Catherine Adams, University of Alberta

Research

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Teachers' work Postphenomenology Speculative Methods

Latest papers

Teaching Phenomenological Research and Writing.
Qualitative health research · 2017 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The teacher-AI value alignment problem: a postphenomenological investigation and critical AI literacy response
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$78,068
Teaching the machine, teaching ourselves: AI-art as pedagogy for ethical AI literacy in education
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$122,610
Relational ethics of the parental experience of congenital anomaly in the NICU
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$97,804

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Teaching Phenomenological Research and Writing.

Adams C, van Manen MA

Qualitative health research2017First author

DOI: 10.1177/1049732317698960 PMID: 28682719

The teacher-AI value alignment problem: a postphenomenological investigation and critical AI literacy response

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Catherine A.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Ethics; Teachers' work; Postphenomenology; Speculative Methods

$78,068

Teaching the machine, teaching ourselves: AI-art as pedagogy for ethical AI literacy in education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pente, Patti V.

$122,610

Relational ethics of the parental experience of congenital anomaly in the NICU

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Van Manen, Michael A

Keywords: Congenital Anomalies; Lived Experience; Neonatology; Pedagogy; Phenomenology; Qualitative Research; Relational Ethics; Technology

$97,804

Digital Economy - Creative pedagogy for the digital child: lessons from new media

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Presidential Fund for Innovation and Development

Principal investigators: Pente, Patti V.

$25,000

The lived space of blackboard: teaching and learning in a learning management system

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Adams, Catherine A.

Keywords: learning management systems; digital media technologies; phenomenology; media ecology

$114,943

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Artificial Intelligence Dear Professor Adams, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Teaching Phenomenological Research and Writing." (2017), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The teacher-AI value alignment problem: a postphenomenological investigation and critical AI literacy response" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]