Trystan Goetze

Experience

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  Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI)

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Laboratory Technician
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  University of Waterloo

  Sept 2007 - Jun 2008

  Created promotional PowerPoint presentations for the French Department's academic programmes. Assisted with microbiology and molecular biology experiments, prepared growth media, cleaned equipment and facilities.

  • Marketing and Outreach Assistant (Co-op)

    Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

  • Laboratory Assistant (Co-op)

    Sept 2007 - Jan 2008
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  Sobeys

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2011

  Seafood Clerk

  Put fish on the ice, wrap it up for customers, and clean everything.

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  University of Waterloo

  Sept 2011 - Aug 2012

  Working for Prof. John Turri, I edited a textbook manuscript, papers to be published, and an entry on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Working for Prof. Kathryn Plaisance, I moderated and responded to students' posts on the online discussion forum for two courses: INTEG 220 (On the Nature of Scientific Knowledge) and INTEG 221 (The Social Nature of Knowledge). I also provided classroom management and clerical assistance.

  • Research Assistant

    May 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Volunteer Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2011 - Apr 2012
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  York University

  Sept 2012 - Apr 2013

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Working for Prof. Henry Jackman, I edited electronic editions of books by William James, an American philosopher and psychologist, into hypertext PDF documents.Working for Prof. Jim Vernon, I assisted with the preparation of an anthology of papers on Gilles Deleuze and the arts.

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  The University of Sheffield

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2021

  Working under the supervision of Miranda Fricker, I wrote a 70,000 word doctoral dissertation titled 'Conceptual Responsibility'. I argued that we may be blameworthy for using defective concepts in our private thoughts. During my time at Sheffield, I published a peer-reviewed article, an edited volume, and an academic book review. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I taught discussion sections in moral and political philosophy, metaphysics and epistemology, and the history of philosophy, tutored group research projects in the history of philosophy, and delivered lectures on moral and political philosophy. I also supervised independent research projects on epistemic injustice. I served on multiple student affairs committees, provided support to other international students, and organized major graduate and professional conferences. I wrote and presented a short public engagement video. I reviewed papers for conferences and for a professional journal. Show less

  • Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2021

  • Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Oct 2014 - Oct 2018
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  The Royal Institute of Philosophy & Cambridge University Press

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

  Co-Editor

  For "Harms and Wrongs in Epistemic Practice: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 84". Organized and promoted a call for papers. Reviewed 120 abstracts and 22 papers. Managed editorial and external anonymous peer review of 10 accepted papers. Co-wrote the introduction. Copyedited and proofread accepted papers.

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  Dalhousie University

  Jan 2020 - May 2021

  My initial research for this project was on the ethics of epistemic blame: how to appropriately hold people accountable for their intellectual errors. Later, my research pivoted by way of studying online misinformation to the ethics of computing and artificial intelligence. This postdoctoral fellowship is funded by the Canadian government via the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Teaching PHIL 2490 / CSCI 3101: Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Computer Science. In Winter 2020, instruction was face-to-face using the Team-Based Learning model until the COVID-19 lockdown in March. In Fall 2020, instruction was asynchronous online teaching.

  • Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy

    Jun 2019 - May 2021

  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Limited Term)

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
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  Ethically Aligned AI

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Ethics Research & Educational Development Consultant

  Ethically Aligned AI is a social enterprise startup based in Edmonton, AB. Founded by Katrina Ingram, the company's mission is to make applied ethics actionable to help organizations design and deploy trustworthy AI. My role has been to provide ethics and research consulting, as well as to co-design several AI ethics micro-credential courses.

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  Harvard University

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  Postdoctoral Fellow of Embedded EthiCS

  Embedded EthiCS™ is Harvard’s computer ethics programme. We work with philosophers and computer scientists to integrate ethics lessons into the computer science curriculum. My role as the “Bridge Fellow” is to build connections and collaborations with other organizations who are developing computer ethics training.

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  Cornell University

  Jul 2023 - now

  Senior Lecturer & Program Director

  I am a Senior Lecturer in the Undergraduate Programs division of the College of Engineering, where I direct the Bovay Program, the college's history and ethics initiative. I teach ethics lessons to the entire first-year cohort of engineering students as well as ethics of engineering courses. I also work with engineering and computing faculty to develop and deliver ethics lessons in technical courses, and organize ethics of technology events. I am also an affiliate of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell. Show less