Steve Jackson is Professor of Information Science and Science and Technology Studies, with additional graduate field appointments in Communication and Public Affairs. As a former Chair of Cornell’s Information Science Department and former Dean of William Keeton House he has served as Vice-Provost for Academic Innovation at Cornell, where he leads Cornell’s responses to AI in education. In Fall 2026 he will serve as Kluge Chair in Technology and Society at the Library of Congress. His work addresses questions of technology ethics, law and policy; infrastructure, repair and sustainability; and technology, inequality and global development. It is shaped by ideas coming out of American pragmatism, political economy, and science and technology studies (‘STS’), along with methods and traditions from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, ecology, media studies, and information science sub-fields like computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and human-computer interaction (HCI). Along with his partner Kary and kids Oliver and Lucia, he enjoys biking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, reading (history and philosophy to sci fi), and listening to records (especially jazz). Since leaving Keeton House, he has resumed his life as a humble goat farmer on the family farm in Ellis Hollow.