Dr. Aaron McKain, M.S.L.
Dr. Aaron McKain, M.S.L.
Consulting & Coaching
We all need help sometimes.
And the post-digital world got super complicated.
But the stakes right now are way too high
for this to be your first rodeo.
Digital ethics, civics, and legal solutions
for teachers, lawyers, programmers,
policymakers, citizens, and advocates.
Simple. Proven. Bi-partisan.
Digital ethics, civics, and legal solutions
for teachers, lawyers, programmers,
policymakers, citizens, and advocates.
Simple. Proven. Bi-partisan.
ai ethics | disinformation | privacy
free speech vs. online hate
post-digital politics I bi-partisan coalition building
first amendment I academic & artistic freedom I encoded censorship
education innovation,
entrepreneurship, & reform
WHAT DR. MCKAIN KNOWS
TECHNOLOGY ETHICS,
POLICY, AND LAW
ai ethics | disinformation | privacy
free speech vs. online hate
Compliance, policy, pr, and legal solutions
for companies, lawyers, programmers, schools,
politicians, citizens, and advocates.
Simple. Proven. Bi-partisan.
Compliance, ethics, policy, and legal solutions
for companies, lawyers, programmers, schools,
politicians, citizens, and advocates.
Simple. Proven. Bi-partisan.
news: print and tv
"Regulating Artificial Intelligence - Is Global Consensus Possible?"
Forbes. Sep 9, 2022
“Criminal Conviction By Algorithms Are
Ruining Innocent Lives.”
Omaha World Herald. August 29, 2021
w/ Thomas Freeman, and Libby Otto
“After Facebook Scandal, Local College Students Are Talking Issues of Big Tech.”
NBC KARE-11 Evening News (Minneapolis)NBC WTOL 11 (Toledo)
NBC KHOU 11 (Houston)
NBC KXTV (Sacramento)7 November 2021
“Why Isn’t There Social Media Forgiveness?”
NBC KARE-11 Breaking the News.
Minneapolis: 13 September 2018
“How To Protect Your Personal Info on Facebook.”
NBC KARE-11. Breaking the News.Minneapolis: 21 March 2018
podcasts:
“Digital Ethics and the Institute for Digital Humanity.”
Human Lawyer. December 2021
w/ Shea Sullivan and Aaron McKain"Institute for Digital Humanity, part 1."
AI and You. March 28, 2022
w/ Shea Sullivan and Hannah Grubbs
"Institute for Digital Humanity, part 2."
AI and You. April 4, 2022
“What is Digital Ethics.”
Our Black News. May 2021
w/ Julius Hernandez and Annelane Sallee.
industry pr and community press:
"Creighton Prof To Talk Digital Literary At SXSW EDU.”
Omaha Daily Record. February 18, 2022
“NCU Technology Students Impacting Nation.’
AG News. December 12, 2021
"Aaron McKain: Pushing Students to be the Innovators of Tomorrow."Pipers in Depth. (Hamline University.)
Saint Paul, MN. April 2017"Students Are Harnessing the Power of Digital Media to Problem-Solve and
Strengthen Human Connection."
Hamline University News. July 2016"Using the Lens of Narrative Theory to Rethink Digital Ethics"
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
Proceedings. (Forthcoming)
With Marci Exted and Thomas Freeman
Winner:
Primeaux Award for Best Paper
(First Runner-Up)Principles of Digital Law and Ethics
CPI TechREG Chronicle.
Special Issue on Machine Learning. Feb 2023
w/ Thomas Freeman, Samson Hall
"A Primer on Digital and Data Science Ethics."
Nebraska Lawyer. Sept/Oct 2022
w/ Thomas Freeman, Samson Hall
“Criminal Conviction By Algorithms Are Ruining Innocent Lives.”
Omaha World Herald. August 29, 2021
w/ Thomas Freeman and Elizabeth Otto.
“The Legal Implications of Algorithmic Decision-Making.”
Nebraska Lawyer. May/June 2020w/ Thomas Freeman and Samson Hall.
