Kimberley Paradis

About

I am a PhD student in the UKRI-funded CDT in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing at the University of Edinburgh (2024–2028), supervised by Dr Tara Capel and Dr Lachlan D. Urquhart.

I am primarily interested in feminist interaction design and community-based human-computer interaction research.

Educational Background

PhD in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing

University of Edinburgh

Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering

University of Ottawa

Affiliations

Centre for Technomoral Futures

University of Edinburgh January 2025 - Present

PhD Affiliate

Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation

University of Edinburgh September 2024 - Present

Research Student

Community-Based Research Centre

Vancouver, Canada September 2022 - September 2025

Board of Directors

Publications

Book Chapters

Paradis, K. (Forthcoming). "Under the Zoom Lens: Power Dynamics, Gender Violence, and the Need for Reform in Engineering Education." In J.J. Wright, A. Zidenberg, & E. Colpitts (Eds.), Covid-19 and Gendered and Sexual Violence on Campuses.

Conference Proceedings

Paradis, K. (2025). "Contestation as Interaction: Queer and Rural Approaches to Natural Language Processing." Doctoral Consortium at the Sixth Decennial Aarhus Conference: Computing X Crisis, Aarhus, Denmark.

Journal Articles

Paradis, K. (2023). "More Than Ones and Zeros: Developing an Intersectional Framework for Artificial Intelligence." Journal of Information Ethics, 32(2), 70-83.

Blog Posts

Paradis, K. (2025). "Hack Your Age: Imagining the Future of Technology." Centre for Doctoral Training in Responsible Natural Language Processing.

Paradis, K., & Nathoo, S. (2023). "Beyond the Binary: Queering Technology for Inclusive Facial Recognition." The Voice, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.

Nathoo, S., & Paradis, K. (2023)."Where are all the Queer Engineers?" The Voice, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.'

Research & Teaching Experience

Teaching

University of Edinburgh, Systems Design Project Winter 2026
Winter 2025

University of Ottawa, GNG 4570: Droit pour les ingénieurs [Engineering Law] Winter 2023

Research Assistant

University of Edinburgh, School of Business, School of Law Apr 2025 - Aug 2025

University of Oxford, Centre for Governance of AI Apr 2024

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Jun 2021 - Mar 2023

Research Coordinator

University of Ottawa, AI & Society Initiative Apr 2023 - Aug 2024

Fellow

University of Ottawa, Centre for Law, Technology and Society Nov 2022 - Apr 2023