Ethical Technology

Aligning Tech Impact with Core Values

screen showing multiple surveillance views91ΑΤΖζ is at the forefront of ensuring that technologies develop ethically, righting past lineages of discrimination at the foundation of many innovations.

Integrating multidisciplinary faculty into design processes, providing ethics and social justice audits, along with engaging in interdisciplinary critiques, we create the framework to help technology and innovation realize its emancipatory potential. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in this field.

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   β—‹ Related Strengths: Emerging Technology
   β—‹ Related Strength: Public Policy

Selected Publications

Aggarwal, N., et al. (2020). . Technology in Society, 62.

Albaghli, R., Chang, C., Almahmeed, S., & Attar, N., (2022). . Proceedings of Mensch und Computer '22.

Chen, Y., et al. (2023). . Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1).

Gonzalez, R. (2022). . University of California Press.

Harris, K. (2024). . Studies in Romanticism 63(3)

Jagannath, K., and Salen, K. (2022). . Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CHI PLAY).

Marachi, R. & Quill, L. (2020). . Teaching in Higher Education, 25(4).

Mooradian, N. (2018). . ALA Neal-Schuman.

Award Highlights

Chen (co-PI) "Collaborative Research: Broadening Inclusive Participation in Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Education for Social Good Using A Situated Learning Approach" β€” NSF, 2022

Harris, K., "Summer Institute: Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence," β€” NEH, 2025

Hofman, Attar, Ghosh, Nojan, Saugher, β€œCross-Campus Interdisciplinary Responsible Computing Learning Experiences” β€” Mozilla Foundation, 2023

Huang, Attar, Luo, "Enhancing Automated Vehicle Takeover: Integrating Age, Mental State, and Assistive Technologies" β€” 91ΑΤΖζ College of Engineering, 2024

Affiliates

Advanced Institute for Ethical Technologies

Center on Ethics

Featured Faculty

aggarwalNitin Aggarwal
Professor of Business Systems and Technology
IT Standards, Transaction Cost Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, Social Networking
ORCID: 0000-0002-7409-3663

attarNada Attar
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ethics in AI, Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction
ORCID: 0000-0002-4335-543X

chen
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Technology
Artificial Intelligence, AI for Social Good, Innovation, AI Education, Community
ORCID: 0000-0002-0612-1482

gonzalez
Professor of Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, Science and Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Drone Warfare, Militarization, Ethics in Social Science
ORCID: 0000-0003-4847-497X

harris
Professor of English
Ethical Technology, Machine Learning, Emerging Technology
ORCID: 0000-0001-9212-0939

jagannathKrithika Jagannath
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development
Human-Computer Interaction, Conversational AI, Technology Design, Young Adolescents, Virtual Play, Online Moderation, Design-Based Research, Mixed Methods
ORCID: 0000-0002-0575-6574

mooradian
Assistant Professor, School of Information
Information Ethics, AI Ethics, Digital Ethics, Information Philosophy, Knowledge Studies, Content Management
ORCID: 0000-0003-0595-894X

Potential collaborators and members of the media may contact us at officeofresearch@sjsu.edu.