POSITIONS

Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ
Library and Information Science Department / School of Communication and Information
Assistant Professor / September 2019 - present

Data & Society Research Institute / New York City, NY
Media Manipulation Initiative
Postdoctoral Researcher / August 2018 - August 2019

EDUCATION

PhD / Information Studies / University of California, Los Angeles / 2018
Dissertation: "Time Constructs: The Origins of a Future Internet"
Certificates: Critical Theory / Digital Humanities
MA / Media Studies / The New School / 2014
BJ / Journalism / University of Missouri - Columbia / 2007

RESEARCH

BOOK PROJECT

Paris, B. (under contract: tentative expected publication release Spring 2025). Radical Infrastructures: Imagining and Organizing a People's Internet.  University of California Press.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Paris, B., Cath, C., & Myers-West, S. (2023). Radical Infrastructure: Building Beyond the Failures of Past Imaginaries for Networked Communication. New Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231152546
   
2. Paris, B., *Carmien, K., and *Marshall, M. (May, 2022). “We Want to Do More, But…” New Jersey Public Library Approaches to Misinformation. Library and Information Science Research (LISR), 44(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101157
3.  Reynolds, R., *McGowan, C., *Aromi, J., and Paris, B. (May, 2022). Social and Digital Inequality as Factors in K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning in the Pandemic of 2020: Educator Perspectives. Journal for the Association of Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24654
4. Paris, B., Marcello, G., and Reynolds, R. (February, 2022). Disinformation detox: teaching and learning about mis- and disinformation using socio-technical systems research perspectives. Information and Learning Sciences 123(1/2), 80-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-09-2021-0083
5. Paris, B., (December, 2021). Configuring Fakes: Digitized Bodies, the Politics of Evidence, and Agency. Social Media + Society 7(4) 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211062919
6. Paris, B., Reynolds, R., McGowan, C. (September, 2021) “Sins of Omission: Critical Informatics Perspectives on Higher Education Learning Analytics”, Journal for the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24575
7. Dan, V., Paris, B., Donovan, J., Hameleers, M., Roozenbeek, J., van der Linden, S., and von Sikorski, C. (August, 2021). Visual Mis- and Disinformation, Social Media, and Democracy. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 98(3), 641–664. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211035395
8. Paris, B. (January, 2021). Time Constructs: Values in a Future Internet. Time & Society 30 (1), 126-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X2098531
9. Paris, B. (November, 2020). The Internet of Futures Past: Values Trajectories of Networking Protocol Projects. Science, Technology & Human Values 46 (5), 1021-1047. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243920974083
10. Currie, M., Paris, B., and Donovan, J. (September, 2019). What difference do data make? Data management and social change. Online Information Review 43 (6), 971-985. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-02-2018-0052
11. Paris, B. (August, 2018). Finding Time in the Future Internet. First Monday 23 (8) 1-14, http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9407/7573
12. Currie, M., Paris, B. (June, 2018). Back-ups for the Future: Archival Practices for Data Activism. Archives and Manuscripts 46 (2), 124-142.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2018.1468273
13. Paris B., Pierre J. (January, 2017). Naming Experience: Registering Resistance and Mobilizing Change with Qualitative Tools. InterActions Journal of Education and Information Studies 13 (1) 1-24. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/02d9w4qd
14. Currie, M., Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (August, 2016). The Conundrum of Police Officer-Involved Homicides: Counter-Data in Los Angeles County. Big Data & Society 3 (2), 1-14. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053951716663566     

REFEREED PROCEEDINGS

1. Karppi, T., Paris, B., Gehl, R., Myers-West, S., Cath, C. (2023). “If Not, Else: Standards, Protocols, Networks and How They Make a Difference”. Association for Internet Research (AoIR) Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2023. Philadelphia, PA. AoIR, 1-4.
   
2. Paris, B. and Costley-White, K. (2023), Meeting People Where They Are: Hyperlocal Engagements around COVID-19 in New Jersey. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1): 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.791
3. Paris, B., Marcello, G. and Reynolds, R. (2022), Cultivating Ecological Literacy: A Critical Framework for Understanding and Addressing Mis- and Disinformation. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59: 479-485. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.656 3rd Place: Short Papers
4. Pierre, J., Currie, M., Paris, B., and Pasquetto, I. (2021). Searching for the Forgotten: Examining the Online Presence of Victims of Police Killings. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2021. Remote. AoIR, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12225
   
5. Pierre, J., Crooks, R., Currie, M., Paris, B., and Pasquetto, I. (2021). Getting Ourselves Together: Epistemic Burden and Data-centered Participatory Design Research, Association of Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '21), Yokohama, Japan. ACM, 1-11. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445103 Best Paper Award: Top 1% of Reviewed Papers
6. Currie, M., Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., Pierre, J., Sands, A. E., Lievrouw, L. A. (2015). The Police Officer-Involved Homicide Database Project. Proceedings of 2015 iConference, Newport Beach, CA. iConference, 1-6. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/73781/502_ready.pdf?sequence=2

