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Deb Donig is an American academic known for her work in the field of ethics, human rights, and technology.[1] She is a lecturer[2] at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] Donig is also the host of the "Technically Human" podcast,[4] a show exploring the intersection of ethics and technology.
Early life and education
[edit]Donig attended Menlo-Atherton High School, graduating in 2001.[5]
She attended ? university,[citation needed] spending a year abroad in South Africa.[6]
Donig pursued her PhD in English Literature at UCLA, focused on human rights and the nature of genocide in law and culture.
Career
[edit]Donig served as director of the New England Holocaust Memorial.[6]
In 2019, Donig became an assistant professor at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly).[6] While serving as a professor of English iterature at Cal Poly, Donig founded the Ethical Technology Initiative[7] with a focus on creating an undergraduate curriculum blending tech and ethics.[8]
Donig teaches ethics at UC Berkeley[2] and is an international public speaker. In 2020, she served on the Biden/Harris Policy Strategy Team in Higher Education, drafting policy memos for the campaign's First 100 Days policy.
Donig also consults on film and television projects, including Hunters. In 2020, she was featured as an expert in the documentary Hunters: Behind the Scenes.[9]
Donig is also the host of the "Technically Human" podcast, where she interviews writers, thinkers, and technologists about ethical dilemmas in modern society.
Awards and honours
[edit]- In 2020, she was awarded a Cal Poly Strategic Research Initiative Grant Award.[10]
- In 2021, Donig was awarded a National Science Foundation Research Grant (NSF) to develop a new understanding of the ethical technology workforce.[11]
Notable works
[edit]- "The Facts of Reconciliation: Fictions of Truth in the South African TRC" Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, November 2024
- "Textimony: The Grammar of Atrocity" Journal of Comparative Literature, March 2024
- "The Technology of Interpretation" Textual Practice, July 2020
- "Seeing Double in Indra Sinha's Animal's People: Local Toxins, Global Toxicity, and the Universal Bhopal" Journal of Postcolonial Writing, January 2017
- "Fictions of Eichmann: The Authentic Self, Authenticity, and the Facts of Atrocity" Textual Practice, December 2017
- "The Loss of Voice and the Voice of Loss: Memory, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in South African Literature", in Trauma, Resistance, and Reconstruction in Post-1994 South African Writing. Ed. Jaspal K. Singh and Rajendra Chetty. New York: Peter Lang
- Reclaiming the Waters of Democracy, in New America’s Public Interest Technology Academic Network
References
[edit]- ↑ "ABOUT". Deb Donig, PhD. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- 1 2 "Deb Donig | UC Berkeley School of Information". www.ischool.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Press". Deb Donig, PhD. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "The Technically Human Podcast". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Graduation 2001: Menlo-Atherton High School". Almanac News. June 13, 2001. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- 1 2 3 Bateman, C.M. (2019-11-04). "Cal Poly employs 16 new professors with emphasis on diversity - Mustang News". Mustang News. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- ↑ "Ethical Tech @ Cal Poly". Ethical Tech @ Cal Poly. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Vision & Solution". Ethical Tech @ Cal Poly. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ Meis, Olivia (2020-02-21). "English professor consulted on new Amazon Prime series "Hunters" starring Al Pacino". Mustang News. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Strategic Research Initiative: Technology Workforce". Division of Research. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 2128951 - FW-HTF-P: Assessing the profession of ethical technology for the future of tech work". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Belfer Fellows at ADL Center for Technology and Society | ADL". www.adl.org. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ↑ "Deb Donig". Siegel Family Endowment. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
External links
[edit]- MIT Tech Review: The state of responsible technology featuring Professor Deb Donig
- Document Detectives Use Smudges and Bloodstains to Investigate the Past
- Two CLA Professors Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Assess the Profession of Ethical Technology
- Ethics and Human Rights in Tech with Deb Donig
- Tech Stands Up: Deb Donig on Defining "The Good", Building Diverse Teams, SciFi and Utopia
- 2021 Thought Leaders: English Professor Deb Donig
- Creating a Vision for Ethical Technology
- Spotlight: Cal Poly’s Ethical Technology Initiative
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