Lauren M. E. Goodlad is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, editor of Critical AI, and chair of Critical AI @ Rutgers (an initiative supported by Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, Center for Cognitive Science, and the AI and Data Science Collaboratory). As PI or co-PI for for collaborative grants in critical AI studies, Goodlad’s work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (in a grant canceled by DOGE in April 2025), the National Science Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation. She is a lead organizer for DESIGN JUSTICE LABS, a public collaboration for the peer-review and publication of student-led research projects and educator resources for the teaching and cultivation of critical AI literacies. Her most recent column in Critical AI’s “Humanist in the Loop” feature appears in the journal’s October 2025 issue.
