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(INFOSciPhD‘24) started to serve as an Advisory Board Member for the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information (CMDI) this fall. She served on a career panel during the annual Board Meeting. Klassen is a UX Researcher for Google in California.

This summer, Klassen taught a new online course, “The Technowomanism in Praxis: Critical Engagement at the Intersection of Social Justice and Technology” for Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The course took students across liberation theologies and their community struggles and triumphs with technology. Students learned about technowomanism, an ethical framework grounded in womanism that focuses on social justice issues in and around technology, as a tool for critique and assessment.��

“One of my biggest takeaways from this course is a deeper understanding of how technology, theology, race, gender, sexuality, and ecology intersect in ways that shape both oppression and liberation. I especially appreciated how the course centered Black feminist, womanist, and Indigenous perspectives, pushing me to think critically about whose voices are amplified and whose are silenced in digital spaces and technological innovation. The class helped me connect systemic issues of power and access with everyday technologies and the broader narratives they perpetuate.”��

Student feedback from course evaluation