Erhardt Graeff
he / him / his
Associate Professor of Social and Computer Science
On Leave
education
- Ph.D., Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
- S.M., Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
- M.Phil., Sociology, University of Cambridge
- B.S., International Studies, RIT
- B.S., Information Technology, RIT
website
https://erhardtgraeff.cominterests
- Public Interest Technology
- Civic Technology
- Civic Education
- Mass Incarceration
- Ethics in Engineering and Design
Erhardt Graeff is an educator, social scientist, and public interest technologist.
He works on the design and use of technology for civic engagement, civic learning, and social justice, and on the ethical responsibility of technologists as stewards of democracy. His current research is on articulating the responsibilities of engineers as citizens, developing new forms of civic education within undergraduate engineering, and community-engaged collaborative data science to help organizations fighting mass incarceration. His pedagogy is organized around creating spaces for student-owned and -led public interest technology projects. Erhardt is an Associate Professor of Social and Computer Science at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and a faculty associate at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He holds a PhD in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Erhardt serves as Olin’s designee to the Public Interest Technology University Network.
Select Publications
Graeff, E. 2019. 'Everyone Should Be Involved in Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Digital Surveillance Technology.' In Levinson, M & Fay, J, eds., Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Graeff, E. 2019. 'How Silicon Valley Can Support Civic Empowerment.' Scholars Strategy Network.