REFEREED REPORTS

1. Paris, B. and Donovan, J. (September 18, 2019). Deepfakes & Cheap Fakes: The Manipulation of Audio and Visual Evidence. Data & Society Research Institute. https://datasociety.net/output/deepfakes-and-cheap-fakes/
2. Paris, B., Dillon, L., Pierre, J., Pasquetto, I. V., Marquez, E., Wylie, S. A., Murphy, M., Brown, P., Lave, R., Sellers, C., Mansfield, R., Fredrickson, L., Shapiro, N., and EDGI, (September 19, 2017). Pursuing a Toxic Agenda: Environmental Justice in the Early Trump Administration, The First 100 Days and Counting, Environmental Data Governance Initiative. https://100days.envirodatagov.org/pursuing-toxic-agenda/
   

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Paris, B. (2023). "Seeing Through the Fog of War: Epistemic Burden and Manipulated Audiovisual Evidence in Geopolitical Crisis," eds. Harsin, J. and Westley, H. Re-thinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust Globality, Culture, Affect. Routledge: Oxfordshire, UK. https://www.routledge.com/Re-thinking-Mediations-of-Post-truth-Politics-and-Trust-Globality-Culture/Harsin/p/book/9781032484198
   
2. Paris, B. (2023)."Mining for Alternatives in Silicon Holler," ed. Cath C. Politics of Internet Infrastructure. MeatSpace Press: Cambridge.
3. Paris, B. and Pasquetto, I. (Forthcoming 2023). "Hidden Virality and the Everyday Burden of Correcting WhatsApp," eds. Sanfillipo, M. and Ocepek, M. Everyday Misinformation Governance. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/126256
4. Paris, B., Pierre, J., Currie, M., Pasquetto, I. (2022). “Police Accountability and the Data Burden,” eds. Currie, M., Callum, M., and Knox, J. Data Justice and the Right to the City, University of Edinburgh Press: Edinburgh. https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9781474492973/html?lang=en
5. Paris, B. (2021). "Technics of Time: Values in Future Internet Development," eds. Stine, K. and Vollmar, A. Media Infrastructures and the Politics of Digital Time Essays on Hardwired Temporalities, 295-305. Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50573
6. Lievrouw L. A. and Paris, B. (2020). "Information, Technology, and Work: Proletarianization, Precarity, Piecework," eds. Lievrouw and, L. and Loader, B. Handbook of Digital and Communication Media, 214-242. Routledge: London. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Digital-Media-and-Communication/Lievrouw-Loader/p/book/9781138672093
7. Cifor, M. and Paris B. (2020). “Throughlines: Social Injustice and Activism in Los Angeles," eds. Deyrup, M. and Baikun. M. Transformative Projects in the Digital Humanities, 1-14. Routledge: London. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429399923/chapters/10.4324/9780429399923-4
8. Currie, M., Donovan, J., and Paris, B. (2018). "Preserving for a More Just Future: Tactics of Activist Data Archiving." eds.  Munshi, U. and Veema, N. Data Science Landscape: Towards Research Standards and Protocols, 67-78. Springer.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-7515-5_5

GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS

1. 2023 Rutgers Department of Library and Information Science: Faculty Service Award
2. 2022 Rutgers Department of Library and Information Science: Faculty Service Award
3. 2021 Rutgers University, Global Grant "Ethical AI through Data Curation: A Multidisciplinary Partnership between Rutgers and Australian National University", Co-PI
4. 2021 Rutgers Department of Library and Information Science: Faculty Research Award
5. 2020 Lighthouse3 "100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics" List
6. 2020 Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information Small Grants for Individual Faculty Research (GIFR) “Localizing the fight Against Misinformation: Library-Hosted Sessions on COVID-19”, Co-PI
7. 2019 Rutgers University School of Communication & Information Research Council Grant - Power & Inequality Working Group
8. 2018 UCLA Information Studies Doctoral Program Committee Travel Grant
9. 2017 UCLA Information Studies Department Dissertation Proposal Award
10. 2016 UCLA Information Studies Department Diversity Paper Award, Co-author
11. 2016 UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship / Travel Grant
12. 2016 UCLA Information Studies Department Travel Grant
13. 2015 UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship / Travel Grant
14. 2015 iConference Social Media Expo Research Grant

 INVITED TALKS & APPEARANCES

1. Paris, B. (September 26, 2024) [Invited Speaker] Roadmaps for Refusal of AI in Production Work. Alison Bernstein Media Mentoring Program, Institute for Women's Leadership. Rutgers University, New Brunswick. (Remote)
   
2. Paris, B. (September 26, 2024) [Invited Panel Participant] Vermont Law Review AI Symposium. University of Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT. (Remote)
3. Paris, B. (May 22-24, 2023) [Invited Workshop Participant] Repair & Redress Workshop. Department of Information Science and Science & technology Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
   
4. Paris, B. (July 15, 2024) What happens when you dig up a buried body? Uncovering theories of change to re-imagine Internet infrastructure [Invited Panelist]. I Symposium on Critical Internet Governance. Critical Infrastructure Lab, University of Amsterdam & Research Network on Internet Governance / Rede de Pesquisa em Governança da Internet, Brazil. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
   
