Catherine Stinson
Catherine Stinson
Assistant Professor
School of Computing
Faculty of Arts and Science
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cs257@queensu.ca
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Research Description

Doctor Catherine Stinson’ current research interests include algorithmic bias in recommendation and search, regulation of social media platforms, how diversity affects research, the metaphysics of scientific models, the medicalization of gender, and data science for anti-racist advocacy.

Dr.Catherine Stinson has interests in Cell Signaling, and Cell Culturing research.

Current Teaching

CISC497: Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computing F21 (Instructor)

https://www.cs.queensu.ca/undergraduate/courses/CISC-497

Selected Degrees

Ph.D. (2013) – Doctor of Philosophy: History & Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh
M.Sc. (2002) – Master of Science: Computer ScienceUniversity of Toronto
B.Sc. (1999) – Bachelor of Science: Cognitive Science & Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Toronto

Biography

Catherine Stinson is Queen’s National Scholar in Philosophical Implications of Artificial Intelligence, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Philosophy Department. Dr. Stinson holds a PhD in History & Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. They have published in philosophy of neuroscience, philosophy of psychiatry, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and tech policy. 

They have published in philosophy of neuroscience (attention, mechanistic explanation), philosophy of psychiatry (anorexia, classification of disorders), philosophy of artificial intelligence (explanation in artificial neural networks, neo-phrenology), and tech policy (data governance, terms of service agreements, AI ethics education).