Tech Justice Lab

Imagining what it means for tech to be just.

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The Tech Justice Lab is a network of students, faculty, staff, and community members from different disciplines who work together to imagine what it means for technology to be “just.”

The TJL prioritizes the development of interdisciplinary, justice-oriented undergraduate technology researchers and practitioners through events, courses, and research opportunities.

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Projects

As a research generator, the Tech Justice Lab empowers students and faculty to collaborate on research projects. Check out some of our past student projects.

Online Proctoring & Student Privacy

Tessca’s project examined online proctoring software’s claims to fortify education, protecting earned degrees. Her work argued that, in reality, these softwares view students as inherently suspicious and raise significant privacy and bias concerns.

Ethics in Engineering Education

Alyssa’s research project explored how ABET accreditation outcomes shape engineering education with respect to addressing the relationship between technical knowledge and ethics. Based upon initial research, she found that there was a current disconnect between assessment based engineering outcomes and the political and social discourse needed to understand and maintain an ethical practice as an engineer.

Prying Eyes: Location-Based Service

With mobile devices dominating the digital landscape, location-based data collection is a common occurrence. Gary’s project analyzed the social and ethical implications of this phenomenon and presented a solution incorporating legislation, education, and data activism for curtailing invasive US state and corporate data collection measures.

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