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IDH Victories

Since 2018, the IDH has scored significant victories to prove that all citizens – liberals, conservatives, Christians, Muslims, and Jewish-Americans -- can still come together to fight against the unregulated technology that is tearing our lives, families, and country apart.

HIGHLIGHTS

News & Media Appearances:

  • Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Is Global Consensus Possible?” (Forbes, 2022)

  • “After Facebook Scandal, Local College Students are Taking on Challenges of Big Tech” NBC KARE 11 and national affiliates, 2021)

  • “Criminal Convictions by Algorithms are Ruining Innocent Lives” (Omaha World Herald, 2021)

 

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Curated Local, National, and International Exhibitions and Community Education Events: 

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Civic Engagement

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Education

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Publications/Conferences/Awards (Selected):

  • ​" A primer on Digital and Data Science Ethics,” (Nebraska Lawyer, 2022); ​

  • “Let Them All Eat Cake: Rhetorically Mapping Religious Freedom, LGTBQIA Discrimination and The First Amendment After Janus and Masterpiece” (Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2020; awarded Best Paper);

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For a full list of Publications, Conferences, and Awards, click here

IDH Victories:
Full CV, 2018-2023

Full List of Victories
Partners Quick Links
Television
Print Media
Podcasts
News and Media Appearances

News and Media Appearances

Conferences

Education Initiatives

Education Partners:

  • Anti-Defamation League:

    • Creators of their national pilot (for high school civics classes) on the legal, ethical, and civic dimensions of algorithmic discrimination.  Co-launched via Bytes Media.

  • Netflix's Coded Bias:

    • partnered to create free lesson plans for the Coded Bias documentary​​

  • Civic Nebraska:

    • Partnered to create after school programming on disinformation and post-fact journalism.

  • Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business: 

    • Development of undergraduate and graduate digital ethics, law, and compliance courses.

  • Little Earth Native Community: 

    • Created Community education on cyberbullying, cybersecurity, and privacy. (Funded by Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services)

  • Minnesota Research Justice Center and Minnesota Legal Rights Center:

    • Partnered to create CLE materials on algorithmic civil and criminal justice for MN attorneys

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Conferences:
National recognition for IDH efforts in digital ethics education.
 

Education Partners
Education Victories
Legislative Victories
Community Education and Art Advocacy

Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement and Art Advocacy Partners

  • ACLU MN:

    • Partnered on the "Plugging In" and "Digital Rights are Civil Rights" events, as well as the ACLU MN/Stanford Race and Tech Coalition that led the successful ban on racist facial recognition tech in Minneapolis

  • Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy

    • Partnered on all our art exhibition and community advocacy events
  • Minnesota Second Chance Coalition​
    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​​​

  • Guns Down. Love Up.

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • Protect Minnesota

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis

  • North Suburban Center for the Arts:

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis

  • The Urban Educators

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as the sponsors of our forthcoming online digital archive of "All Bullets Shatter"​

  • Ohio State University

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • Georgia State University

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • Portland State University

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • University of Pittsburg's Prison Writing Project

    • Partnered on our "All Bullets Shatter" Exhibition, as well as a member of our coalition against trauma and gun violence in Minneapolis​

  • Reclaim the Block

    • Partnered on our "Plugging In" Community Education Event, helping us education the public on the dangers of surveillance and the importance of privacy​

  • Safety Not Surveillance

    • Partnered on our "Plugging In" Community Education Event, helping us education the public on the dangers of surveillance and the importance of privacy​​​​

  • The Northerner

    • A student news organization partnered with us on our Journalism and Disinformation initiative

  • News On Purpose

    • Offered the IDH and the Northerner a collaborative "takeover" of their news production until Spring 2022. Also part of our Journalism and Disinformation initiatives

  • Our Black News

    • Collaborated on conversations and community education in their private news network, focusing on the issues facing people of color in the United States​s. Also part of our Journalism and Disinformation Initiatives​

  • Native Youth Arts Collective

    • Curated discussion on the intersection of race and tech as a partner of our "Digital Rights are Civil Rights" event

  • Little Earth Housing Complex

    • Back in 2019, the IDH and one of its first partners, the Little Earth Housing Complex, held a community education event to safeguard the rights of Little Earth residents and begin our fight against post-digital tyranny​​​​

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​Legislative Campaigns and Victories

Community Education and Art Advocacy Events
 

  • “All Bullets Shatter: PTSD and Gun Violence.”

