Department of Technology, AI and Society Faculty
Core Faculty
Klaus Mueller, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair
Ph.D., The Ohio State University Visual analytics; explainable machine learning and AI; algorithmic fairness and transparency; data science and computational; and medical imaging.
Elizabeth Hewitt, PhD
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University Building occupant behavior; social science and behavioral energy research; organizational energy issues; green building design and technology; environmental economics.
Todd L. Pittinsky, PhD
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University Models intergroup relations in their ecosystems of society, technology, and policy.
Lori Scarlatos
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
Ph.D., Stony Brook University Educational technology; tangible, physical; multi-modal; and collaborative human-computer interfaces; serious games; computer graphics; multimedia.
Core Faculty
Jieshu Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Arizona State University Exploring the human and social dimensions of AI: the future of work, sustainability, equality and inclusion in AI development, and our collective imaginaries of the future.
Thomas S. Woodson, PhD
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Georgia Tech Innovation Systems; bibliometrics; science and technology policy; international development.
Ben Z. Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan Human-computer interaction (HCI); Human-Centered AI; Responsible AI; Social Computing; Science, Technology, and Society (STS); Global Development.
Teaching Faculty
Daniene Bryne, PhD
Lecturer
Ph.D. and M.A.P.P., Stony Brook University Technological Design and Development; Cybernetic Learning and Teaching; Visual Rhetoric; AI Policy Challenges
Kevin Moriarty, PhD
Professor of Practice, Undergraduate Program Director
Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology Executive leadership; technical management; quantitative methods; engineering economic principles & concepts.
Lazlo Stepback
Lecturer
PhD Purdue University, Engineering Education His research focuses on engineering students' and early-career engineers' perceptions and experience with engineering ethics and the relationship between personal morality and engineering ethics.
Yan Xiao, PhD
Lecturer
Ph.D., The Ohio State University Public policy: art, culture, and technology.