Kelsey Schoenberg

Los Angeles

Associate Editor at Issues in Science and Technology

Associate editor @ISSUESinST; rarely here. Ex: @ThePublicSquare, @UcsdVis spec design | she/her

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The Art and Science of Indigo

3 weeks ago | issues.org | Kelsey Schoenberg

The indigo plant produces an exquisite dye that was so highly prized it was called “blue gold.” One of the few naturally occurring blue pigments, indigo has a variety of artistic and scientific applications. In the summer and fall of 2021, my colleagues J. D. Talasek, Kimberly Suda, and I organized Intersections 2021 with the support of the Getty Foundation.
K-12 Education in the Age of AI

1 month ago | issues.org | Kelsey Schoenberg

Each year, the Henry and Bryna David Award, sponsored by the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Issues honors a leading researcher who has drawn insights from the behavioral and social sciences to inform public policy.
If These Walls Could Talk

2 months ago | issues.org | Kelsey Schoenberg

In her enchanting narrative paintings, Kathryn Freeman imagines a world where people coexist with flora and fauna in moments of leisure and creativity. In her enchanting narrative paintings, the Massachusetts-based artist Kathryn Freeman imagines a world where people coexist with flora and fauna in moments of leisure and creativity.
A Very Different Voice

Oct 16, 2024 | issues.org | Jennifer Jurado |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XLI

The climate art of Xavier Cortada inspires Jennifer Jurado’s work on climate resilience. Xavier Cortada’s The Underwater is a series of public art installations that reveals the vulnerability of Florida’s coastal communities to rising seas. In the form of murals, crosswalks, concrete monuments, and yard signs, the artworks prominently feature the elevation of the site where they’re located.
Virginia Hanusik’s Photographs of South Louisiana

May 7, 2024 | issues.org | Virginia Hanusik |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XL

Seven years before the release of Silent Spring in 1962, marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson wrote The Edge of the Sea. Part field guide to the Atlantic seashore, part meditation on Carson’s love for the evanescent world between land and water, it was an idea that came to her while working for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The book begins:The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
How Space Art Shaped National Identity

May 1, 2024 | issues.org | Carolyn Russo |Kelsey Schoenberg |Vol. XL

Space exploration became firmly interwoven with American culture through influential speeches by President John F. Kennedy at a time of heightened awareness of the “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, space art also played a significant role in shaping American perspectives on space—helping to bridge the gaps between scientific, sociopolitical, and cultural viewpoints on exploration.
Science Policy IRL: Zach Pirtle Explores Ethics for Mars Landings

Jan 31, 2024 | issues.org | Zach Pirtle |Lisa Margonelli |Kelsey Schoenberg

NASA’s Artemis project aims to establish a long-term human presence on the moon—and then put astronauts on Mars. So in addition to designing rockets and spacesuits, NASA is also exploring the ethical and societal implications of living in space.
To Reckon with Generative AI, Make It a Public Problem

Jan 16, 2024 | issues.org | Mike Ananny |Kelsey Schoenberg

Often, problems that seem narrow and purely technical are best tackled if they’re recast as “public problems,” a concept put forth almost a century ago by philosopher and educator John Dewey. Examples of public problems include dirty air, polluted water, global warming, and childhood education. Public problems bring harms that are not always felt individually but that nonetheless shape what it means to be a thriving person in a thriving society.
How AI Sets Limits for Human Aspiration

Jan 16, 2024 | issues.org | Stephanie Dick |Kelsey Schoenberg |Matt Canute

We are watching “intelligence” being redefined as the tasks that an artificial intelligence can do. Time and again, generative AI is pitted against human counterparts, with textual and visual outputs measured against human abilities, standards, and exemplars.
History Can Help Us Chart AI’s Future

Jan 16, 2024 | issues.org | Xiaochang Li |Kelsey Schoenberg

Current technical approaches to preventing harm from artificial intelligence and machine learning largely focus on bias in training data and careless (even malicious) misuse. To be sure, these are crucial steps, but they are not sufficient solutions. Many risks from AI are not simply due to flawed executions of an otherwise sound strategy: AI’s penchant for enabling bias and misinformation is built into its “data-driven” modeling paradigm.