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Responsible CS exercise "Inclusive HCI" now available!
Responsible CS exercise "Inclusive HCI" now available!

Developed as part of the Mozilla Responsible CS Challenge, this exercise aims to dispel the myth of the universal user and increase students’ awareness of accessibility challenges (and opportunities!) in human-computer interactions.

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Featured, MozillaEthics.Lab [Organization]January 31, 2022Spotlight
Fellows Salon: Creative Collaboration with Clare Brown
Fellows Salon: Creative Collaboration with Clare Brown

Seeking to apply Adventure Education Theory to her professional and academic work, exhibition and experience designer Clare Brown hosted a salon on collaboration and learning.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]January 24, 2022
Team Profile: An interview with Ethics Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Alicia Patterson
Team Profile: An interview with Ethics Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Alicia Patterson

Alicia Patterson discusses current projects in this informal interview.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]January 21, 2022
(Update: Calls Closed) Now hiring! Open call for Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellows
(Update: Calls Closed) Now hiring! Open call for Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellows

Ethics Lab seeks philosophers for 1–3 postdoctoral fellowships and an assistant professorship.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]January 20, 2022Spotlight
From “just” data scientists to data scientists for justice: Ethics Lab empowers students to take an ethics driven approach to data science
From “just” data scientists to data scientists for justice: Ethics Lab empowers students to take an ethics driven approach to data science

Ethics Lab Fellow Professor Lisa Singh worked with the Ethics Lab team to design and facilitate an exercise for undergraduate and graduate students in Singh’s Introduction to Data Science and Data Analytics courses.

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Featured, CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]January 13, 2022
Fellows Feature: Clare Brown on inclusive design and community narratives
Fellows Feature: Clare Brown on inclusive design and community narratives

Brown discusses her current work and inspiration in this informal interview.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 17, 2021
Ethics Lab Student Fellows contribute to development of new major and minor in Tech, Ethics, & Society
Ethics Lab Student Fellows contribute to development of new major and minor in Tech, Ethics, & Society

For their second “Bad Idea Lounge,” the Ethics Lab Student Fellows discussed direction, preparation, and classroom ideas for the Tech, Ethics, and Society major and minor that Georgetown is launching in the fall of 2022.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 7, 2021Student Fellows, Tech Ethics Society
Fellows Feature: Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner on "creativity" and conceptions of land
Fellows Feature: Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner on "creativity" and conceptions of land

Meissner discusses her current work and inspiration in this informal interview.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 3, 2021Fellows
Timeouts on Twitter? Context Cards for the Canceled?
Timeouts on Twitter? Context Cards for the Canceled?

Students in Jason Farr’s Social Media & Democracy course grapple with the complexities of designing for civil disagreement.

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Courses, FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]December 2, 2021
Team Profile: An interview with Ethics Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Jason Farr
Team Profile: An interview with Ethics Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Jason Farr

Jason Farr discusses current work on ethics of social media research and design in this informal interview.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 24, 2021
Fellows Salon: Land Acknowledgment with Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner
Fellows Salon: Land Acknowledgment with Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner

Attempting to tackle the task of land acknowledgement for Georgetown, Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner facilitated a salon exploring ideas for an ethical process.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 22, 2021Fellows
Meet Julie Sayo — Ethics Lab's Newest Team Member
Meet Julie Sayo — Ethics Lab's Newest Team Member

Julie Sayo joins Ethics Lab as an Assistant Research Professor in Design & Creative Pedagogy.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 16, 2021
Ethics Lab kicks off inaugural Student Fellowship
Ethics Lab kicks off inaugural Student Fellowship

The Student Fellows will work with Faculty Fellows and the Ethics Lab team to imagine, prototype, and play with new ideas for creative ethics-centered learning experiences related to the intersection of technology, ethics, and society.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]November 11, 2021
Spring '22 Course Offerings
Spring '22 Course Offerings

Learn more about the Lab’s spring courses—Introduction to Tech, Ethics, & Society; Data Ethics; and Data & the Politics of Evidence.

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CoursesEthics.Lab [Organization]November 8, 2021
Director Maggie Little brings ethicist’s perspective to NIST’s first AI Risk Management Framework workshop
Director Maggie Little brings ethicist’s perspective to NIST’s first AI Risk Management Framework workshop

The discussion focused on how to assess and measure technical and socio-technical characteristics of trustworthy and responsible AI across sectors and contexts.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 27, 2021
The Gray Space: Complicating Control and Care
The Gray Space: Complicating Control and Care

Ethics Lab & CCT Fritz Fellows discuss their research at the intersection of biometric technology, cyberlaw, and design justice.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 25, 2021
Ethics Lab expands in response to growing demand for ethics education and real world guidance
Ethics Lab expands in response to growing demand for ethics education and real world guidance

“Our priority is growing our capacity so that we can keep saying ‘yes’ when the world comes to us,” says Director Maggie Little.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 21, 2021Spotlight
Introducing the 2021–2022 Ethics Lab Fellows
Introducing the 2021–2022 Ethics Lab Fellows

Ethics Lab is excited to welcome an expanded multidisciplinary team of Faculty and Visiting Fellows for the 2021–2022 school year.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 15, 2021
“You Can’t Just Engineer It Away”: Ethics Lab Director discusses governance for Web 3.0 at Unfinished Live
“You Can’t Just Engineer It Away”: Ethics Lab Director discusses governance for Web 3.0 at Unfinished Live

During the Governance 3.0 panel at Unfinished Live 2021, Ethics Lab Director Maggie Little discussed the need to build values, structures, and processes of governance into Web 3.0 and its applications.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]October 1, 2021
(Update: Call closed) Calling All Students! Ethics Lab Student Fellowship Applications Now Open
(Update: Call closed) Calling All Students! Ethics Lab Student Fellowship Applications Now Open

Ethics Lab seeks applicants for its inaugural cohort of Student Fellows to further the work of innovative ethics education at the intersection of technology, ethics, and society, and to create new community-building events for students, teachers, and allies.

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FeaturedEthics.Lab [Organization]September 15, 2021
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