ISS/SLC26 Keynote Speaker

Working GenAI into Shape: Ethics as Professional Agency and Leadership

Sunday, June 7, 2026, 9:00 AM

Stephanie Moore is Associate Professor in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program at the University of New Mexico where she teaches ethics and technology, ethics and human-centered design of intelligent and autonomous systems, adult learning, online learning, and multimedia design. She has consulted with many agencies and corporations including the US Department of State, the Office of Personal Management, the Air Force, and private companies and institutes. She is a Fellow of the Microsoft AI Economy Institute, which funded the development of two classes – AI for All and AI in Work and Learning, and has a 5-year NSF grant funding curriculum development and research on ethics in intelligent and autonomous systems. She also serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computing in Higher Education and Vice President of the Open/Technology in Education, Society and Scholarship Association (OTESSA). She has published 5 books and over 60 peer-reviewed articles, proceedings and chapters; given over 140 peer-reviewed and invited presentations; and she has received over $4M in grant funding.

In this session, we will examine generative AI first through a historical lens of how the story of technology is rarely one of binary choices (such as adopt or reject) but instead is usually a story of human agency shaping and adapting technologies toward a desired vision. We will explore, for example, a design-based approach to writing when it was integrated into the Greek academy, a case of cell adaptation in an Amish village, then a more current parallel to genAI - learning analytics. From there, we will reconsider ethics not just as statements of values or commitments but as design and decision making specs or parameters. Drawing on this framing, we will explore a wide range of strategies and techniques that designers and decision makers use to translate ethics into practice, such as reflective practice, interrogative and speculative practices, and specific design practices such as problem framing and participatory design or decision making. I'll conclude with an example from a process we are working through right now to weave ethical considerations into front-end analysis, procurement, and implementation of genAI, and then we will open discussion with a discussion on where and how in their practices ASIS&T members have opportunities to exercise agency and influence the shape of things either through front-end analysis, procurement, implementation, or other decisions.

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-l-moore-ph-d-bb99588/
Mastodon / Fediverse - @StephanieMoore@mastodon.online