UW Impact
Preparing Informed Citizens in an AI-Powered World
Tues. April 22, 2025 5–6 p.m. PST
Online
Artificial intelligence is becoming a powerful and ubiquitous tool in our daily lives.
How can we empower students and members of society to navigate its complexities as informed and engaged citizens? How do we teach individuals to critically evaluate information generated by AI, harness its potential responsibly and uphold essential skills like critical thinking and effective communication?
In this webinar, co-hosted with the UW Center for an Informed Public (CIP), experts will share their insights into how AI is reshaping education, research and civic engagement. We’ll explore strategies for equipping students and society at large to thoughtfully integrate AI into decision-making, spot manipulated and misleading information and remain active citizens in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Join us to discuss the educational opportunities and societal responsibilities that come with this transformative technology.
About the Speakers: Jevin West
Jevin West, CIP Co-Founder | Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Information School
Dr. West is a professor at the Information School and served as the CIP’s founding director. He is a co-founder of the DataLab, the nexus for research on Data Science and Analytics. West develops data mining techniques for studying the Science of Science, where he investigates the origins of scholarly disciplines, the social and economic biases that drive these disciplines, and the impact of the current publication system. Currently, his research focuses on misinformation specifically in and about science.
About the Speakers: Shahan Ali Memon
Shahan Ali Memon, PhD Candidate at the UW Information School
Shahan Ali Memon is a second-year doctoral student at the UW Information School and a graduate research assistant at the Center for an Informed Public whose research is centered on AI ethics and AI influence on the institution of science. Memon holds a Master’s of Science in Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, is a member of the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s AI Advisory Group, and a visiting research scholar at New York University in Abu Dhabi.
About the Speakers: Katy E. Pearce
Katy E. Pearce | Professor, UW Department of Communication
Katy E. Pearce, a Center for an Informed Public faculty member, researches social and political uses of technologies and digital content in non-democratic contexts, specifically in the semi- and fully-authoritarian states of former Soviet Union. Her current research areas include digital divides and inequalities; the affordances of information and communication technologies for social and opposition movements; and online impression management. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, she has spent a lot of time changing her teaching to incorporate and use AI into classroom work.
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