Bell, Genevieve (1967 - )

Summary

Genevieve Bell is a cultural anthropologist and technologist who is internationally respected for her research in the field of technological development and digital transformation, and how these intersect with cultural practice. For 18 years she worked for the Intel Corporation, U.S.A. ultimately becoming a Vice-President. Among her responsibilities was the establishment of the User Experience Research group, Intel's first fully integrated user experience research and development group. In 2017 Bell returned to Australia to become the Director of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance (3A) Institute at the Australian National University (ANU), a collaborative venture with CSIRO's Data6. She was also appointed the inaugural Florence Violet McKenzie Chair in the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, and in 2021 the Director of the School of Cybernetics. Bell became Vice-Chancellor of the ANU in January 2024.

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Chronology

1990

Education - BA (anthropology), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1993

Education - MA (anthropology), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1994

Education - MA (anthropology), Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

1996 - 1998

Career position - Lecturer, Anthropology and Native American Studies, Department of Anthropology and Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

1998 -

Career position - Cultural Anthropologist, Intel Corporation

1998

Education - PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

2010 - 2013

Career position - Director, Interaction and Experience Research, Intel Laboratories, Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

2010 - 2014

Career position - Director, User Experience Group, Digital Home Group, Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

2012

Award - Member, Women in Technology International Hall of Fame

2013

Award - Named Woman of Vision, Anita Borg Foundation, California, U.S.A.

2014 - 2017

Career position - Director, Corporate Sensing/Insights, Corporate Strategy Office, Intel Corporation

2017 -

Career position - Founding Director, Autonomy, Agency and Assurance (3A) Institute, Australian National University, in collaboration with CSIRO's Data61

2017 -

Career position - Vice President and Senior Fellow, Intel Corporation

2017 -

Career position - Inaugural Florence Violet McKenzie Chair, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Australian National University

2017

Career event - Presented the ABC Boyer Lectures

2018 -

Career position - Member, Prime Minister's National Science and Technology Council

2018 -

Career position - Member, Expert Reference Group Human Rights and Technology, Human Rights Commission

2018 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

2018 -

Career position - Representative, Australian Council of Learned Academies study on Artificial Intelligence, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

2019

Award - Inaugural Engelbart Distinguished Fellow, SRI International

2019 - September 2023

Career position - Non-Executive Director, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

2020

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to education, particularly to the social sciences and cultural anthropology

2021 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities

2021

Award - Garran Lecturer, Institute of Public Administration Australia

2021 - 2023

Career position - Director, School of Cybernetics, Australian National University

2023

Award - Ann Moyal Lecturer, National Library of Australia

1 January 2024 -

Career position - Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University

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Published resources

Books

• Dourish, Paul and Bell, Genevieve, Divining a digital future: mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014), 264 pp. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell: Officer of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards and Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2020. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2006010. Details