Caitlin D. Wylie holds a courtesy appointment with the School of Data Science and a primary appointment in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, where she is an Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society. Wylie is a social scientist who studies how researchers work together to produce knowledge. Her areas of research interest include data ethics, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public interest technology.
Wylie teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the social and ethical importance of research, design, and technology. She prepares future engineers and data scientists to use tools from social science and ethics to design research and technology for social good. Prior to joining UVA in 2015, Wylie was a lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
Wylie holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge, and an A.B. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Chicago.