5. Paris, B. (May 5, 2023) [Invited Panelist] Cryptocurrency and Neo-Feudalism: a conversation with Jodi Dean, David Golumbia, and Britt Paris. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
6. Paris,B. (March 22, 2023) [Invited Speaker] Deepfakes: Navigating the Information Space in 2023 and Beyond. Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. [Remote]
7. Paris, B. (February 1, 2023) [Moderator] Policing the Crisis panel with Tony Jefferson, Dan Berger, Keisha Khan-Perry, and Kris Henderson, “The Crisis This Time: Media, Movements, and Abolition in a Time of Rupture” symposium  with the Media, Inequality, & Change Center and University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School. Philadelphia, PA.
8. Paris, B. (July 14, 2022) [Invited Speaker] Hidden Virality and the Everyday Burden of Correcting WhatsApp, Everyday Misinformation Governance. Champaign, IL (Remote).
9. Paris, B. (5 April, 2022) [Invited Speaker] Don’t believe your eyes” Audiovisual Evidence Online. Critiquing Post-truth: Expanding Post-truth Objects and Approaches Series. American University of Paris, sponsored by The AUP Civic Media Lab and the Andrew Mellon Fund. Paris, France (Remote)
10. Paris, B. (29 June, 2021) [Invited Speaker] Grappling with the Ethical and Political Concerns around Misinformation. Center for Social Studies, Summer School. University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Remote). 
11. Reynolds, R., Threats, M., & Paris, B. (10 March, 2021) [Panelist] Making Critical Informatics Integral Within Undergraduate iSchool Curriculum. iSchool Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Forum. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (Remote). 
12. Paris, B. (5 March, 2021) [Moderator] "Thinkpiece panel II" with Safiya Noble, Dwaipayan Banerjee, and Lily Hu, Rutgers University Critical AI - Inaugural Event Series. New Brunswick, NJ. (Remote).
13. Paris, B. (25 February, 2021) [Plenary Panelist] "Simulacra at Scale: Digitized Bodies in Multi-Agent Systems", Privacy Praxis Conference, University of Kansas Law School & Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. (Remote).
14. Paris, B. (25 January, 2021) [Colloquium Speaker] "Digitizing Bodies: the politics of evidence and avenues for sociotechnical change", Center for Digital Culture and Society, Penn Annenberg School. Philadelphia, PA. (Remote)
15. Paris, B. (27 October, 2020) [Panelist] "AI, Democracy, & Disinformation", AI for Social Good, AI Socratic Circles (AISC). Toronto, ON. (Remote).
16. Paris, B. (19 October, 2020) [Plenary Speaker] "Bodies of Evidence: Prepare your Institution for the Post Truth World", Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) Conference (Remote).
17. Paris, B., Patrini, G., Tehrani, A. (10 June, 2020) [Panelist] "Is seeing still believing? The challenge of deep fakes". CognitionX 2020: London, UK. (Remote).
18. Paris, B. (22 April, 2020) [Invited Speaker] "Audiovisual Disinformation". AI Policy Network. Center for Data Innovation:  Washington, DC. (Remote).
19. Paris, B. (13 February, 2020) [Invited Speaker] “Spectrum of Simulacra: Manipulation of Audio and Visual Evidence Online”. Center for Vision Technologies, Stanford Research Institute International: Princeton, NJ.
20. Paris, B., Marshall, B., Mitchell, S. (1 November, 2019). [Plenary Panelist]  “AI-Driven Disinformation,” at Down for the Count 2020. Berkman-Klein Center, Harvard University: Boston, MA.
21. Chowdhury, R., Citron, D., Cole, S., and Paris, B. (10 August, 2019). [Panelist] Deepfakes Policy. DEFCON AI Village: Las Vegas, NV. 
22. Paris, B. (13 June, 2019) [Plenary Panelist] Media and Manipulation, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Collective Intelligence (CI), Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA.
23. Doctrow, C., Paris, B., Roberts, S.T., Waheed, S. (12 April, 2019) [Panelist] After Disruption: worker-centered futures and the rise/demise of platform systems. UCLA README, LA Cryptoparty, Electronic Frontier Foundation: Los Angeles, CA.
24. Paris, B. (12-13 December, 2018). [Plenary Speaker] Simulacra at Scale: A History of the Fake. Open News’ SRCCON: POWER: Philadelphia, PA.
25. Paris, B. (29 October, 2018) [Plenary Speaker] Practices and Principles of Audiovisual Manipulation. Cognitive Defense (CogD): Understanding and Combating Human Vulnerabilities Exploited by Misinformation, Information Science and Technology Study Group: Seattle, WA.
26. Paris, B. (11 October, 2018) [Panelist] What is the FATE of Platforms? Concordia University Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship: Montréal, QC.
27. Paris, B., (1-2 June, 2018). [Panelist] "The Technics of Time in the Future Internet", Hardwired Temporalities, University of Siegen: Siegen, Germany.
28. Paris, B. (November 9, 2017). [Invited Speaker] "Cascading Failures and Alternative Paths: A Conversation on the Politics of Data, Activism, and Justice." USC Department of Communication: Los Angeles, CA.
29. Paris, B., and Pierre, J. (March 3, 2017). [Panelist] "Building Just Tools: Registering Resistance and Mobilizing Change, "InterActions Symposium on Big Data: Los Angeles, CA.
30. Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (27 February, 2017). [Invited Speakers] "Climate Data Rescue: Archiving for Freedom in Times of Political Turmoil," UAW2865: Los Angeles, CA.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Paris, B. and Costley-White, K. (2023), Meeting People Where They Are: Hyperlocal Engagements around COVID-19 in New Jersey [Paper presentation] Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), London, UK.
   
