Jana Schaich Borg
Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University
Dr. Jana Schaich Borg is an expert in social cognition, empathy, and Moral AI. Her research has appeared in CNN, Wired, The Atlantic, and WFDD 88.5.

Media Appearances and Mentions
Consortium on Moral Decision-Making celebrates successful first year by Kristie Auman-Gooding for the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State on May 29, 2024
Moral AI And How We Get There with Prof Walter Sinnott-Armstrong in Practical Ethics on May 10, 2024
Dr. Jana S. Borg: Navigating AI and Ethical Decision-Making on Into The Magic Shop on YouTube on May 15, 2024
How AI is teaching us to overthink our own morality interview by Kristina Appel for Her Career on April 24, 2024
AI & Ethics with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Jana Schaich Borg & Vincent Conitzer for the Stories of Impact Podcast on March 27, 2024
What Rat Empathy May Reveal About Human Compassion by Max G. Levy for Wired Science on August 5, 2021
Machine Morality with Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dr. Jana Schaich Borg and Dr. Vincent Conitzer for the Stories of Impact Podcast on July 19, 2021
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Make Moral Medical Decisions? by Erin Miller for the Duke Kenan Institute of Ethics on June 30, 2021
The New Cringeworthy: the response to the pandemic has created a collective aversion to previously innocuous behaviors and settings, by Marina Koren for The Atlantic on April 17, 2020
Feeling disgust helps us stay healthy, study says by Susan Scutti for CNN on June 4, 2018
Should AI decide who gets a kidney? by Jon Christian for The Outline on December 21, 2017
Research Offers Insight Into Psychopathic Behavior, With The Help Of Some Caring Rats interview with Eddie Garcia for WFDD 88.5 Radio on June 30, 2017
Decoding the Complex Brain Mechanics of Altruism and Empathy by Christopher Bergland for Psychology Today on June 24, 2017
Chatter in the deep brain spurs empathy in rats by Kara Manke for Duke Today on June 23, 2017
Q&A: Jana Schaich Borg on Duke, Data and MIDS in GIST, the social science magazine of Duke University on May 1, 2017