As Technology Evolves, So Will the Law, and So Must Attorneys,
Nebraska Lawyer. July/August 2019
w/ Thomas Freeman
invited academic presentations and conferences
“Using the Lens of Narrative Theory to Rethink Digital Ethics."
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
With Marci Exted and Thomas Freeman. October 2022
Winner: Primeaux Best Paper Award. (Runner-Up.)“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Reframe Health Data Sanctity.”
Inaugural Transatlantic Dialogue on Humanity and AI Regulation.
Hosted by HEC Paris. Paris, France. May 2022
Reported on in Forbes:
“Regulating Global Intelligence: Is Global Consensus Possible"
September 9, 2022“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Forgive, Forget, and Re-Program Digital Dignity.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium.
With Thomas Freeman. Organizers: Indiana University, Virginia Tech,
and University of Pennsylvania. Online. April 2022
“Triangulating Hate Speech and Free Speech in Algorithmic Environments.”
Indiana University.
Bloomington, IN: April 2022 (Online.)
“Algorithmic Unreliability: Narrative Theory, Digital Ethics,
and The Constitutionality of Employment AI.”Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
With Thomas Freeman and Marci Exted.
Chicago, IL and Online: March 2022
“Redefining Digital Literary: Algorithms and You.”
SXSW EDU.
With Thomas Freeman, Ayin Morales-Monge, and Shea Sullivan. March 2022
Winner of online voting competition to present.
“Privacy 3.0: Forgiveness and Student Data After Mahoney.”
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference: DePaul University.
With Thomas Freeman, Simon Truatman, and Amanda Aherns. Chicago, IL: October 2021
“Algorithmic Bias: How Cross Functional Networks Can Fight Digitized Discrimination.”
Heider Business Symposium: Creighton University.
With Dr. Aaron McKain, Thomas Freeman, Elizabeth Otto, Ayin Monge, and Julius Hernandez. Omaha, NE. October 2021
“Reckoning With Robots; The Constitutional Implications of Using Algorithms to Make Human Decisions.”
Midwest Associate of Legal Studies in Business/Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Conference.
With Thomas Freeman. Chicago, IL: March 2021
“Digital Ethics: What’s Next?”
OSTROM Workshop. Indiana University School of Business.
With Julius Hernandez and Shea Sullivan. Bloomington, IN: February 2021
“A Taxonomy of Algorithmic Unreliability: Using Facial Recognition to Map Constitutional Issues.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium. Indiana University & Virginia Tech University.
Online (COVID): May 2020
“Racist Robots? A Visual Primer on Understanding Algorithmic Bias.”
Midwest Associate of Legal Studies in Business/Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Conference.
With Thomas Freeman, Ayin Monge-Morales, and Moises Morales. March 2020
“Rhetoric Versus the Robots: Mapping the Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Algorithmic Discrimination.”
Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Society at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Bloomington, IN. November 2019
“Why Digital Rights Is The New Civil Rights Movement.”North Carolina A & T State University.
Greensboro, NC: May 2018
“What Norm MacDonald and Narrative Theory Can Teach Us
About Social Media Privacy Big Data Reasoning.”
Hamline University.
Saint Paul, MN. April 2017
(In conjunction w/ exhibition for World Press Freedom Day.)
competitive academic conferences & workshops
"What Would Jesus Program?”
Rhetoric Society of America.
Portland, OR. May 2020
“Racist Robots: A Visual Primer on Understanding Algorithmic Bias.”
Midwest Business Administrative Association/Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Joint Conference.
With Tom Freeman and Dan Schneider. Chicago, IL. March 2020
“Rhetoric Versus the Robots II: The Ethics of Algorithmic Unreliability.”
International Society for the Study of Narrative.
With Weston Cregut and Rebekah Winkel. New Orleans, LA. March 2020
“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Navigate Legal, Corporate, and Community Debates on Algorithmic Ethics.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium. Washington and Lee School of Law.
With Thomas Freeman. Lexington, VA. April 2019
“Algorithmic Bias in the Criminal Justice System: Cheat Codes for Defense Attorneys.”
Minnesota Legal Rights Center. Workshop.
With Marci Exted and Tom Freeman.
Fall 2022
“Technology Inclusivity in Online Dispute Resolution.”
