Şerife Tekin

Şerife Tekin is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at the State University of New York. Her work critically examines intersections between artificial intelligence in mental healthcare, philosophy of psychiatry, and bioethical frameworks. She has pioneered research on AI psychotherapy chatbots, emphasizing ethical risks and epistemological challenges in digital mental health interventions. Tekin’s interdisciplinary approach bridges clinical practice, patient narratives, and philosophical inquiry, advocating for humanistic perspectives in psychiatric science.

Her research focuses on: (1) Reconceptualizing patient expertise through lived experience narratives, (2) Ethical implications of AI-driven mental health technologies, (3) Ontological questions about the self in mental disorder contexts, and (4) Advancing inclusive science education in astrophysics. Tekin has published extensively in high-impact journals and collaborates with international experts in neuroethics, mental healthcare innovation, and interdisciplinary education.

Notable contributions include critiques of AI therapy overreach, defenses of participatory objectivity in psychiatry, and pedagogical innovations like metaverse-based philosophy courses. She frequently engages with media outlets (NPR, Medical News Today) to translate complex ethical debates surrounding emerging healthcare technologies.

Tekin’s work highlights tensions between technological optimism and humanistic values in medicine, urging caution against premature adoption of unproven digital tools while advocating for patient-centered epistemologies. Her current projects explore predictive technologies in mental healthcare and IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) frameworks in STEM disciplines.