{"id":1296,"date":"2021-07-22T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=1296"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:45:08","slug":"vera-pavri","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/faculty\/vera-pavri\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Pavri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vera Pavri received her PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. She is an Associate Professor in the Science, Technology and Society Department (STS) and teaches in both STS and NATS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Pavri currently teaches a variety of NATS courses including Technology and Civilization (NATS 1775), Computers, Information and Society (NATS 1700) and Understanding Cyberspace (NATS 1505). Her STS courses include Science, Technology and Racial Social Justice (STS 2333) and The Global Information Society (STS 3500).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Pavri\u2019s 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. 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