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Thao Phan is a feminist science technology studies (STS) researcher specializing in the study of gender, race, and algorithmic culture. She serves as a lecturer in Sociology at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU). Her research critically examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in constituting categories such as gender, race, class, and nation. Thao has published extensively on topics related to whiteness, aesthetics in AI, big-data-driven techniques for racial classification, and the commercial capture of AI ethics research. She co-edited volumes including 'Anthropogenic Table Elements' (University of Toronto Press) and 'Economies of Virtue: Circulation of 'Ethics' in AI' (Institute of Network Cultures), with her writings appearing in notable journals like Big Data & Society, Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, Science & Culture, and Cultural Studies. Thao is also an editorial board member for several international journals and has been recognized as an elected Council member of the Society for Social Studies of Science. Additionally, she is a co-founder of AusSTS, Australia's largest network of STS scholars.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Lecturer in Sociology at the Research School of Social Sciences, focusing on feminist science technology studies and algorithmic culture.
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