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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Selected Publications

Aggarwal, N., et al. (2020). Risk knowledge and concern as influences of purchase intention for internet of things devices. Technology in Society, 62.

Albaghli, R., Chang, C., Almahmeed, S., & Attar, N., (2022). Untraining Ethnocentric Biases about Gender Roles: A Preliminary Empirical Study Presenting Art as Stimulus. Proceedings of Mensch und Computer '22.

Chen, Y., et al. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Student Assistants in the Classroom: Designing Chatbots to Support Student Success. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1).

Gonzalez, R. (2022). War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future. University of California Press.

Harris, K. (2024). Itinerant Entrepreneurs: #bigger6, Digital Humanities Pedagogy & Minimal Computing. Studies in Romanticism 63(3)

Marachi, R. & Quill, L. (2020). The case of Canvas: Longitudinal datafication through learning management systems. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(4).

Mooradian, N. (2018). Ethics for Records and Information Management. 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" — NSF, 2022

Harris, K., "Summer Institute: Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence," — NEH, 2025

Hofman, Attar, Ghosh, Nojan, Saugher, “Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Responsible Computing Learning Experiences” — Mozilla Foundation, 2023

Huang, Attar, Luo, "Enhancing Automated Vehicle Takeover: Integrating Age, Mental State, and Assistive Technologies" — SJSU College of Engineering, 2024

Affiliates

Advanced Institute for Ethical Technologies

AI For Social Good

Center on Ethics

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CSU STEM-​NET

CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center

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

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

harrisKatherine D. Harris
Professor of English
Ethical Technology, Machine Learning, Emerging Technology
ORCID: 0000-0001-9212-0939

mooradianNorman 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.