Cynthia Bailey

Cynthia Bailey is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. In 2023-2024, she served as an AI Policy Fellow in the United States Senate through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her scholarship focuses on computer science education, AI/machine learning, and the social impacts of technology. This work includes creating groundbreaking courses such as Equity and Governance for Artificial Intelligence and Race and Gender in Silicon Valley. Her teaching and research awards include the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education at Stanford, the Lasting Impact Award from the International Computing Education Research conference, a "Top 10 Papers of All Time" award at the 50th anniversary of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium, and the Stanford Society of Women Engineers' Professor of the Year. She has consulted for Apple, NASA, law firms, and machine learning startups. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC San Diego.