Research
My research interests and writings in emerging technologies, Artificial Intelligence, data governance, feminist technoscience, STS, and Critical Data Studies have been published and presented in various formats found below, including: journal publications, conference proceedings, editorials, public work, congressional reports, consultancy reports, knowledge mobilizations, public interactive exhibits, workshops, pre-recorded, virtual, and in-person conferences, and invited expert talks affiliated with IEEE, American Association of Geographers, 4S, among others.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
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)
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.
Peer-Reviewed Editorials
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)
Congressional Reports:
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Congressional Reports:
Facial Recognition Technology: Privacy and Accuracy Issues Related to Commercial Uses (July 13, 2020) [GAO-20-522]
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-522
5G Wireless: Capabilities and Challenges for an Evolving Network (Technology Assessment) (November 24, 2020) [GAO-21-26SP]
https://www.gao.gov/products/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
Invited Talks
National Science Policy Network, Data Diplomacy Series Pillar: Diplomacy for Data, Duke University, February 21st 2023, Invited Panelist
*Arizona State University, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory: SFIS Future in 2052, Spring 2022Invited Panelist–*declined due to pandemic
Arizona State University, University Technology Office: Data Privacy Day January 27th, 2022 Invited Panelist
Public Interest Technologies University Network (PIT-UN): Graduate Student Panelist; November 2020, New America
Public Exhibits & Workshops
EMERGE: A Festival of Futures: Can We Make it? Should We Make It? In collaboration with Martin Perez-Comisso, Dr. Lauren Keeler, John Nelson, Steven Weiner, Jan Cordero, and Sean McAllister; May 2019, Tempe, Arizona, Public Interactive Exhibit using Emoji as a Technology Assessment
4S Prague 2020 Making & Doing Workshop: https://www.4sonline.org/emoji-technology-assessment-experiments-in-sociotechnical- engagement/ Digital object: https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/meta/
Knowledge Mobilization Project-video collaboration with Dr. Andrew Maynard for Risk Bites: Anticipated Ethical Considerations of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=514agonyu7c
Consultancy:
Smart City Report-collaboration with LAP598/Dr. Paul Coseo; research report on mental health as a sustainability issue with attention to ethical considerations of smart city technologies and scenario forecasting for 2030, 2050, and 2070.