Kirsten Martin

Dr. Kirsten Martin is the H. John Heinz III Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University since 2025.  

Dean Martin’s research focuses on the ethics of technology, privacy, and corporate responsibility, with particular attention to algorithmic accountability and the role of business in shaping ethical data practices. She has published over 70 academic articles across disciplines and received several grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on privacy and data ethics. 

A frequent speaker on the ethical implications of emerging technologies, Martin has provided expert testimony and briefings to government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission; Government Accountability Office; U.S. Treasury Department; U.S. Census Bureau; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; National Academy of Engineering; National Academy of Education; German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection; and the U.S. Department of Justice. Her recent book, Ethics of Data and Analytics, offers a framework for responsible data use in business and policy contexts. Martin’s TEDx talk focuses on digital privacy.

Martin holds a B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan as well as an MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Prior to joining Heinz College as Dean, she was the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of Technology Ethics and Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, where she directed the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center from 2021-2023. She also served as the Lindner-Gambal Professor in Business Ethics and chair of the Strategic Management and Public Policy department at George Washington University.