CSCW 2023 AI Youth Workshop

Amanda Lenhart is the Head of Research at Common Sense Media. She has spent her career studying how technology affects human lives, with a special focus on families and children. Most recently, as the program director for Health and Data at Data & Society Research Institute, Amanda investigated how social media platforms design for the digital well-being of youth. She began her career at the Pew Research Center, pioneering the Center’s work studying how teens and families use social and mobile technologies.

Amanda specializes in translating rigorous research for a broad national audience. Dedicated to public communication, she has testified before congressional subcommittees and the Federal Trade Commission. Amanda’s work has been featured in numerous national publications and broadcasts, including the New York Times, PBS Newshour and NPR’s All Things Considered. Amanda serves on the advisory board to the Technology and Adolescent Mental Wellness initiative at the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics and on the Technical Advisory Panel to the American Academy of Pediatrics Center on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. She also advised the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on the development of a new exhibit on mobile phones.

Patrick Gage Kelley is a security, privacy, and anti-abuse researcher at Google where he focuses on educational and design resources to help people navigate AI. Patrick holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and is the founder of a startup Wombat Security Technologies which develops privacy and security tools and education materials.

Sneha Revanur – Founder of Encode Justice

Facilitator

Sneha Revanur is a second-year student at Williams College and the founder of Encode Justice. Revanur has been doing tech advocacy since the age of 15, focused on AI and criminal justice. In 2020, she took part in the campaign to defeat California’s Proposition 25, which would have replaced cash bail with an AI-based risk-assessment.

Jonathan Alcineus – Florida chapter lead at Encode Justice

Discussant

Jonathan Alcineus is a third-year student at Florida State University studying Statistics. After attending an environment-themed hackathon, he became motivated to utilize technology to liberate marginalized communities. His chapter’s work focuses on how predictive policing algorithms disproportionally impact low-income, students of color in the Pasco County Public School System. He advocates for restrictions on predictive algorithms with the P.A.S.C.O. Coalition, analyzing its technical and social impact.

Emilie Garrabrant – DC-Maryland-Virginia chapter lead at Encode Justice

Discussant

Emilie Garrabrant is a rising junior at St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Southern Maryland. Passionate about financial inclusion and responsible technology, she serves as the Director of Growth at Fidutam and the DC-Maryland-Virginia Chapter Director at Encode Justice. In her free time, she is a Co-Chair for the Maryland Junior Leadership Team at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Jia Michel – New York chapter lead at Encode Justice

Discussant

Jia Michel is a rising Junior in high school and the NY Chapter Director of Encode Justice. Her work has specialized in Facial Recognition regulation in NY Schools and has ran several in-person events, held meetings with legislators and worked with NYCLU, the Justice Education Project and more. In the future, she hopes to study law and CS.

Mira Schubert – New York chapter director of advocacy at Encode Justice

Discussant

Mira Schubert is a Junior at the Brearley School in New York City. She is the Director of Advocacy for the NY Chapter of Encode Justice, where she has helped run in-person events. Her work with Encode Justice has specialized in collaborating with the NYCLU and S.T.O.P to advocate for transparency from the NYPD. The chapter has also focused on Facial Recognition Technology regulation in New York schools.