
S. Scott Graham
Associate Professor · Computational Rhetorics
University of Texas at AustinAbout
S. Scott Graham is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Writing and Associate Director for A.I. Science & Culture at the Humanities Institute of the University of Texas at Austin. He is affiliated with the Center for Health Communication, the Addiction Research Institute, the University of Texas Opioid Response Consortium, and the Health Informatics Research Interest Group.
- PhD, Iowa State University
- Research focuses on AI and machine learning in bioscience/health policy communication, bioethics, and health AI
- Author of three books: The Doctor & The Algorithm, The Politics of Pain Medicine, and Where's the Rhetoric?
- Projects include Transparency to Visibility (T2V) and Spectacular Specimens: A Global Study of Cadaverous Rhetorics at Anatomical Museums
His work combines science and technology studies, critical algorithm studies, and public interest informatics to analyze health AI's societal implications. He has developed tools for parsing conflicts of interest in biomedical publishing and studies the ethics of anatomical museum displays.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant (T2V project)
- NSF's XSEDE computational resources
- NIH funding for health communication research
- National Endowment for the Humanities support for Spectacular Specimens
He teaches courses like Arguing With Scientists, Rhetoric And Algorithms, and Research Methods In Rhet/Wrt. Current research explores ethical frameworks for health AI and global anatomical museum rhetorics.
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