Casey Fiesler is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Science (and Computer Science, by courtesy) at the University of Colorado Boulder.  Armed with a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech and a JD from Vanderbilt Law School, she primarily researches social computing, ethics, law, and fan communities (occasionally all at the same time). [curriculum vitae]

Here is a link to my research lab page! The Internet Rules Lab

If you’re looking for a giant spreadsheet of tech ethics curricula, here!
If you’re looking for my Computer Engineer Barbie remix, here!
For an overview of my tech ethics-related research, here!
For an overview of my fandom-related research, here!

NEWS

02.26.21 I was part of a virtual town hall hosted by EFF about copyright for internet content creators.

02.25.21 I spoke on a panel for the ACM HotMobile 2021 conference: “Ethics and Policy of AI Technologies in/for Mobile and IoT Systems.”

02.17.21 I spoke to the Boulder Business Women’s Leadership Group about social media ethics.

02.10.21 I moderated a panel about ethics and law at Silicon Flatirons’ conference on trust and trusthworthiness in the tech industry.

02.07.21 A new paper, led by recent PhD graduate Aaron Jiang, will be published in Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction as part of CSCW 2021: “Supporting Serendipity: Opportunities and Challenges for Human-AI Collaboration in Qualitative Analysis”

02.05.21 I have a new paper published in the Colorado Technology Law Journal: “Innovating Like an Optimist, Preparing Like a Pessimist: Ethical Speculation and the Legal Imagination.”

02.04.21 I spoke to CNN about facial recognition: “New tool can tell you if your online photos are helping train facial recognition systems”

01.20.21 I’m joining the Center for Democracy and Technology as a Non-Resident Fellow.

01.15.21  ACM-W North America profiled my social media outreach in an interview.

01.14.21 There is a profile of my work on tech ethics and law in Forbes: “Why Ethics Matter For Social Media, Silicon Valley And Every Tech Industry Leader.”

01.08.21 In the wake of Twitter and other social media platforms suspending Donald Trump’s accounts, I did several local news interviews: KOAA, KKTV 11, FOX 31, and FOX 31 (again),

12.17.20 I spoke to Scientific American about the ethical implications of automated analysis of facial expressions.

01.16.20 I wrote a blog post with suggestions for children’s books to get kids and teens excited about coding!

[News Archive]