School of Humanities and Sciences
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David Hills
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Philosophy
BioI did my undergraduate work at Amherst and went on to graduate school at Princeton. Since then I've taught at Harvard, UCLA, The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Michigan, Berkeley, and Stanford. I resumed my graduate career a little while back -- from a distance, as it were -- receiving the PhD in 2005.
I'm married to another philosopher, Krista Lawlor.
My interests continue to center in aesthetics, but they have spilled over into pretty much every branch of philosophy at one time or another.
Wittgenstein, Culture and Value, 34: Im Rennen der Philosophie gewinnt, wer am langsamsten laufen kann. Oder: der, der das Ziel zuletzt erreicht. (In philosophy the race is to the one who can run slowest — the one who crosses the finish line last.) I'm not sure I believe this, but it's a comforting thing to read. -
Aidan Houston
Juris Doctor Student, Law
Tanner Library Student Assistant, PhilosophyBioAidan is a student at Stanford Law School. Before starting law school, he worked at the United States Institute of Peace advising the U.S. government on international conflict dynamics. After living and volunteering in Ukraine from 2014-17, he developed an interest in conflict resolution in Eastern Europe. He previously studied at Harvard University, obtaining master's degrees from the Kennedy School of Government and the Divinity School. Aidan's work and research focuses on international law, international conflict, and legal theory. He also maintains a strong interest in economic policy both domestic and international.
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Wanheng Hu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Philosophy
BioWanheng Hu is an Embedded Ethics Fellow at Stanford University, jointly appointed by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and the Computer Science Department.
His research lies at the intersection of social studies of science, medicine, and technology; critical data/algorithm studies; media studies; and public engagement with science. His current book project ethnographically examines the cultivation of credible machine learning models in complex expert practices, with an empirical focus on image-based diagnostics within the Chinese medical AI industry. Another line of his work focuses on the democratic engagement of ordinary citizens in technoscientific affairs, particularly concerning AI development.
Wanheng received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University, where he also completed a minor in Media Studies and remains a member of the Artificial Intelligence, Policy, and Practice (AIPP) initiative. He is currently an affiliate at the Data & Society Research Institute.
