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Daniel Schiff
Co-Director of GRAIL
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Daniel studies the formal and informal governance of AI through policy and industry, as well as AI's social and ethical implications in domains like education, manufacturing, finance, and criminal justice.
Kaylyn Jackson Schiff
Co-Director of GRAIL
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Kaylyn studies the impacts of emerging technologies on government and society, including digital communication between citizens and government, technology in policing, and government use of AI.
Tyler Girard
Core Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Tyler explores the political economy of digital technologies and technological change. Before joining Purdue, he completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Western Ontario and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke University.
J.P. Messina
Core Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
JP Messina offers courses in moral and political philosophy. Before joining the faculty at Purdue, he held research positions at the University of New Orleans and Wellesley College. His research covers free speech, distributive justice, and Kant's practical philosophy. Messina's first book, Private Censorship, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.
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Ian T. Adams
Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
Ian's applied research focuses on the practical concerns of police practitioners, with a specific interest in technology, policy, and personnel in law enforcement.
Josh McCrain
Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah
Josh's research focuses on public policy and political institutions, lobbying, Congress, media and politics, health policy, policing and criminal justice policy, political methodology and computational social science.
Luisa Nazareno
Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Professor, Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Luisa's recent work centers on the implications of emerging technologies for workers and society, including online platforms (gig work) and artificial intelligence.
Alexander Wilhelm
Ph.D. Affiliate
Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science
Alex works on Big Tech governance and the state-tech firm relations at an international scale, particularly focusing on platform power and firm regulation.
Christina Walker
Ph.D. Affiliate
Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science
Christina's research uses a combination of causal and computational methods to investigate changes in elite messaging, misinformation, and public opinion in Africa and the US. Her most recent work is featured in PS: Political Science & Politics and Digital War.
Indira Patil
Ph.D. Affiliate
Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science
Indira's research interests lie at the intersection of emerging technologies and public policy. She studies the impact of AI policy and governance on equity and ethics, focusing on scholarship across science and technology studies, policy and management studies, and philosophy.
Lucas Wiese
Ph.D. Affiliate
PhD researcher, Computer and Information Technology department.
Luca's research currently spans multiple interdisciplinary projects that converge to prepare students and industry professionals with the ethical skills to deal with contemporary challenges in artificial intelligence. This work includes the fields of AI ethics education, applied ethics, and responsible workforce development.
Ogadinma Enwereazu
Ph.D. Affiliate
Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science
Ogadinma studies how technology and social media shape political behaviour and group dynamics and the overall implication on (in)security. She explores Intelligence Analysis, particularly open-source intelligence as using text and image analysis to inform real time security decisions fascinate her, which connects to the methods in her primary interest.
Adam Hafez
Undergraduate Researcher
Adam is an undergraduate senior with a double major in Philosophy and Data Analytics studying the intersection between AI Ethics and Education.
Yu Lu
Undergraduate Researcher
Yu Lu is majoring in Economics as a part of the joint program between China Agricultural University and Purdue University. Lu's academic journey has sparked a keen interest in government policies and public management.