American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Technology Expo.
With Angie Raymond and Isak NitAsare.Online. July 2021
“Internet Security and Cyberbullying Prevention Workshop.”
Little Earth Native Community.
Minneapolis, MN. April 2019
Funded By: Minnesota Health and Human Services.
“Plugging In: Race, Technology, and Surveillance Workshop for Advocates and Educators.”
Northeast Sculpture Gallery: Minneapolis, MN. October 2021
With ACLU MN, Safety Not Surveillance, Reclaim the Block, Councilman Simon Trautmann (Richfield, MN), and Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, MN).
“Digital Rights Are Civil Rights: Race and Technology.”
Juried International Art Exhibition and Community Education Event
Minneapolis MN and Online: February 2021
With the Institute for Digital Humanity, Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy, ACLU MN, Native Youth Arts Collective, and Councilman Steve Fletcher.
“Y2K16.”
Student Art Installation on Digital Ethics
Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. December 2016
Saint Paul, MN. May 2016
Catalyzes civic engagement and curate under-served community voices by translating complex issues into easy-to-understand:
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Local, national, and international art exhibitions and installations;
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Academic research and publications;
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Educational materials for attorneys, teachers; citizens, and advocates.
Our own body of work is motivated by the same goals that guide our exhibitions of other artists' work. We want to use aesthetic experiences as a means of engaging the general public with digital and biomedical harms that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye or too bogged down in esoteric jargon.
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POST-DIGITAL POLITICS &
BIPARTISAN COALITION BUILDING
ACLU MINNESOTA
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY
CODED BIAS (NETFLIX)
BYTES MEDIA
TAKE ACTION MINNESOTA
MN LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER
CIVIC NEBRASKA
MN EQUAL JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER
MN DEPT. OF HEALTH
SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE
GUNS DOWN, LOVE UP
PROTECT MN
SECOND CHANCE COALITION
URBAN EDUCATORS
RECLAIM THE BLOCK
ACLU NEBRASKA
EDUCATION AND TRAININGS
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: OSTROM WORKING GROUP
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
UNIV OF WISCONSIN: LA CROSSE
ST. PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION
NEBRASKA BAR ASSOCIATION
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
NORTH SUBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
NORTHEAST SCULPTURE GALLERY
MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
STEVE FLETCHER
ABDI WARSAME
LATRISHA VETAW
PHILIPE CUNNINGHAM
SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MITRA JILALI
NELSIE YANG
RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
SIMON TRAUTMANN
MINNESOTA STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES & SENATORS
PEGGY SCOTT
SCOTT LUCERO
DR. STEVE JENSEN
JEREMY MUNSON
If you know someone else who got Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Jewish-Americans, SJWs
and MAGAs to put their bullshit aside and work together to save the country, let me know so I can work for them.
Until then, I think you are stuck with me.
If you know someone else who got Evangelical Christians, Muslims,
Jewish-Americans, SJWs and MAGAs
to put their petty bs aside and work together to save the country, let me know so I can work for them.
Until then, I think you are stuck with me.
FREE SPEECH & THE FIRST AMENDMENT
first amendment I academic & artistic freedom I encoded censorship
I speak speak higher education, First Amendment law, & digital ethics fluently.
Whether you are trying to fix post-digital free speech and higher ed from the outside-in or the inside-out, the stakes are too high for this to be your first rodeo.
news: print and tv
"Regulating Artificial Intelligence - Is Global Consensus Possible?"
Forbes. Sep 9, 2022
“Criminal Conviction By Algorithms Are
Ruining Innocent Lives.”
Omaha World Herald. August 29, 2021
w/ Thomas Freeman, and Libby Otto
“After Facebook Scandal, Local College Students Are Talking Issues of Big Tech.”
NBC KARE-11 Evening News (Minneapolis)NBC WTOL 11 (Toledo)
NBC KHOU 11 (Houston)
NBC KXTV (Sacramento)7 November 2021
“Why Isn’t There Social Media Forgiveness?”
NBC KARE-11 Breaking the News.
Minneapolis: 13 September 2018
“How To Protect Your Personal Info on Facebook.”
