2019 TFI Technology Conference
Speaker
Kim Houser
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Kimberly A. Houser is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University where she teaches courses in Business Law and the Law of Emerging Technologies. Her research focuses on areas in which the U.S. federal government has not kept up with changes in society and technology, making clear how current law does not meet the needs of the people. Prior to teaching, Houser practiced law in Chicago and later for an Austin tech start-up. Houser’s research includes privacy, big data, artificial intelligence, and unconscious bias/gender diversity issues. Houser made national headlines last fall for her paper examining ways that the IRS is breaking privacy and data security laws by data mining citizens' personal information. Her new paper on solving the diversity crisis in the tech industry through the responsible use of artificial intelligence will appear in the Stanford Technology Law Journal. She is the author of The Legal Guide to Social Media, one of the first commercial books addressing the risks of posting and hosting online. Her articles have appeared in the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, American Business Law Journal, Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy – Timely Tech, Oxford Business Law Blog, Accounting and Finance Journal, The Tax Adviser, and Tax Notes among others.