Jessie J. Smith (Jess) is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her Ph.D. research focuses on AI ethics, machine learning fairness and bias, and ethical speculation in the computer science classroom. Since receiving her Bachelor's in Software Engineering, Jess works to engage in public scholarship about her research to encourage transparency and interdisciplinary dialogue about technology's unintended consequences. She is also the co-host and co-creator of The Radical AI Podcast.