Sharon Ferguson, PhD
Assistant Professor in Management Science and Engineering
Management Science & Engineering • Faculty of Engineering
Her research focuses on AI and the future of work — studying effective teamwork and how AI use helps and harms collaboration. Drawing on Management, Organizational Behaviour, and Psychology, she designs effective collaborative technology and AI interfaces, and has led projects on human–AI collaborative decision-making and student persistence in machine-learning careers. Her work appears in HCI venues such as CHI and CSCW and in engineering-design venues such as Design Science. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Schwartz Reisman Institute, the Future of Work Institute, and the Games Institute.