About Me

Vera Pavri received her PhD in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. She is the Chair of the Science, Technology and Society Department and an Associate Professor (Teaching Stream) in Natural Science (NATS). She currently teaches a variety of NATS courses including Technology and Civilization, Computers, Information and Society and Understanding Cyberspace. Dr. Pavri’s research interests include studying how socio-cultural values shape our digital environments (including AI), and how these systems have helped transform the way we work, play, communicate, think and process information. Some of her articles have been published in journals such as Technology and Culture; Vaccine; Journal of Computer Mediated Communication; and Journal of the American Medical Association.

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