Vance Ricks
Vance Ricks
Vance Ricks
Vance Ricks
Labs And Groups
Labs And Groups
Research Interests
- Friendships & parasocial relationships online
- Human-computer interaction
- Artificial intelligence
Education
- PhD in Philosophy, Stanford University
- BA, Guilford College
Biography
Vance Ricks is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, holding joint appointments with the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Ricks’ teaching and research focus on ethical dimensions of computer technologies, and he is affiliated with the Algorithm Auditing Research Group at Northeastern.
Ricks earned his doctorate in philosophy from Stanford University and was an associate professor of philosophy at Guilford College before joining Northeastern in 2021. He contributed and co-edited the Mozilla Foundation’s Responsible Computer Science Challenge Online Playbook, which explores the piloting of curricula that integrates ethics with undergraduate computer science training. Outside of research and teaching, Ricks is an enthusiastic long-distance bicyclist and a cook.
Research Interests
- Friendships & parasocial relationships online
- Human-computer interaction
- Artificial intelligence
Education
- PhD in Philosophy, Stanford University
- BA, Guilford College
Biography
Vance Ricks is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University, holding joint appointments with the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Ricks’ teaching and research focus on ethical dimensions of computer technologies, and he is affiliated with the Algorithm Auditing Research Group at Northeastern.
Ricks earned his doctorate in philosophy from Stanford University and was an associate professor of philosophy at Guilford College before joining Northeastern in 2021. He contributed and co-edited the Mozilla Foundation’s Responsible Computer Science Challenge Online Playbook, which explores the piloting of curricula that integrates ethics with undergraduate computer science training. Outside of research and teaching, Ricks is an enthusiastic long-distance bicyclist and a cook.
Recent Publications
Recent Publications
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Contact Khoury
440 Huntington Avenue, 202 West Village H
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.2462
TTY: 617.373.3768
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440 Huntington Avenue, 202 West Village H
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.2462
TTY: 617.373.3768
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