Key Research Areas
Ethics of artificial intelligence; Applied generative AI; Engineering and computer science pedagogy; Cross/interdisciplinary technology ethics; Applied media theory; Science and technology studies; Responsible innovation
Publications
“Expertise and Information Seeking in the Age of Generative AI: New Procedures, New Problematics.” Shannon Lodoen & Alexi Orchard (2025). Preprint available: https://www.techrxiv.org/users/979632/articles/1346190-expertise-and-information-seeking-in-the-age-of-generative-ai-new-procedures-new-problematics
“Two Years “in the Wild”: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Generative AI” Alexi Orchard, John Behrens, Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (2025) IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 44(3), 23–29. https://doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2025.3587581
“Ethics and Persuasion in Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: A Procedural Rhetorical Approach” Shannon Lodoen & Alexi Orchard (2025) Proceedings of IEEE ETHICS Conference. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11098367
“Student Perceptions of “Tech Stewardship”” Kari Zacharias, Jillian Seniuk Cicek, Paula Rodrigues Affonso Alves, Fenella Amarasinghe, Jeffrey Harris, Renato Bezerra Rodrigues, Janna Rosales, Alexi Orchard, Rosheedat Adeniji, Luke Slade (2025) Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA ACEG). https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/PCEEA/article/view/19632
“The Future of Work in the Age of Automation: Proceedings of a Workshop on Norbert Wiener’s 21st Century Legacy.” Heather A. Love, Greg Adamson, Mallory James, Jason Lajoie, Iven Mareels, Zach Pearl, Daniel S Schiff, Ketra Schmitt, Thirumala Arohi, John Buchanan, Stéphanie Camaréna, Marten Kaevats, Jeremy Reynolds, Pedro H Albuquerque, John C Havens, Davis Chacón-Hurtado, Sucheta Lahiri, Ayse Ocal, Alexi Orchard, Michael Rigby, Rebecca Sherlock, Victor Sundararaj, Qin Zhu. (2024) IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10798994
“Opportunities and Obstacles for an Embedded STS Program in Engineering.” Alexi Orchard (2024) Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA ACEG). https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/PCEEA/article/view/18545
“The Innovation Problem Finder Dartboard.” Alexi Orchard (2024) Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA ACEG). https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/PCEEA/article/view/18553
“Fostering responsible innovation with critical design methods.” Alexi Orchard & Marcel O’Gorman (2024). Journal of Responsible Innovation, 11(1), 2318823. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2024.2318823
“Presenting Multiagent Challenges in Team Sports Analytics.” David Radke, & Alexi Orchard (2023). Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 1781–1785. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~eg/AAMAS2023/pdfs/p1781.pdf
“An Analysis of Engineering Students’ Responses to an AI Ethics Scenario.” Alexi Orchard & David Radke (2023). Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 37(13), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v37i13.26880
“EAAI-23 Blue Sky Ideas in Artificial Intelligence Education from the AAAI/ACM SIGAI New and Future AI Educator Program.” Michael Guerzhoy, Marion Neumann, Pat Virtue, Carolyn Anderson, Yaman Singla, Alexi Orchard, & Rajiv Ratn Shah (2023). AI Matters, 9(2), 24–29.
“Augmented Reality Smart Glasses in Focus: A User Group Report.” Alexi Orchard, Marcel O’Gorman, Chelsea La Vecchia, & Jason Lajoie (2022). Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3503565
“The influence of curriculum and internship culture on developing ethical technologists: A case study of the University of Waterloo.” Conor Truax, Alexi Orchard, & Heather A. Love (2021). Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS52410.2021.9629124
“Uniting Sustainability and Ethics in Engineering Curriculum: A Literature Review of Shared Challenges and Opportunities” Heather A. Love, Jason Lajoie, Alexi Orchard, Jinsol Kim, Kem Laurin Lubin, Jen Boger, & Pallavi Sodhi. (2021) 2021 CEEA ACEG 2021 Conf. Proc., Abstract only.
“Ethical Tech Pedagogy for Public Good: A Review of Educational Initiatives and Approaches.” Jason Lajoie, Alexi Orchard, & Heather A. Love (2020). 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), 29–32. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS50296.2020.9462181
Selected Presentations
Beyond Model-Centric Interpretations: A Framework for MAcro-eXplainability in Generative AI Systems (MAX AI).
Accepted abstract with John Behrens. Panel: Education and Workforce of the Future. RISE AI Conference 2025.
Decoding the Carbon Cost of AI: Toward Transparent and Equitable CO₂ Emissions Estimation for LLM Inference
Poster Presentation with Vedanth Nandivada and John Behrens (Student-led contribution) RISE AI Conference 2025.
Innovation and Conservation: Assessing AI’s Water Footprint and Its Role in Sustainable Resource Management | October 2025
Poster Presentation with Annie Chen (Student-led contribution) RISE AI Conference 2025.
Generative AI in academia: moving beyond mistrust and panic | September 2025
Accepted abstract. Panel: AI Presents and Futures: the practices and the hype. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025.
IDEAS and Challenges in Generative AI | May 2025
Invited lecture. Technical University Berlin ADDTRUTH Workshop on Manipulation Recognition and Trust Literacy.
Responsibly anticipating the impacts of engineering and technology | April 2025
Invited research seminar. Engineering Education Research Seminars, Purdue University, USA.
Love in the Digital Age: The sOcial Impacts of Dating Apps | February 2025
Contributed lecture. “A Match Made in the Cloud” Valentine’s Day event, Technology and Digital Studies Program, University of Notre Dame, USA.
AI in the wild | September 2024
Invited lecture with John Behrens. “Crash Course” Lecture Series, University of Notre Dame, USA.
“Critical and speculative design for the responsible anticipation of science and technology” | JUne 2024
Accepted Paper. Panel: The social fabric of technology: imagining uses and users. Canadian Communication Association, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2024
Selected Workshops
Ethical GenAI Essentials: Use Generative AI Responsibly in Healthcare | November 2025
Invited workshop. Beacon Health System, Indiana, USA.
Engineering Writing as if Audience Matters | April 2025
Invited workshop. Writing Program Spring Speaker Series, New York Institute of Technology, USA.
REIMAGINING the history of women in computing | October 2024
Invited workshop. Association for Women in Science, University of Notre Dame, USA.
CRITICAL DESIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION | NOVEMBER 2023
Invited workshop with Rebecca Sherlock. Conference for Diversity in Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada.
“Mending Engineering: A Workshop to Start Radically Repairing Engineering’s Relationship with the Rest of the World” | June 2022
Accepted workshop with Matt Borland, Kate Mercer, Jenny Howcroft, Shannon Veitch, and Matt Robichaud. Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference 2022, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Featured In...
BEhind the Screens: IT @ ND POdcast | SPRING 2025
Discussing the integration of AI at Notre Dame https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RhrTzy5WjOYTpY2Br4kN6
