Embedded EthiCSTM @ Harvard Bringing ethical reasoning into the computer science curriculum

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Embedded EthiCS is a collaboration between philosophers and computer scientists led by faculty from both fields. Post-doctoral fellows and graduate fellows meet weekly for a teaching lab to develop Embedded EthiCS modules.

Faculty Founders

Barbara
Grosz

Higgins Research
Professor of
Natural Sciences

Alison
Simmons 

Samuel H. Wolcott
Professor of
Philosophy

Photo credits: Rose Lincoln, Harvard Staff Photographer

Program Director

Matt
Kopec

Program Director of Embedded EthiCS
and Lecturer in Philosophy

Faculty Team

Jeff Behrends

Jeff
Behrends

Associate Senior Lecturer
on Philosophy

James Mickens

James
Mickens

Gordon McKay
Professor of
Computer Science

Alison Simmons

Alison
Simmons

Samuel H. Wolcott
Professor of
Philosophy

Salil Vadhan

Salil
Vadhan

Vicky Joseph
Professor of
Computer Science and
Applied Mathematics

P. Quinn White

P. Quinn
White

Assistant Professor of
Philosophy

2024-2025 Teaching Lab Team

Huzeyfe Demirtas

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY

Camila Hernandez Flowerman

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY

Alice Huang

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY

Katy Gero

Katy Gero

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Michael Pope

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY

Ka Ya Lee

Ka Ya Lee

EDMOND & LILY SAFRA CENTER FOR ETHICS POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW

Administrative Support

Jill Susarrey

ADMINISTRATOR

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