Realizing Radical Hope Speaker Series: Dr. Tiera Tanksley

Teaching to Transgress…the Algorithm: Fostering Algorithmic Agency and Sociotechnical Consciousness in the Age of AI

Join us for this talk by Dr. Tiera Tanksley. Dr. Tanksley applies a critical race technology theory (CRTT) in education, extending conventional education research to include socio-technical and techno-structural analyses of AI and EdTech. Specifically, her research examines anti-Blackness as “the default setting ” and “ organizing logic ” of schools and school- based technologies and analyzes the socio- emotional and academic ramifications of algorithmic racism in the experiences of Black youth while recognizing their agency as digital activists and civic agitators able to subvert and resist algorithmically biased technologies to produce more just and joyous digital experiences for Communities of Color.

When 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm on 16 April 2026
Building Earl Center for Learning & Innovation, 55 Pilgrim Road, Boston, MA 02215