2. Paris, B. (October, 2023). If Not, Else: Standards, Protocols, Networks and How They Make a Difference [Panel Presentation] Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Philadelphia, PA.
3. Paris, B. (May 28, 2023). Post Truth and Trust in a Globalized Society: Popular Truth and Consequences [Roundtable presentation] International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Ontario.
4. Paris, B. (December 6, 2022). Imaginaries for a People’s Internet: Comparing Web3 and Rural Internet Cooperatives [Presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Cholula, Mexico. (Remote).
5. Paris, B., Marcello, G. and Reynolds, R. (October, 2022). Cultivating Ecological Literacy: A Critical Framework for Understanding and Addressing Mis- and Disinformation. [Paper presentation] Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Pittsburgh, PA. 3rd Place: Short Paper
   
6. Reynolds, R, McGowan, R., Aromi, J, and Paris, B. (November, 2021). Social and Digital Inequality as Factors in K-12 Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning in the Pandemic of 2020: Educator Perspectives. [Paper presentation] Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Salt Lake City, UT (Remote). 3rd Place: Long Paper
   
7. Paris, B. (October, 2021). Mobilizing to Refuse: Abolitionist Principles for Technological Practice. [Paper presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2021, Montreal, QC (Remote).
8. Paris, B. (May, 2021). Hidden Virality: Sociotechnical Vulnerability in Encrypted Messaging. [Paper presentation] International Communication Association (ICA) 2021 Philosophy and Theory Division, Denver, CO (Remote).
9. Paris, B. and Pasquetto, I. (August 18, 2020). Hidden Virality: an Analysis of Epistemic Injustice and Online Movements. [Paper Presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (Remote).
10. Reynolds, R. and Paris, B. (March 3, 2020). Best Practices in Critical Informatics-Inspired Curriculum Development: The Case of the Gender and Technology Class at Rutgers. Informatics Education Conference 2020, Austin, TX.
11. Paris, B. (October 24, 2017). Modes of Counter-Data Action: The Police Officer Involved Homicide Data Project. [Paper Presentation] Digital Library Forum Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
12. Paris, B., Currie, M. E., and Donovan, J. M. (October 20, 2017). Grand Intentions, Small Interventions: A Case Study of Climate Data Rescue. [Paper presentation] Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Tartu, Estonia.
13. Paris, B. (August 30, 2017). Climate Data Rescue's "Guerilla Archiving" as Counter-Data Action. [Paper presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Conference. Boston, MA.
14. Cifor, M. and Paris, B. (August 8, 2017). Throughlines: Mapping a History of Resistance and Freeway Development in Los Angeles. [Paper and project presentation] 2017 American Digital Humanities Organization Conference, Montreal, QC.
15. Paris, B. and Pierre, J. (June 23, 2017). Data Management for Social Justice: Three Case Studies. [Paper presentation] Data Power 2017 Conference, Ottawa, ON.
16. Paris, B. and Currie, M. (June 22, 2017). Data-mirroring as Archival Activism - A Case Study of DataRefuge. [Paper presentation] Data Power 2017 Conference, Ottawa, ON.
17. Paris, B. (May 25, 2017). Countermeasures: Surveillance, Flawed Policing Reform and Modes of Resistance. [Paper presentation] International Communications (ICA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
18. Paris B. (September 2, 2016). Managed Mobility: The Transformation of Time in Named Data Networking. [Paper presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
19. Paris B., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (September 2, 2016). Critical Civic Data: Examining Semantic Inconsistencies in Police Homicide Data. [Paper presentation] Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
20. Ascher, D. L. and Paris, B. (December 2, 2015). Fast Forward—The Temporal Implications of IVF. [Paper presentation] Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Agence Nationale de la Recherche Web 90 Conférence, Temps et Temporalitiés du Web Symposium, Paris, France.
21. Paris, B. and Way, K. B. (November 13, 2015). Affecting the Interface. [Paper presentation] Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Conference, Houston, TX.
22. Currie, M., Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (May 28, 2015). Interrogating Police Officer Involved Homicide Data in Los Angeles County. [Poster presentation] UCLA Education & Information Studies Research & Inquiry Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
23. Currie, M., Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (June 1, 2015). Interventions with Police Officer Involved Data in Los Angeles County. [Project presentation] Canadian Society for Digital Humanities & Association for Computation in the Humanities Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
24. Currie, M., Paris, B., Pasquetto, I. V., Pierre, J., Sands, A. E., and Lievrouw, L. A. (March 25, 2015). The Police Officer Involved Homicide Database Project. [Project presentation] 2015 iConference Social Media Expo, Newport Beach, CA.
25. Paris, B. (November 14, 2014). Speed, Sensation and Crisis: Individuation in Web 2.0. [Paper presentation] Digital Labor '14 Conference, New York, NY.
26. Paris, B. (March 25, 2013). Vibrant Materials: The Manhattan Bridge. [Exhibit and paper presentation] Stony Brook Philosophy & Art Conference: Soundscapes and Territories, New York, NY.
27. Paris, B. (April 12, 2012). Social Network Economy: Immaterial Labor and Information Culture. [Paper presentation] The New School's Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference, New York, NY.

