Juniper L. Lovato

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Juniper Lovato (pronouns: she/her) is a researcher in the field of complex systems and data science. Her current research focuses on data ethics, group privacy, complex systems, networks, the science of stories, and open source ecosystems. She is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont and a member of the Vermont Complex Systems Center. She earned her Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Data Science, at the University of Vermont! Previously, she was the Director of Education for the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she was born and raised (on a rural family compound (in the Village of Tesuque) populated by hippies and Spanish/Swedish folk musicians, yup they had a dance pavilion). In her free time, she makes/supports makerspaces and open source/open science programs.

She is the inaugural Vermont regional partner with Code.org and the co-founder of the Vermont CSTA and the Vermont Computer Science Alliance. She serves on the board of the Network Science Society and the NE Chapter of the Complex Systems Society. She has created over 80 STEM education programs worldwide. She is the founder of the makerspace Make Santa Fe.

Current research interests: Multi-Scale Data Ethics, Networks, Applied Ethical Philosophy, Group Privacy, Privacy Policies, Distributed Consent, Ethics of Science and Technology, Complex Systems, Ethics in AI Art, Data Science, Computational Classics, Digital Humanities, The Science of Stories, and Open Source Ecosystems.

Selected Press

UVM researcher calls for workers’ protection from AI
WCAX, Oct. 15, 2023