Ethical Technology

Aligning Tech Impact with Core Values

screen showing multiple surveillance viewsSJSU 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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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

brownÉtienne Brown
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Political Philosophy, Ethics of AI, Democracy, Social Media Platforms, Freedom of Expression, Content Moderation, Algorithmic Recommendation
ORCID: 0000-0003-1314-5068

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

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

mooradianNorman Mooradian
Assistant Professor, School of Information

Information Ethics, AI Ethics, Digital Ethics, Information Philosophy, Knowledge Studies, Content Management
ORCID: 0000-0003-0595-894X

westlakeBryce Westlake
Associate Professor of Justice Studies

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Pornography, Social Network Analysis, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Multimedia Evidence, Digital Forensics
ORCID: 0000-0002-1506-028X

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