TEACHING /MENTORSHIP
CLASSES TAUGHT

1. 2019 - present - Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University
   1. Fall 2023, Ethics Values, and Change in Information Professions (MI) online
   2. Fall 2023, Seminar in Information Studies (PhD) in person
   3. Spring 2023, Ethics Values, and Change in Information Professions (MI) online
   4. Spring 2023, Disinformation Detox (U) in person
   5. Spring 2022, Ethics Values, and Change in Information Professions (MI) online
   6. Spring 2022, Algorithms & Society (MI) online
   7. Fall 2021, Ethics Values, and Change in Information Professions (MI) online
   8. Spring 2021, Critical Algorithm Studies (MI) online
   9. Spring 2021, Ethical Decision Making in Information Practices (MI) online
   10. Fall 2020, Gender & Technology (U) online
   11. Fall 2020, Ethical Decision Making in Information Practices (MI) online
   12. Spring 2020, Gender & Technology (U) in person, transitioned online
   13. Spring 2020, Ethical Decision Making in Information Practices (MI) online
   14. Fall 2019, Gender & Technology (U) in person
2. Winter and Summer 2017 - Instructor / Information Studies 30: "Internet and Society", University of California, Los Angeles / Department of Information Studies
3. Spring 2014 - Instructor, Truman State University / Department of Communication
   1. Media Lab
   2. Media History
   3. Media Criticism
4. Fall 2013 - Graduate Teaching Associate / Understanding Media Studies, The New School / School of Media Studies
5. Spring 2013 - Teaching Assistant / Media Studies Ideas, The New School / School of Media Studies
6. Fall 2013 - Teaching Assistant / Who New: The History of the New School, The New School / Undergraduate Division

ADVISED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Graduate Independent Study

• Spring 2024 / Laura Palumbo / PhD practicum – Title TBD: Data governance and academic libraries
• Fall 2023 / Emma May / PhD practicum – Information and Health Justice in Death Panel Online Community; Disinfo/Labor Project
• Fall 2022  / Melissa Gasparotto / PhD practicum – Ethics and Concerns around NLP Language Ideology
• Spring 2022 / Harmony Birch / Master's Independent Study – "Tools for Epistemological Horizontalism in Library Literacy Training"
• Fall 2021 / Norman Lee / Master’s Independent Study – “Intersectional concerns in library reference desk interviews”

Graduate Student Assistants

• Spring 2024 / Emma May / PhD student assistant - AI and Labor Project
• Fall 2023 / Nayana Kirasur / PhD student assistant - RaveGuardian Review
• Fall 2023 / Meilun Chen / PhD student assistant - RaveGuardian Review
• Fall 2023 / Jeongone Seo / PhD student assistant - RaveGuardian Review
• Fall 2023 / Josh Rochotte / PhD student assistant - RaveGuardian Review
• Summer 2021 / Michelle Marshall / MI student assistant – Library-hosted COVID-19 Information Sessions
• Spring 2021 / Katie Carmien / MI student assistant – Library-hosted COVID-19 Information Sessions
• Spring 2020, Spring 2021/ Catherine McGowan / PhD student assistant –  Rutgers EdTech Review

Undergraduate Independent Study

• Fall 2020 / Independent Study - Muskan Vyas "Educate Yourself: Racial Justice Self-Education on Social Media"
• Spring 2020 / Independent Study - Noman Khan "Public Interest Technologists"

Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee

• 2023 / Melissa Gasparotto
• 2022 / Xiao Du
• 2020  / Julie Aromi

Doctoral Supervision

• 2024 - present / Meilun Chen
• 2023 - present / Danyel Ferrari
• 2023 - present / Melissa Gasparotto
• 2022 - present / Emma May
• 2020 - present  / Julie Aromi

OTHER MENTORSHIP

1. 2019 - Faculty Mentor, Consortium for the Study of Science & Technology (CSST), Rutgers University, New Brunswick
   
2. 2017 - 2018 - Research Advisor / Coordinator, Kleinrock Center for Internet Studies / Internet Research Initiative, University of California, Los Angeles / Computer Science Department
3. 2016 - 2017 - Graduate Research Mentor, Undergraduate Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles / Undergraduate Division

SERVICE

ORGANIZED ACADEMIC PANELS & WORKSHOPS

1. Paris, B., and Costley-White, K. (anticipated May 2025) “Can Research Be Revolution?” Symposium and Workshop. SC&I Power & Inequality Working Group.
   
