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, law, ethics, 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!

UPCOMING TRAVEL

01.06.20 GROUP in Sanibel Island, FL
03.11.20 SIGCSE in Portland, OR

NEWS

11.09.19  At CSCW 2019 in Austin, TX, I co-organized a workshop on qualitative methods and was a mentor for the doctoral consortium. Brianna Dym and Aaron Jiang both presented papers now published in PACM-HCI: “Moderation Challenges in Voice-based Online Communities On Discord” [blog post] and  “‘Coming out okay’: Community narratives for LGBTQ identity recovery work” [blog post]. This was also officially the end of my 2.5 year tenure as CSCW Communications Co-Chair; I am particularly proud of having started the CSCW Medium Publication!

11.08.19  The Stanford Daily wrote about the talk I recently gave there, focusing on ethics education.

10.27.19 As part of the Responsible Computer Science Challenge, I gave a teaching talk at University City London, and ran a “Black Mirror Writers’ Room” session at MozFest.

10.21.19 I participated in a working group and on a plenary panel at the CSforALL Summit, on the topic of ethics education in K-12 computer science.

10.18.19 I gave a talk for the HCI seminar series at Stanford, titled “Three Lessons for Ethical Tech: Research Ethics, Ethics Education, and Broadening Participation in Computing.”

09.27.19 New paper (with Blake Hallinan and Jed Brubaker) is out in New Media & Society: “Unexpected Expectations: Public Reactions to the Facebook Emotional Contagion Study” [OA link]

09.26.19 I spoke at the Macmillan STEM Summit on strategies for integrating ethics into computer science curriculum.

09.25.19 I spoke at the Graduate School for Social Work at University of Denver, about ethical considerations in harnessing technology for social good.

09.05.19 I’m quoted in a TechCrunch article on teaching ethics in computer science the right way.

08.26.19 I’m quoted in a Wired article about teaching ethics with science fiction.

08.23.19 Three new PhD students and three undergrad RAs have joined my research group this fall!

[News Archive]