ANTHROPOLOGIST

Matt Artz is a design anthropologist working as a user experience researcher and product manager. His research interests include algorithmic bias, the creator economy, and direct-to-consumer genetics. He has published and presented his research and work with organizations such as:

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RESEARCH TALKS & PUBLICATIONS

Matt Artz has authored blogs, journal articles, posters, and a thesis.

Global Health, Climate Change and the Loss of Cultural Heritage – Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (March 26, 2021)

Consumer Genetics: Shifting Perceptions of Race and Ethnicity – Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (March 24, 2021)

Tech, Social Justice, and the Role of Anthropologists – Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (March 22, 2021)

Anthropology as a Crucial Frame for Change at SXSW – South by Southwest (March 16, 2021)

How to Improve Consumer DNA Tests – Anthropology News (March 1, 2021)

DNA Testing of Immigrants Is Unethical – Anthropology News (January 26, 2021)

Consumer Genetics and the Capitalization of Hope – Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology & Computing (September 15, 2020)

Climate Change and Global Health: A Medical Anthropology Perspective – Perspectives in Public Health (July 9, 2020)

Are DNA Tests Safe? – TEDx Scranton (March 7, 2020)

Working in Enterprise User Experience (EUX) – National Association For The Practice of Anthropology (February 11, 2020)

New Perspective: How Consumer Genetics Can Foster Ethnic Understanding – Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (March 22, 2019)

Bioethics, Reunification, and Genetic Testing Along the US Mexico Border – The American Anthropology Association (November 15, 2018)

Building Sensemaking Capacity: Drawing Insights from Anthropological Thinking – National Association of Business, Economics and Technology (November 2, 2018)

Why Analytics Needs Ethnography – National Association of Business, Economics and Technology (November 2, 2018)

An Ethnography of Direct-to-Consumer Genomics [DTCG]: Design Anthropology Insights for the Product Management of a Disruptive Innovation – Applied Anthropology Graduate Thesis (September 26, 2018)