Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
E. Hajric, L. Bruce, F. Najar Arevalo, K. Michael, F. Smith (2024) “Facial Emotion Recognition in the Future of Work: Social Implications and Policy Recommendations” in IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, Early Access, doi: 10.1109/TTS.2024.3477512 (Authors contributed equally)
Facial biometric systems potentially allow for the overt and covert detection of a person for a range of use case scenarios. This article considers a human resource management (HRM) workplace scenario where employees are monitored through cameras on personal electronic devices for the purposes of facial emotion recognition. The applications described pertain broadly to the “future of work” context. The article considers how employers, would use employee facial emotion data for data-driven decision-making in, for example, the construction and optimization of virtual teams, appropriateness for promotion to leadership positions, and fitness-to-task in mission critical work. Building on the outcomes of a socio-technical study, the initial component of which was an FER prototype, this paper considers the social implications and policy recommendations of the deployment of the technical system. Findings indicate that coded biases in determinations of FER include possible discrimination against women, racial minorities, undocumented immigrants and refugees, and people with visible and invisible disabilities.
R. Monteleone, M. Perez Comisso, & E. Hajric (2024). Cyberpositionality: Sociotechnical Location in the Digital Age. Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. https://doi.org/10.5840/techne202495201 (Authors contributed equally)
Abstract: In this paper, we propose the concept of cyberpositionality in order to reconceptualize our social positions in the hybridized and multidimensional realities of the digital age. Drawing deeply from critical feminist science and technology studies and feminist epistemologies, we articulate cyberpositionality as the fluid relationship between information systems and the cultural, social, and political dimensions of their users. We articulate three key tensions at the heart of cyberpositionalities: 1) Our digital positions are not neutral nor mimetic reflections of our analog social locations, 2) Time and place in digital systems have unique rhythms, 3) Digital social relations are always mediated and surveilled. We elaborate on each of these tensions, exploring implications related to ontology, geography, temporality, authenticity, and identity. We close with a call to invite other scholars to reimagine the complex entanglements of colliding digital and physical realities through the lenses of cyberpositionality.
E. Hajric, "AI and Data Rights Considerations for U.S. Policy," in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 93-98, Sept. 2021, doi:10.1109/MTS.2021.3101924.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
E. Hajric, "A Commentary on Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Apps and Broader Societal Implications of Technosolutionism," 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), 2020, pp. 330-338, doi: 10.1109/ISTAS50296.2020.9462243.
Congressional Reports:
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Facial Recognition Technology: Privacy and Accuracy Issues Related to Commercial Uses (July 13, 2020) [GAO-20-522]
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
5G Wireless: Capabilities and Challenges for an Evolving Network (Technology Assessment) (November 24, 2020) [GAO-21-26SP]
Public Scholarship
Medium: The Demise of Sidewalk Labs in Quayside, Toronto https://medium.com/@elmahjc/the-demise-of-sidewalk-labs-in-quayside-toronto-2ffd842c660d
Presentation on Multi-Modal Mobility and Sustainability in the Smart City https://www.notion.so/Advice-for-Cities-on-Smart-Transportation-and-Sustainability-to-Challenge-Multimodal-Mobility-Appr-33e40dac191d455fab0d2bb42f4c5dfd
Conferences
Civics of Technology 3rd Annual Conference, Tech Imaginaries: Smart Campus Imaginaries and Surveillance, August 1st-3rd 2024, virtual
Society for Social Studies of Science (4s) 2nd Annual Meeting (4S/ESOCITE): Sensing Sociotechnical Imaginaries through IoT Poles December 7th-10th, 2022, Cholula, Mexico, virtual
4th International Conference on Anticipation: Feminist anticipation across layers of smartness: Social implications and risks, Curated Session in collaboration with Toby Schulruff, Farah Najar Arevalo, November 2022, Arizona State University In-Person
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Digital Privacy and Social Media (ISDPSM 2022) Digital Privacy and the ‘Smart’ Campus https://attend.ieee.org/isdpsm-2022/keynotes/ August 2022, virtual
Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science (GETS): Regulatory Gaps in Data Protection on Smart Campuses in the United States: IoT Poles as a Sociotechnical Case Study, May 2022, Arizona State University, In-Person
14th Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (SINS20): Data Governance: The Ownership Problem; February 2021, Arizona State University, Virtual
Society for Social Studies of Science (4s) Annual Meeting, Neuralink Insights for Data Governance and the Role of Sociotechnical Imaginaries in the Smart City; October 2021, Toronto, Virtual
American Association of Geographers (AAG) Geoethics Webinar: Emerging Location-based Services and Technologies, GeoSurveillance and Social Justice Issues, The ‘Smart Campus’ and Geo-Surveillance ; August 2021 American Geographers Association, Virtual
IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS20): A Commentary on Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Apps and Broader Societal Implications of Technosolutionism, AI & Data Rights for US Policy Consideration; November 2020, Arizona State University, Virtual
*Peer-reviewed acceptance to Society for Social Studies of Science (4s) Meeting (4S/ESOCITE) 2020, AI and Data Ownership Considerations, August 2020, Prague, Czech Republic, but did not present due to pandemic.
Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science (GETS) 2019 Conference, Future Regulatory Considerations for Non-Medical Implantable Devices (RFID chips); May 2019, Sandra Day O’Connor Law School, Phoenix, Poster Presentation