Harnessing AI for Good? Impact Outcomes
Harnessing AI for Good?
Students in the Harnessing AI for Good Lab partnered with faculty Janice Mak, an Assistant Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation and Marcello Di Bello, an Associate Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping society and influencing human experiences across education, ethics, communication, and public life. The instruction team additionally included Mary Ann Naumann, an associate librarian, E-Learning and Instruction. The student-faculty-librarian team examined both the opportunities and risks associated with emerging AI technologies through collaborative research, discussion, and project-based inquiry focused on surveillance, bias, accountability, and human-centered design. These efforts culminated in impact-driven outcomes, including projects focused on AI surveillance awareness, ethical debate systems, AI-assisted educational tools, and chatbots designed to encourage positive social interaction and prosocial development. Read on for more details about their semester of inquiry.
Student Outcomes
Ethics Bowl Showcase
Students from the Harnessing AI for Good Lab explored the role of artificial intelligence in ethical reasoning and public discourse through an interactive Ethics Bowl showcase centered around complex moral questions surrounding AI. Inspired by the collegiate Ethics Bowl format, students examined topics such as AI-generated chatbots of deceased loved ones and the use of AI within legal systems, engaging in thoughtful debate around grief, accountability, empathy, and fairness. Through collaborative discussion, audience participation, and reflection on both human and AI-generated perspectives, the project encouraged participants to critically consider not only what AI is capable of doing, but what responsibilities and ethical boundaries should guide its use in society. To learn more, click here.
Teacher Resource Network
Students from the Harnessing AI for Good Lab developed the Teacher Resource Network, an AI-supported platform designed to help marketing educators more easily discover and access classroom materials. Recognizing that many existing educational resource platforms lack high-quality, subject-specific content for business and marketing education, the team focused on creating a more accessible and education-centered solution for teachers. By exploring how AI can support resource discovery, organization, and accessibility, the project examined the potential of emerging technologies to reduce educator workload while improving access to relevant teaching materials. Through this work, students reflected on how AI can be thoughtfully integrated into educational environments as a supportive tool that enhances, rather than replaces, human teaching and learning. To learn more, click here.
Conference Presentation
Members of the Harnessing AI for Good? Humanities Lab shared their ongoing research at the 2026 SCSU Women's and Gender Studies Conference, presenting a community-centered feminist activist toolkit that examines algorithmic bias, surveillance capitalism, and the social impacts of artificial intelligence. The presentation highlights the team's research questions, literature review, and collaborative approach to developing practical resources that support more ethical and equitable uses of AI. Read More.
Outcome Presentation
The Harnessing AI for Good Showcase brought together students, faculty, and community members to explore how artificial intelligence is shaping education, ethics, communication, and public life. Through presentations and interactive discussions, student teams shared projects focused on AI surveillance awareness, ethical debate systems, AI-assisted educational tools, and chatbots designed to encourage positive social interaction. The showcase created space for thoughtful conversations around accountability, bias, transparency, and the human impact of emerging technologies, encouraging attendees to critically reflect on how AI can be developed and used in more responsible and socially conscious ways.
What made this project especially meaningful was realizing that AI can serve as a bridge between developmental research and everyday parenting practices. Rather than replacing human relationships, I learned that AI can make high-quality parenting information more accessible and easier to apply in real-life situations.
Chunlu Yang
Family and Human Development program; rising third-year PhD student.
Working closely with my team to develop a web-based platform showed me the power of combining diverse perspectives to solve real-world problems. The experience taught me that meaningful innovation is achieved through shared expertise, open communication, and mutual respect. Today, I approach both my research and professional work with a collaborative mindset, recognizing that the best solutions emerge when people work together toward a common goal.
Fredrick Ayira
Learning Literacies and Technology; PhD student
We engaged with readings and speakers who held far different perspectives on similar issues. This challenged me to think critically in an attempt to understand both the benefits and drawbacks of AI.
Courtney Strickland
Human Systems Engineering major
Collaborative Partners
- Kristine Hamman, Founder, Prosecutors' Center for Excellence
- Jason Kalish, Bureau Chief of the Training Bureau, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office
- ASU AI Acceleration
- Michael Madaio, Google
- ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence
- Chris Slobogin, Vanderbilt Law School
- Hannah Jennewein PI Consulting Team, PI Program Manager
- Kevin de Liban, Techtonic Justice
- Kristine Hamann, Prosecutors’ Center for Excellence
Alexander Soto, Labriola National American Indian Data Center
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