Kristene Unsworth, PhD
Director, Center for Science, Technology and Society
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
Center for Public Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Society
Research Interests:
- Ethics, information technologies and policy
- Information justice, ethics of data access and use
- Policy development that addresses the equitable use of information across society
- Intersections between information technology, people, and justice
Bio:
Kristene Unsworth, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, and serves as the director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Drexel University. Kristene Unsworth received her PhD in Information Science from the University of Washington in 2010. She is an expert in ethics, information technologies and policy. Her research centers on information justice, which includes the ethics of data access and use as well as policy development that addresses the equitable use of information across society. She was co-Principle Investigator for a National Science Foundation research project on the Ethics of Algorithms [NSF EESE1338205], which led to the creation of case studies that are used in ethics education in computer science and engineering. She is an active faculty member in the Justice Informatics program in Criminology and Justice Studies where courses and research focus on the intersections between information technology, people, and justice.