” Jenkins is a professor of robotics and a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. He leads the Laboratory for Progress (Perceptive […]
Black archiving techniques have taken and continue to take many forms, allowing Black organizations and movements to preserve their history and communicate their activities to their communities without relying on mainstream institutions. Here, 2024 Data Fluencies Grantee Jewell Ruth-Ella Humphrey examines how Solo Nos, an Afro–Costa Rican organization, uses digital tools to archive its work.
Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland is a Peabody-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director who specializes in creating impactful stories using immersive and interactive technology. She is one of the first directors to create […]
Jaylexia Clark is a Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Information Technology and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Recently, she graduated from the […]
Use of AI in creative fields continues to dominate public discourse, often drawing strong emotions from discussants. In this interview, Just Tech Program Officer Ever Bussey discusses the use of generative AI in art making with director and artist Michaela Ternasky-Holland. As a user of gen AI in her art practice and filmmaking, she argues that these new technologies should be viewed as tools that can help artists advance their craft.