Misti Yang

Assistant Professor of the Public Communication of Science and Technology

Misti Yang was the Mellon Assistant Professor of the Public Communication of Science and Technology and teaches courses in the Communication of Science and Technology program. As a scholar of the rhetoric of technology, she was a critic and theorist of engineering cultures focused on the relationship between communication and ethical engineering practices, specifically the development of computational technologies and AI. To better understand the development of technology and its relationship to communities, her research traversed communication studies, science and technology studies (STS), history, and the digital humanities. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Philosophy and Rhetoric, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and Rhetoric and Public Affairs. She was completing a book about Joseph Weizenbaum, who is often recognized as the creator of the first chatbot and is an early theorist of the rhetorical implications of artificial intelligence.