2. Paris, B., and Marshall, O. (November 2024).  Historical Materialism and STS. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2024 Amsterdam.
   
3. Paris, B., Pietruska, J., and Reynolds, R. (October 2024) Reigning in EdTech Panel and Workshop. Critical AI. Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Goodlad, L., Keyes, K., Gianetti, F., and Paris, B. (September 2024) AI in Research. CriticalAI. Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
   
4. Senteio, C., Paris, B., and Garimella, K. (April 2024). Rethinking the Future: People-Centered Practices in Information and Communication. Rutgers Library & information Science Research Development Committee and the SC&I Power & Inequality Working Group. Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
   
5. Proferes, N., Acker, A. and Paris, B. (January 2023)  Critical and Ethical Studies of Digital and Social Media Panel Stream. 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS - 57). Honolulu, HI.
   
6. Greene, D., and Paris, B. (October, 2021). Critical Information Studies: A Roundtable on Sociotechnical Theories, Digital Objects and Institutional Practices. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2021 Montreal (Remote).
   
7. Forelle, M., Myers-West, S., Paris, B. (October, 2021). Choosing to Refuse, Repair, or Rend Asunder in Technological Practice. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2021 Montreal (Remote).
   
8. Forelle, M., Myers-West, S., and Paris, B. (May, 2021). Out of Sight, Top of Mind: Uncovering Injustice. International Communication Association (ICA) 2021 Philosophy and Theory Division. Denver, CO (Remote).
   
9. Paris, B., Greene, D., Crooks, R., Threats, M., Wood, S.E., Pasquetto, I., Pierre, J. (March 31, 2021). Critical Futures: exploring the place and practice of critical informatics training in iSchools. iConference Virtual Interactive Session. Beijing, China (Remote)
   
10. Crooks, R. and Paris, B. (September 6, 2019) Temporality and STS, panel at Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA.
    
11. Gaxiola-Serrano, T., Ilano, L., Paris, B., Valencia, Y., Vega, C. (May 18, 2018) Visions of Justice and Liberation: Finding Paths in Education and Information Studies.  2018 Annual Symposium for InterActions: Journal for Education and Information Studies in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Critical Race Studies. Los Angeles, CA.
    
12. Paris, B., & Trager, L. (April, 2013) Digital | Affect: Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference. The New School, New York, NY.
    

ENGAGED RESEARCH

1. Costley-White, K., Paris, B., Dutta, S., & Aakhus, M. (2020). Communication and (Mis)Information Working Group. Center for COVID-19 Research and Pandemic Preparedness, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
   
2. Paris, B. & Costley-White, K. (2020-present). Power & Inequality Working Group. School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
   
3. Paris, B., Currie, M., Pasquetto, I. V., and Pierre, J. (2014-2018). Data Justice Working Group. UCLA Department of Information Studies, Los Angeles, CA.
4. Paris, B., Trager, L., and Bliss, H. (Spring, 2013). Art and Event: A Series of Conversations. The New School, New York, NY.
5. Paris, B., & Trager, L. (April, 2013) Digital | Affect: Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference. The New School, New York, NY.
6. Assistant Designer / Editor (2012-13) Triple Canopy Magazine. New York, NY.
7. Interviewer/ Editor (2012) Guantanamo Public Memory Project, Columbia University Human Rights Initiative, New York, NY.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

1. 2023 - present Rutgers AAUP-AFT Executive Council (elected)
   
2. 2023 - present Rutgers AAUP-AFT co-chair Media and Messaging Committee
   
3. 2020-present Rutgers AAUP-AFT LIS Representative
   
4. 2020-2021 / Rutgers University Department of Library and Information Science Research Committee
5. 2017-18 / UCLA Information Studies Doctoral Program Committee
6. 2016-17 / UCLA Information Studies Faculty Executive Committee/Student Governance Board

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

JOURNAL LEADERSHIP

2021-present / Associate Editor / Critical AI Journal

JOURNAL & CONFERENCE REVIEWER

1. 2022-present / Reviewer / Social Studies of Science
2. 2021-present / Reviewer / New Media + Society
3. 2021-present / Reviewer / Journal for the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST)
   
4. 2020-present / Reviewer / Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) Conference
   
5. 2020-present / Reviewer / Science, Technology, & Human Values
6. 2019-present / Reviewer / Social Media + Society Journal
7. 2016-present / Reviewer / Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference
8. 2015-present / Reviewer / iConference
9. 2016-2019 / Reviewer / Digital Humanities (DH) Annual Conference
10. 2016-present / Reviewer / International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
11. 2016-2018 / Reviewer / Feminist Media Histories
12. 2017-present / Reviewer / Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference

GRANT / POLICY REVIEWER

1. 2024 / Federal Trade Commission - AI Generated Audio Challenge
2. 2024 / Expert Testimony - NJ Legislative Assembly on Deepfakes Bills
3. 2023 / Open Collective - Digital Infrastructure Insights Grant
4. 2023 / Institute for Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS)  - National Leadership Grant for Libraries

