Talks

• Speaker, “Who Governs AI for Social Welfare? State Capacity, Workforce Design, and Democratic Accountability in the Algorithmic Era” Presented at the London School of Economics, for inclusion, Oxford University Press Handbook on AI and the Future of Social Welfare (June 2026)

• Speaker, “The Technological Grotesque: What the Responsible AI Workforce Crisis Means for Higher Education — and for Programs Like This One” San Diego State University (April 2026)

• Emcee, “Introductory Remarks: Where Data Science Meets the Real World” UC Berkeley MIDS Capstone Showcase Commencement (April 2026)

• Speaker, “Building the Future of California’s Responsible AI Workforce: Digital Literacy Beyond Technical Skills” Annual Meeting of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), (April 2026)

• Speaker, “The Technological Grotesque: What the Responsible AI Workforce Crisis Means for Data Scientists” MIDS Spring Immersion, UC Berkeley School of Information (March 2026)

• Speaker, Ethical AI in Cosmetics: Building Intelligence That Serves Human Values &Requirements Coptis Summit on AI (November 2025)

• Speaker, “The Big Reboot: Tech Jobs for Good” Princeton University, Center for Information Technology Policy (October 2025)

• Guest Lecture, “Ethical, Responsible, and Public Interest Technology: The Future of Work” Ethics and Engineering UC Berkeley (October 2025)

• Panelist, “The Future of Data and AI” MIDS Fall Immersion, UC Berkeley School of Information (August 2025)

• Speaker, “Beyond the Algorithm: How Workplace Culture Shapes AI Ethics and the Rise of Responsible Tech Careers” MIDS Fall Immersion, UC Berkeley School of Information (August 2025)

• Keynote Speaker, “The Big Reboot: The Rise of the Ethical Tech Workforce,” Profs & Pints (June 2025)

• Speaker, “The Count: How Quantifying the Job Market Helps us Decide What Matters in Human Values Centered Tech Production,” Siegel Endowed Speaker Series (April 2025)

• Speaker, “AI, Extremism, and the Future of Democracy,” Metaverse Safety Week (December 2024)

• Guest Lecturer, “The Future of AI Governance and Responsible Technology in a Changing Political Climate,” Princeton University (November 2024)

• Panelist, “Faculty Provocation Panel,” MIDS Fall Immersion, UC Berkeley School of Information (August 2024)

• Keynote Speaker, “Open Questions: Evaluating the Impact of Open Source Large Language Models on Hate Speech  

  Propagation in Online Forums,” MIDS Summer Immersion, UC Berkeley School of Information (August 2024)

• Speaker, “The Rise of the Ethical Tech Workforce: Opportunities and Challenges for Anticipatory Governance of

   Digital and Algorithmic Innovation,” EASST Annual Meeting, Amsterdam (July 2024)

• Speaker “AI and the Humanities Curriculum: Revolutionizing Education in the Age of AI,” Envision Tomorrow:  

   Exploring AI’s Role in Higher Education, Cal State, Fullerton (April 2024)

•  Panelist, “Generative AI and Extremism,” Never is Now Conference, Javits Center (February 2024)

•  Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence: The Confluence of Technology and Creativity Speaker Series,” Cuesta College  

   (September 2023)

• Panelist, “The Future of Work at the Human / Technology Frontier,” NSF PI Meeting, Northwestern University

   (August 2023)

• Moderator, “The Future of the Data Science Workforce,” School of Information, UC Berkeley (April 2023)

• Moderator, “A Panel on the Data Science Job Market,” School of Information, UC Berkeley (April 2023)

• Speaker, “Figures of the Law,” Nuremberg Principles Conference in International Law and Human Rights, Catholic

   University (March 2023)

• Speaker, “The Future of Tech is Human,” Global Young Entrepreneurs Society Annual Meeting (March 2023)

• Speaker, “Who Counts?” Women in Data Science Annual Conference, School of Information, UC Berkeley (March

   2023)

• Moderator, “A Panel on Futures in Tech,” School of Information, UC Berkeley (November 2022)

• Speaker, “Inclusion in Tech,” Public Interest Technology University Network, Annual Meeting (November 2022)

• Keynote, “The Future of Tech is Human,” Common Experience, Texas State University (October 2022)

• Speaker, “Tech + Human Values,” Google (September 2022)

• 2022, Speaker, “Audio Storytelling in the Humanities,” Princeton University (April 2022)

• 2022, Guest Interviewee, “Ethics and Human Rights in Tech with Deb Donig,” on the “Before It Happened” Podcast (April 2022)

• 2022, Guest Interviewee, “Ethical Technology and the Holocaust” on “The Jewish History Matters” Podcast (March

   2022)

• 2022, Speaker, “STEM and Humanities Collaboration in Building an Ethical and Equitable Vision for Biotechnology,” Envisioning AI and Ethics in Biomedical Research Microlab, NIH (March 2022)

• 2021, Speaker, “Ethical Technology as the Future of Work,” Conference on the Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier, NSF (January 2022)

• 2021, Guest Lecturer, “Ethical Technology: The New Workforce,” USC (November 2021)

• 2021, Panelist, “Coded Bias: Screening and Q&A with Director Shalini Kantayya,” Cal Poly (May 2021)

• 2021, Panelist, “Technology, Democracy, and Ethics,” Cal Poly (April 2021)

• 2021, Panelist “Tech, Intersectionally Examined: Inequality in the Tech Workforce,” Cal Poly (February 2021)

• 2018, Keynote Speaker, “Postwar Brotherhood: Memory and Meaning in The Chosen,” Fountain Theater (April 2018)

• 2018, Panelist, “Women in Academia: Women and Youth Supporting Each Other,” UCLA (May 2018)