Executive Director, Krantz Institute Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity

Executive Director, Krantz Institute For Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity

Boston College is embarking on a transformative initiative with the establishment of the Krantz Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity. Enabled by a major gift from University Trustee Jason Krantz '95, P'23, and Keely (Fitzgerald) Krantz '95, P'23, the Institute will leverage BC's formative and ethical strengths as a Jesuit, Catholic university to explore the opportunities, implications, and pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

Inspired by Pope Leo's recently published encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which underscores education's role in an era of rapid technological change, the Institute brings BC's rich heritage of thoughtful reflection and discernment into a lively engagement with the promise and perils of a particularly transformative technology. The institute aims to inform emerging discussion of AI and to instill in students the judgment, wisdom, and critical thinking necessary to become moral leaders and creators of AI, ensuring that humanistic values and ethics remain foundational to the world's evolving approach to AI.

Reporting to the Provost and Dean of Faculties, the Executive Director will build an Institute that will position Boston College as a national and global leader in teaching, research, and discussion about how to best leverage artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, as well as to scale foundational and applied AI initiatives across all nine of the schools and colleges at Boston College.

Working closely with faculty colleagues, academic leadership, and external partners, the successful candidate will build this early-stage platform into a sustainable, world-class hub of institutional excellence.

The Executive Director will be charged with driving three primary goals:

The Executive Director will develop, operationalize, and guide the institute's core strategic pillars to catalyze campus engagement with AI and to establish a clear framework for investment and prioritization with an ambition to inform national and global conversations about AI:

• AI & Human Flourishing:
  Exploring AI in light of fundamental questions about ethics and human dignity, and drawing on the University's distinctive strengths in the humanities.
• AI & Democracy:
  Examining AI's various effects on government and public life, in the United States and beyond.
• AI & the Economy:
  Guiding organizations on how to responsibly leverage AI and engaging with industry leaders (including partnering with the Carroll School of Management and the 2027 Finance Conference).
• AI & Health Care:
  Investigating how AI can improve healthcare outcomes while recognizing emerging threats to human-centered care for the vulnerable.
• AI & Formative
  
  Education:
  
  Imagining new possibilities for BC's distinctive approach to teaching and learning in the context of the AI revolution.
• AI & Faith:
  Rooted in BC's Jesuit, Catholic heritage and mission, this pillar is at once the Institute's clearest differentiator and an area where Boston College is called to provide leadership to colleges, schools, and other faith-based organizations.

Within each pillar, the Executive Director will develop a robust set of mechanisms appropriate to the theme; examples include research grants, undergraduate fellowships, curriculum integration, industry partnerships, conferences and symposia, and visiting scholars.

Key Responsibilities and Scope

• Strategic & Operational Leadership:
  Partner with faculty and academic leadership to execute long-term strategies, balancing academic priorities with rigorous operational execution.
• Interdisciplinary Integration:
  Connect technical AI…