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

1. Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIST)
   
2. International Communication Association (ICA)
   
3. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
   
4. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

OP-EDS & COMMENTARY

1. Paris, B., Reynolds, R., and McGowan, C. (April 12, 2021). Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data. The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/canvas-surveillance/
2. Costley White, K. and Paris, B. (21 February, 2021). N.J. Should Work Harder to Vaccinate Black Residents, New Jersey Star Ledger. https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/02/nj-should-work-harder-to-vaccinate-black-residents-opinion.html
3. Paris, B. (29 April, 2020). Free app to help NJ employees to manage anxiety during the pandemic may not be so free, or good, after all, New Jersey Star Ledger. https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/04/free-app-to-help-nj-employees-manage-anxiety-during-the-pandemic-may-not-be-so-free-or-good-after-all.html
4. Paris, B., and Pasquetto, I. (8 December, 2019). Why do Facebook, others refuse to address the weaponization of fake information?, New Jersey Star Ledger. https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/12/why-do-facebook-others-refuse-to-address-the-weaponization-of-fake-information-opinion.html
5. Paris, B. (20, September, 2019). The Deeper Danger of Deepfakes: Worry Less About Politicians and More About Powerless People. New York Daily News. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-real-deepfake-danger-20190920-mnu6w7xbdzgklgfr7ibmq6bcne-story.html
6. Paris, B. (16 July, 2019). "From Panic to Profit: AI Propaganda Machines". Data & Society Points. https://points.datasociety.net/from-panic-to-profit-cf738c9a5bfd
7. Donovan, J. and Paris, B. (12 June, 2019). "Beware the Cheapfakes". Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2019/06/drunk-pelosi-deepfakes-cheapfakes-artificial-intelligence-disinformation.html
8. Paris, B. (14 November, 2018). "Simulacra at Scale: A Short History of the Audiovisual Fake". D&S Media Manipulation Dispatches. https://medium.com/@MediaManipulation/simulacra-at-scale-c19b62eafa4f
9. Currie, M. and Paris, B. (22 March, 2018). "Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since Trump took office. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/buried-altered-silenced-4-ways-government-climate-information-has-changed-since-trump-took-office-92323
10. Paris, B. and Pierre, J. (28 April, 2017). "Bad Data". Cultural Anthropology Field Insights Blog: Infrastructures of Evil. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1107-bad-data
11. Paris, B., Lave, R. and EDGI. (24 April, 2017). "Environmental Injustice in the Early Days of the Trump Administration". Union of Concerned Scientists Blog. http://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/environmental-injustice-in-the-early-days-of-the-trump-administration
12. Paris, B. and Currie, M. (21 February, 2017). "How Guerrilla Archivists Saved History and Are Doing It Again Under Trump" The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-the-guerrilla-archivists-saved-history-and-are-doing-it-again-under-trump-72346 (Republished by Huffington Post, Salon and California Friends of the African American Caucus
13. Paris, B. (12 September, 2016). Free Recall: search engines tell us everything except how they work. Real Life. http://reallifemag.com/free-recall/
14. Paris, B. with Hirsch A. (2013). Out of Circulation: An Interview with Antonia Hirsch. Triple Canopy. https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/out-of-circulation
    

INTERVIEWS, QUOTES, & MEDIA MENTIONS

1. Fair, L. (April 8, 2024). FTC announces winners of Voice Cloning Challenge – and has a word or two for businesses. Federal Trade Commission Blog.
2. Trela, N. (27 March, 2024) Fact Check: Image of hands for sale as meat in grocery store is AI-generated. USA Today. 
3. Mansfield, E. (24 March, 2024) AI deepfakes are part of the 2024 election. Will the federal government regulate them?. USA Today. 
4. Burns, K. (24 February, 2024) An industry study about New Jersey’s plastic bag ban is an example of how to stay vigilant against misinformation. WHYY- Philadelphia.
5. McCreary, J. ( February 19, 2024). Real products, fake endorsements: Why experts say AI-generated ads will get tougher to spot. USA Today.
   