NBC KARE-11. Breaking the News.Minneapolis: 21 March 2018
podcasts:
“Digital Ethics and the Institute for Digital Humanity.”
Human Lawyer. December 2021
w/ Shea Sullivan and Aaron McKain"Institute for Digital Humanity, part 1."
AI and You. March 28, 2022
w/ Shea Sullivan and Hannah Grubbs
"Institute for Digital Humanity, part 2."
AI and You. April 4, 2022
“What is Digital Ethics.”
Our Black News. May 2021
w/ Julius Hernandez and Annelane Sallee.
industry pr and community press:
"Creighton Prof To Talk Digital Literary At SXSW EDU.”
Omaha Daily Record. February 18, 2022
“NCU Technology Students Impacting Nation.’
AG News. December 12, 2021
"Aaron McKain: Pushing Students to be the Innovators of Tomorrow."Pipers in Depth. (Hamline University.)
Saint Paul, MN. April 2017"Students Are Harnessing the Power of Digital Media to Problem-Solve and
Strengthen Human Connection."
Hamline University News. July 2016"Using the Lens of Narrative Theory to Rethink Digital Ethics"
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
Proceedings. (Forthcoming)
With Marci Exted and Thomas Freeman
Winner:
Primeaux Award for Best Paper
(First Runner-Up)Principles of Digital Law and Ethics
CPI TechREG Chronicle.
Special Issue on Machine Learning. Feb 2023
w/ Thomas Freeman, Samson Hall
"A Primer on Digital and Data Science Ethics."
Nebraska Lawyer. Sept/Oct 2022
w/ Thomas Freeman, Samson Hall
“Criminal Conviction By Algorithms Are Ruining Innocent Lives.”
Omaha World Herald. August 29, 2021
w/ Thomas Freeman and Elizabeth Otto.
“The Legal Implications of Algorithmic Decision-Making.”
Nebraska Lawyer. May/June 2020w/ Thomas Freeman and Samson Hall.
As Technology Evolves, So Will the Law, and So Must Attorneys,
Nebraska Lawyer. July/August 2019
w/ Thomas Freeman
invited academic presentations and conferences
“Using the Lens of Narrative Theory to Rethink Digital Ethics."
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
With Marci Exted and Thomas Freeman. October 2022
Winner: Primeaux Best Paper Award. (Runner-Up.)“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Reframe Health Data Sanctity.”
Inaugural Transatlantic Dialogue on Humanity and AI Regulation.
Hosted by HEC Paris. Paris, France. May 2022
Reported on in Forbes:
“Regulating Global Intelligence: Is Global Consensus Possible"
September 9, 2022“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Forgive, Forget, and Re-Program Digital Dignity.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium.
With Thomas Freeman. Organizers: Indiana University, Virginia Tech,
and University of Pennsylvania. Online. April 2022
“Triangulating Hate Speech and Free Speech in Algorithmic Environments.”
Indiana University.
Bloomington, IN: April 2022 (Online.)
“Algorithmic Unreliability: Narrative Theory, Digital Ethics,
and The Constitutionality of Employment AI.”Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
With Thomas Freeman and Marci Exted.
Chicago, IL and Online: March 2022
“Redefining Digital Literary: Algorithms and You.”
SXSW EDU.
With Thomas Freeman, Ayin Morales-Monge, and Shea Sullivan. March 2022
Winner of online voting competition to present.
“Privacy 3.0: Forgiveness and Student Data After Mahoney.”
International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference: DePaul University.
With Thomas Freeman, Simon Truatman, and Amanda Aherns. Chicago, IL: October 2021
“Algorithmic Bias: How Cross Functional Networks Can Fight Digitized Discrimination.”
Heider Business Symposium: Creighton University.
With Dr. Aaron McKain, Thomas Freeman, Elizabeth Otto, Ayin Monge, and Julius Hernandez. Omaha, NE. October 2021
“Reckoning With Robots; The Constitutional Implications of Using Algorithms to Make Human Decisions.”
Midwest Associate of Legal Studies in Business/Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Conference.
