AI | The Harriet Tubman Institute /research/tubman The Harriet Tubman Institute at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:35:14 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Michael Kalu /research/tubman/profile/michael-kalu/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:29:34 +0000 /research/tubman/?post_type=profile&p=9069 Dr. Michael Kalu is an assistant professor of Rehabilitation Therapy in the School of Kinesiology and Health. His research spans a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to mobility assessment, addressing prevention, improvement, and maintenance of mobility in older adults across Africa and Canada. He also explores the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies to enhance the quality of life for Black older adults, employing Afrocentric methodologies to advance social and health equity in Canada and Africa. Read more about his projects and how to get involved at /research/project/m4aginglab/.

Keywords: Mobility, Afrocentric, Health equity, Social equity, Technology and AI

]]> Yousif Hassan /research/tubman/profile/yousif-hassan/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:23:00 +0000 /tubmandev/?post_type=profile&p=2299 Dr. Hassan is a Faculty Affiliate with the Center for African Studies and Illinois Distinguished Fellow and Research Associate in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. His research examines the relationship between race, digital technology, and technoscientific capitalism. Dr. Hassan’s work is at the intersection of social and racial justice, and technology policy focusing on the social, economic, and political implications of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) and data. Dr. Hassan was a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His most recent project investigates the sociotechnical knowledge production practices of the state, scientists, and the tech industry focusing on the development of AI and its innovation ecosystem across multiple African countries.

Keywords: Science and Technology Studies, Black and African Studies, Political Economy of Technoscience, Information Science, Communication Studies, Critical Algorithm Studies, Critical Innovation Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Digital Platforms

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