6. Ng, P. (October 6, 2023). Is that Tom Hanks promoting dental insurance, or is it AI? How to spot a fake celebrity endorsement. Yahoo! Entertainment.
7. Malinconico, J. (October 7, 2023). Paterson cops will now use AI to analyze bodycam footage. Here's what we know. The Bergen Record.
8. Kelly, H. (September 14, 2023). Bizarre AI-generated products are in stores. Here’s how to avoid them. Washington Post.
9. Thompson, S. (March 11, 2023). Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to AI. New York Times
10. DiFillipo, D. (August 29, 2022) In war on disinformation, a dubious crusader joins the fight — the government. New Jersey Monitor.
11. MacLellan, L. (12 January, 2021). For better or worse, web infrastructure is not a public utility. Quartz Magazine.
12. Fischer, S. and Snyder, A. (12 January, 2021). The science of mob thinking. Axios, Politics & Policy.
13. Hines, M. and Tyko, K. (11 January, 2021). Parler data breach: Archived posts from Capitol riots could reveal platform's role in the insurrection. USA Today, Tech News. Republished in: All US News Hub, App.com, Visalia Times Delta, Hattiesburg American, Argus Leader, Naples News, Lansing State Journal, Yahoo! News, Freep.com. 
14. Vanozzi, B. (21 October, 2020). Online disinformation infecting the election process. NJ Spotlight News.
15. Harwell, D. (20 October, 2020). A shadowy AI service has transformed thousands of women's photos into fake nudes: 'Make fantasy a reality'. Washington Post.
16. Pollak, C., Wodzak, S., and Helberg, A. (15 October, 2020). Deepfakes, Cheapfakes, and the Politics of Data. Re: Verb Podcast.
17. Barrett, B. (4 September, 2020). Will WhatsApp’s Misinfo Cure Work for Facebook Messenger?. Wired Magazine.
18. Buccino, N. (3 September, 2020). What Happens Next for Misinformation? Rutgers University What Happens Next?
19. Davis, R. (Spring 2020). Deepfakes. Tech Factsheets for Policymakers. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
20. Cartwright, J. (19 May, 2020). Solution to Deepfakes May Not be As Technological As You Think.  AIGA Eye on Design.
21. Donovan, J. (30 April, 2020). Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive—even after the content is deleted. MIT Technology Review.
22. Ebner, T. (20 April, 2020). Tech Memo: Don't Get Faked Out.  Associations Now Magazine.
23. Collins, B. (16 March, 2020). False coronavirus rumors surge in 'hidden viral' text messages. NBC News.
24. Hao, K. (16 February, 2020). The Messy, Secretive Reality Behind OpenAI’s Bid to Save the World. MIT Technology Review.
25. Rose, A., Cohen, R.,  and Schulkin, D. (21 February, 2020). An Introduction to Deepfakes. LawsFlaws Podcast, NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. NYU Engelberg Center for Innovation Policy & Law.
26. Riley, T. (10 January, 2020). Bits, Nibble, and Bytes. Technology 2020 Newsletter, The Washington Post.
27. Madrigal, A. (9 January, 2020). The Overwhelming Visibility of the Iran Plane Crash.  The Atlantic.
28. Mills-Rodrigo, C. (8 January, 2020). Lawmakers Voice Skepticism Over Facebook's Deepfake Ban. The Hill.
29. Shwayder, M. (8 January, 2020). Why a Deepfake Ban Won't Solve Facebook's Real Problems. Digital Trends.
30. Chen, A. (20 December, 2019). This startup claims its deepfakes will protect your privacy. MIT Technology Review.
31. Nafis, T. (14 December, 2019). Politics, Porn and Toxic World of Deepfakes. Al Jazeera, Listening Post.
32. Amer, P., (13 December, 2019). Deepfakes are getting better. Should we be worried? Boston Globe.
33. Penney, J., Leaver, N., Friedberg, B., and Donovan, J. (3 October, 2019). The Chilling Effects of Disinformation on Political Engagement. Nieman Reports.
34. Knight, W. (2 October, 2019). Even the A.I. Behind Deepfakes Can't Save Us From Being Duped. Wired.
35. Chen, A. (2 October, 2019). Three Threats Posed By Deepfakes That Technology Won't Solve. MIT Technology Review.
36. Benson, T. (26 September, 2019). A.I. Created the Madness of Deepfakes But Who Can Save Us From It? Inverse.
37. Howell, J. (19 September, 2019). Cheapfakes v. Deepfakes .This Week in Tech Podcast.
38. Schiffler, Z. (18 September, 2019). AI Can't Protect Us from Deepfakes, Argues New Report. The Verge.
39. Schwarz, O., (4 July, 2019). Could "Fake Text" be the Next Global Political Threat? The Guardian.
40. Smith, T.,  (17 June, 2019). The Weaponization of AI. Cyberwire.
41. Cook, J., (13 June, 2019). Deepfake Videos and the Threat of Not Knowing What's Real. Huffington Post.
42. Herrera, S., (12 June, 2019). Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Finds Self on Receiving End of Fake Video. Wall Street Journal.
43. Muscato, L., (8 December, 2018). More Tech Won't Save Us From Disinformation. OpenNews Source.
44. Martineau, P., (8 November, 2018).  How an Infowars Video Became a White House Tweet. WIRED Magazine.
45. Diep, F., (2 November, 2017). The Future of Data Justice Under Trump. Pacific Standard Magazine. 
46. Marcotte, A., (25 September, 2017). Trump's EPA: Who Cares About Environmental Racism. Salon.
47. Boyer, D. and Howe, C., (19 September, 2017). Environmental Injustice at the EPA, Cultures of Energy Podcast, Rice University.
48. Markley, S. (25 Jan., 2017). Inside the Race to Save Climate Data in the Age of Trump. Paste Magazine.
49. Schlanger, Z. (21 Jan., 2017). Hackers Downloaded Climate Data and Stored it on European Servers As Trump Was Being Inaugurated. Quartz Magazine.
50. Harmon, J., (29 April, 2016). UCLA Information Studies to Host Discussion on Use of Data in Policing, Ampersand. ​

*, ** grad student co-authors