With Thomas Freeman. Chicago, IL: March 2021
“Digital Ethics: What’s Next?”
OSTROM Workshop. Indiana University School of Business.
With Julius Hernandez and Shea Sullivan. Bloomington, IN: February 2021
“A Taxonomy of Algorithmic Unreliability: Using Facial Recognition to Map Constitutional Issues.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium. Indiana University & Virginia Tech University.
Online (COVID): May 2020
“Racist Robots? A Visual Primer on Understanding Algorithmic Bias.”
Midwest Associate of Legal Studies in Business/Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Conference.
With Thomas Freeman, Ayin Monge-Morales, and Moises Morales. March 2020
“Rhetoric Versus the Robots: Mapping the Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Algorithmic Discrimination.”
Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Society at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Bloomington, IN. November 2019
“Why Digital Rights Is The New Civil Rights Movement.”North Carolina A & T State University.
Greensboro, NC: May 2018
“What Norm MacDonald and Narrative Theory Can Teach Us
About Social Media Privacy Big Data Reasoning.”
Hamline University.
Saint Paul, MN. April 2017
(In conjunction w/ exhibition for World Press Freedom Day.)
competitive academic conferences & workshops
"What Would Jesus Program?”
Rhetoric Society of America.
Portland, OR. May 2020
“Racist Robots: A Visual Primer on Understanding Algorithmic Bias.”
Midwest Business Administrative Association/Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Joint Conference.
With Tom Freeman and Dan Schneider. Chicago, IL. March 2020
“Rhetoric Versus the Robots II: The Ethics of Algorithmic Unreliability.”
International Society for the Study of Narrative.
With Weston Cregut and Rebekah Winkel. New Orleans, LA. March 2020
“Privacy 3.0: Using Narrative Theory to Navigate Legal, Corporate, and Community Debates on Algorithmic Ethics.”
Data, Law, and AI Ethics Research Colloquium. Washington and Lee School of Law.
With Thomas Freeman. Lexington, VA. April 2019
“Algorithmic Bias in the Criminal Justice System: Cheat Codes for Defense Attorneys.”
Minnesota Legal Rights Center. Workshop.
With Marci Exted and Tom Freeman.
Fall 2022
“Technology Inclusivity in Online Dispute Resolution.”
American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Technology Expo.
With Angie Raymond and Isak NitAsare.Online. July 2021
“Internet Security and Cyberbullying Prevention Workshop.”
Little Earth Native Community.
Minneapolis, MN. April 2019
Funded By: Minnesota Health and Human Services.
“Plugging In: Race, Technology, and Surveillance Workshop for Advocates and Educators.”
Northeast Sculpture Gallery: Minneapolis, MN. October 2021
With ACLU MN, Safety Not Surveillance, Reclaim the Block, Councilman Simon Trautmann (Richfield, MN), and Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, MN).
“Digital Rights Are Civil Rights: Race and Technology.”
Juried International Art Exhibition and Community Education Event
Minneapolis MN and Online: February 2021
With the Institute for Digital Humanity, Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy, ACLU MN, Native Youth Arts Collective, and Councilman Steve Fletcher.
“Y2K16.”
Student Art Installation on Digital Ethics
Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. December 2016
Saint Paul, MN. May 2016
EDUCATION INNOVATION, ENTREPRENUERSHIP, & REFORM
Whether working as a professor,
a Director of a School,
or a speechwriter for Time Magazine's "University President of the Year,"
I've spent twenty years revolutionizing
higher education.
Digital Rights are Civil Rights: Race and Tech
International juried art exhibition and civic forum.
Minneapolis, MN and online. February 2021.
The murder of George Floyd made it clear to the world that systemic racism is a life or death issue for people of color in our country. This issue has only become more pressing in light of recent technological developments: racist facial recognition software; predictive policing programs that target minorities; and discriminatory algorithms (in employment, healthcare, education, and criminal justice) that violate our privacy, threaten free speech, and replace human judgment with encoded systemic inequity.
Thank you to our partners;
ACLU MN; Native Youth Arts Collective; North Central University; the Institute for Digital Humanity; the POSTME Coalition; and City Councilman Steve Fletcher.