    • With the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy; Minnesota Second Chance Coalition; Guns Down, Love, Up; Protect Minnesota; North Suburban Center for the Arts; Urban Educators; Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives; Ohio State University; Georgia State University; Portland State University; and University of Pittsburg’s Prison Writing Project.

  • "Plugging In: A Community Education Event" With ACLU MN, the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy, Reclaim The Block, & Safety Not Surveillance. 2021.

  • IDH/Northerner/Our Black News/News On Purpose Journalism & Disinformation Initiative

    • Working with the Northerner, the IDH has been offered (and accepted) a “takeover” of News On Purpose – an independent, African-American owned journalism source in the Twin Cities – until Spring 2022.  The IDH is currently pursuing partnerships with secondary educators in North Minneapolis to pilot a city-wide journalism initiative focused on students of color.

  • “Digital Rights Are Civil Rights: Race and Technology.”  With the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy, ACLU MN, and Native Youth Arts Collective.  February 2021.

  • “Contaminated.”  Internationally Curated Art Exhibition.  With the Institute for Digital Humanity and Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy.  May 2020.​

  • IDH + Little Earth

    • Back in 2019, the IDH and one of its first partners, the Little Earth Housing Complex, held a community education event to safeguard the rights of Little Earth residents and begin our fight against post-digital tyranny​

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Civic Engagement Victories
All Bullets Shatter
Plugging In
Digital Rights are Civil Rights
Contaminated

Publications / Conferences / Awards

Student Publications
Student Academic Conferences
Faculty Publications
Faculty Conferences

​Student Publications (Peer-Reviewed and Public)
 

 

Student Academic Conferences
 

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Faculty and Affiliate Publications (Forthcoming in 2021-2022)
 

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Faculty and Affiliate Conferences
 

  • “Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Reframe Health Data Sanctity.” Transatlantic Dialogue on Humanity and AI Regulation.  Paris, France.  May 2022.

  • “Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Forgive, Forget, and Re-Program Digital Dignity.”  With Thomas Freeman.  Big Data and AI Ethics Research Colloquium.  University Park, PA.  April 2022. 

  • “Algorithmic Unreliability: Narrative Theory, Digital Ethics, and The Constitutionality of Employment AI.”  With Thomas Freeman and Marci Exted.  Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.  Chicago, IL.  March 2022.

  • “Algorithmic Bias: How Cross Functional Networks Can Fight Digitized Discrimination.” With Dr. Aaron Mckain, Thomas Freeman, Elizabeth Otto, Ayin Monge, and Julius Hernandez. Heider Business Symposium. Creighton University. Omaha, NE.  October 2021. 

  • “Privacy 3.0: Forgiveness and Student Data After Mahoney.”  With Dr. Aaron McKain, Thomas Freeman, and Simon Trautmann. International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference at DuPaul University.  Chicago, IL.  October 2021. Online.

  • “Technology Inclusivity in Online Dispute Resolution.” With Angie Raymond and Isak Nit Asare.  American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Technology Expo.  Online.  July 2021.

  • “Let Them All Eat Cake (Again): Rhetorically Mapping Religious Freedom, LGBTQIA Discrimination, and the First Amendment After Janus and Masterpiece.” With Thomas Freeman.  Midwest Business Administrative Association/Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Joint Conference.  Chicago, IL.  April 2021. 

  • “The Art of EMF Science: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Post-Digital Health Advocacy.” With Stephen Pedersen and Allison Baker.  Rhetoric of Health And Medicine Conference.  October 2020.

  • “What Would Jesus Program?” Rhetoric Society of America. Portland, OR.  May 2020.

  • “A Taxonomy of Algorithmic Unreliable: Constitutional Implications.” Law and Ethics of Big Data Conference.  (Virtual.) May 2020.

  • “Make Them Bake Cake?  In the Wake of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Which Religious Activities Are Protected Expression Under the First Amendment and Protected from Discrimination Laws?” With Tom Freeman and Daniel Schneider. Midwest Business Administrative Association/Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Joint Conference.  Chicago, IL.  March 2020.

  • “The Right to Speak, Bake, or Film…or Not…Which Activities are Protected Expression Under the First Amendment?” With Thomas Freeman.  Huber Hurst Research Seminar in Business Law and Ethics.  Gainsville, FL.  January 2020.

  • “Rhetoric Versus the Robots: Mapping the Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Algorithmic Discrimination.”   Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Society at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.  Bloomington, IN. November 2019.

Publications, Conferences, Awards
Civic Engagement Partners
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