Research
My research examines how people and institutions keep the capacity for judgment, coordination, and accountable action as technology changes how knowledge and work are produced.
Three research areas
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The person
Human Formation
How people develop durable knowledge, judgment, agency, and capability.
Current work
The Formation Gap. What happens when AI improves immediate performance without developing the human capability that produced it?
In development
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The organization
Governed Work
How accountable people stay responsible for knowledge work that AI increasingly mediates: how it is divided, remembered, checked, and governed.
Current work
The Portorosso Papers. A seven-paper working series on governing AI in professional and organizational work (below).
Working papers
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Across institutions
Human Network
How organizations and institutions coordinate when knowledge, authority, and resources are distributed across many actors.
Current work
Coordination Without Control. How do institutions act together when no one controls the whole system?
In development
Governed Work
The Portorosso Papers
This is the most direct bridge from the research to practice in AI governance, compliance, knowledge management, and organizational design. Papers 1–4 are working papers in their fourth version; papers 5–7 are in draft. None is published or publicly available yet.
- WP1Working paper
AI Orchestration
How should cognitive work be divided between people and AI systems?
- WP2Working paper
Knowledge Architecture
What should AI-assisted work leave behind as trustworthy institutional memory?
- WP3Working paper
Human Governance
Which judgments must remain with accountable people?
- WP4Working paper
Governed Orchestration
What keeps a capable AI system from gradually governing itself?
- WP5In development
The Orchestration Tax
Is structured oversight worth its cost?
- WP6In development
Adaptive Cognitive Architecture
Does an approved AI system stay valid as its models and tools change?
- WP7In development
The Governed Cognitive Organization
How does an institution govern AI capability at scale?
Current research program
Architecture of Human Systems
A Creative Visual Studio research program. It examines how human systems stay capable of governing themselves as technology, knowledge, and institutions change, and connects the three areas above: formation produces people capable of judgment, those people govern the work of their organizations, and organizations coordinate across institutions.
I develop the program and write its papers. The frameworks are in development and not peer reviewed.
Explore Architecture of Human Systems at Creative Visual Studio coming soon
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Human FormationThe person
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Governed WorkThe organization
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Human NetworkAcross institutions
Three scales of one research program. Selected writing
Authored work with its current status. Only items with an identifiable publisher or venue are marked published.
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Published · 2022
“International Ripples of the Civil Rights Movement.”
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, The Ohio State University and Miami University. Written as the M.Ed. capstone.
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Published · 2022
“Russo-Ukrainian War: Refugee Experiences.”
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective. Teaching materials.
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Selected, not delivered · 2026
“Teaching AP Gov Through the News: Linking Current Events to Required Course Concepts.”
AP Annual Conference, College Board. Selected through the proposal process; the session was not delivered.
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In development
When Government Cannot Search Itself: Reasonable Effort After Wagner and the Architecture of Electronic Access Under New York FOIL.
Legal research on public records access and electronic search obligations, developed during J.D. study.
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Working papers
The Portorosso Papers, WP1–WP7.
Working papers on governing AI in professional work (see above).
Sources: origins.osu.edu.
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