
Peter Blanck
University Professor, College of Law
Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)
J.D., Stanford University, 1986
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982
Areas of Expertise
Race, ethnicity and disability; disability and law; disability and social policy

Don Carr
Professor, School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Program Coordinator, M.F.A. in Design; Industrial and Interaction Design
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1991

Mark Costa
Assistant Research Professor, Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Interim Director, M.I.N.D. Lab
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2016
Areas of Expertise
Scientometrics, applied neuroscience, human-computer interaction

Ingrid Erickson
Assistant Professor, iSchool
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., Center for Work, Technology, and Organization in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, 2009
Areas of Expertise
Organizational studies, information science and human-centered computing, science and technology studies, future of work/work in the age of intelligent machines

Christa Kelleher
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Areas of Expertise
watershed and landscape hydrology, system responses to climate and land use changes, scientific visualization, application of unoccupied aerial systems to study water quality and quantity

Krista Kennedy
Associate Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition, College of Arts & Sciences
Steering Committee Member, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2009
Areas of Expertise
Rhetorics of technology, algorithmic rhetorics, disability studies, intellectual property, data surveillance

Bess Krietemeyer
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Faculty Research Fellow, Syracuse Center for Excellence (COE)
Ph.D., RPI Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, 2013
Areas of Expertise
Advanced building technologies, interactive visualization tools, human and energy feedback systems in the design of sustainable built environments

Louise Manfredi
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Interaction Design (within the School of Design), College of Visual & Performing Arts
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK, 2011
Areas of Expertise
Sustainable product development

Jane M. Read
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise
Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, geohumanities, indigenous livelihoods, Latin America

Senem Velipasalar
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2007
Areas of Expertise
Wireless embedded smart cameras, distributed multi-camera tracking and surveillance systems, automatic event detection from videos, pattern recognition and signal processing

Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Ph.D., Yale University, 2020