Current Position
Research Assistant – Prof. Edward G. Carmines and the Center for American Politics
Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
August 2022 – Present
Previous Positions
Dissertation Research Fellow
Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
August 2021 – July 2022
Associate Instructor
Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
August 2016 – July 2021
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, science and technology studies, democratic theory, critical algorithmic studies, modern political thought, contemporary political thought, and classical political thought.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Indiana University – Bloomington, Expected 2023
Dissertation: Learning Regimes: The Politics of Expertise
Committee: William E. Scheuerman (Chair), Jeffrey C. Isaac, Hamid Ekbia, Aurelian Craiutu
MA, Political Theory, Arizona State University, 2016
BS, Political Science, Arizona State University, 2012
BA, History, Arizona State University, 2012
Publications
Lucky, Matthew. Forthcoming. “Knowledge-Making in Politics: Expertise in Democracy and Epistocracy.” Political Theory.
Projects with reviewers
Lucky, Matthew. Under Review. “Democracies, Deficiencies, and Artificial Intelligence” in The Marcusean Mind, eds. Eduardo Altheman et al. (Routledge) – [Expected 2024]
Working papers
“Filter Bubbles and Mega-Identities: How Commercial Advertising Algorithms Exacerbate Fascism.” With Dr. Vivian Ferrillo.
“The Self-Checkout State: Heteromation vs Automation in Government”
“Should Siri Vote for You? Artificial Intelligence & Automated Voting in Democracy”
“Scientists as Informal Representatives: Better Representation with Creative Writing”
Conference presentations
“Filter Bubbles and Mega-Identities: How Commercial Advertising Algorithms Exacerbate Fascism.” With Dr. Vivian Ferrillo. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science [Upcoming] November 2023.
“Citizenship in a Self-Checkout State: Heteromation vs Automation in Government” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 31st, 2023.
“Should Siri Vote for You? Artificial Intelligence & Automated Voting in Democracy” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15th, 2023.
“Democratizing Artificial Intelligence Beyond the State.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 9th, 2022.
“Populism and Automation Reconsidered.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, October 20th, 2021.
“Politically Maladaptive AI and Polarization in America.” By Matthew Lucky and Vivian Ferrillo. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, October 20th, 2021.
“The Crisis of AI: Towards a New Paradigm” by Hamid Ekbia, Nayah Boucaud, Katreen Boustani, Vivian Ferrillo, Brian Harper, and Matthew Lucky. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, October 20th, 2021.
“Politically Maladaptive AI and Polarization in America.” By Matthew Lucky and Vivian Ferrillo. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15th, 2021.
“Knowing Versus Learning Regimes: Knowledge Production in Epistocracy and Democracy.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, October 8th, 2021.
“Flawed Wisdom: The Challenges of Knowledge Systems in Epistocracy and Democracy.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, April 20th, 2019.
“It Doesn’t Matter if You Are Right: Epistocracy’s Challenges with the Social Construction of Expert Credibility.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 5th, 2019.
“What Governs? Civic Technologies and the Role for Ambient Artificial Intelligences in Democracy.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7th, 2018.
Other Academic Presentations:
“Knowledge-Making in Politics.” Paper Presented in the Indiana University American Public Workshop. Bloomington, Indiana Fall 2021
"The Noble Lie in Contemporary Epistocracy." Paper Presented in American Public Opinion (POLS-Y661) Bloomington, Indiana Spring 2019
"Civic Technologies in Contemporary Democracy" Paper Presented in Perspectives on Computing, Culture, and Society (INFO-I 709) Bloomington, Indiana. Spring 2018.
"YouTube and Elections: Partisan Affect on Screen." Paper Presented in Social Media Analysis (INFO-I 590) Bloomington, Indiana. Fall 2017.
Teaching
Indiana University
Foundations of American Political Thought (Instructor of Record. Fall 2020)
Foundations of American Political Thought (Instructor of Record. Fall 2019)
Introduction to American Politics (Associate Instructor, Spring 2021)
Constitutional Rights and Liberties (Associate Instructor, Spring 2020)
Introduction to American Politics (Associate Instructor, Spring 2019)
Introduction to Political Theory (Associate Instructor, Fall 2018)
American Political Controversies (Associate Instructor, Spring 2018)
Foundations of American Political Thought (Associate Instructor, Fall 2017)
Constitutional Rights and Liberties (Associate Instructor, Spring 2017)
Arizona State University
Ideals and Ideologies (Teaching Assistant, Fall 2015)
Awards
Collins Living-Learning Teaching Fellowship – Fall 2022 (awarded, declined)
Christopher B Siegrist Scholarship – Summer 2022
Dissertation Research Fellowship – Spring 2021
Siegrist Fellowship – Spring 2021
Outstanding Associate Instructor Award – Spring 2021
Graduate Leadership Award – Spring 2019
SU College Graduate Fellowship – Summer 2017
IU Graduate Fellowship – Fall 2016
IU COAS Fellowship – Fall 2016
Service to Department
Political Science Graduate Student Association President 2018-2019
Political Science Graduate Student Association Finance Director 2017-2018
Political Philosophy Subfield Chair – 2017-2019