Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Certificate

Overview February 27, 2025

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Certificate — Starting Fall 2025
9 Units

The SJSU School of Information is launching a new Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Certificate program in fall 2025. The certificate program takes a holistic approach to AI and is aimed at giving SJSU Regular Session undergraduate students in any discipline a solid grounding in AI that will allow them to productively and responsibly incorporate AI in diverse professions and businesses.

Request more information about the Human-Centered AI Certificate program for SJSU undergraduate students.

AI is Everywhere

The Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Certificate program offers students a fundamental overview of AI technologies, focusing on practical applications, ethics and governance, and policy. The certificate program is designed to equip students with the skills to critically assess AI’s societal implications while providing them with hands-on experience in the tools and techniques essential to human-centered AI development.

Students will gain an understanding of:

The fundamentals of artificial intelligence (e.g., types, approaches, methods, and architectures);
The social, ethical, and normative impacts and risks of AI;
Human-centered approaches to the design and implementation of AI systems that emphasize responsibility, safety, and the beneficial interaction between humans (as knowledge workers, end users, citizens) and AI agents.

Hybrid Delivery

Students in this undergraduate certificate program benefit from both online and in-person learning opportunities. The hybrid delivery format offers both the convenience and flexibility of online learning enhanced by network building and hands-on applications in the Silicon Valley community.

Enrollment

This certificate program is open to SJSU undergraduate students in Regular Session only.

Your Instructors

Dr. Grace Babalola
Course Taught: ISDA 080
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Grace Babalola is a human-centered AI researcher and data scientist passionate about bridging cutting-edge research with real-world impact. She completed her Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering with a focus on Human Factor Engineering and Data Science at Binghamton University. Her research explores how AI technologies can enhance healthcare decision-making while respecting human workflows and cognitive processes. With industry experience at Microsoft, Amazon, and Excellus BCBS, Dr. Babalola has developed LLM-powered knowledge systems and NLP solutions that prioritize user needs and ethical considerations. Her work includes designing an AI-powered clinical decision support tool that reduces decision-making time while maintaining a human-centered approach. Dr. Babalola’s scholarship appears in publications including Frontiers in Robotics and AI and the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems proceedings. She brings to SJSU a unique interdisciplinary perspective combining human factors engineering, data science, and AI ethics, preparing students to implement AI responsibly across diverse domains. A certified Scrum Master and Product Owner, Dr. Babalola actively contributes to professional organizations, including the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences.

Dr. Theresa Huff
Course Taught: ISDA 180
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Theresa Huff is an educator, researcher, and instructional designer whose work bridges human-centered design, artificial intelligence, and ethical digital learning practices. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership – Instructional Design and Technology from Idaho State University and has over 20 years of teaching experience, including graduate-level instruction in learning theories and AI-integrated design. As an OER Instructional Designer at Loyola Marymount University, she supports faculty in creating open, accessible, and inclusive learning materials across disciplines. Her research explores responsible AI use in education, learner well-being, and the affective dimensions of online engagement. She developed the CRAFT model, a reflective framework introduced through her open textbook co-created with graduate students, which helps learners use AI tools transparently, verify accuracy, and critically examine ethical implications. Her dissertation on multimedia design and learner anxiety was awarded the 2024–2025 Kole-McGuffey Prize for Excellence in Educational Research. Dr. Huff is passionate about preparing students to critically evaluate human-AI interactions with an emphasis on ethics, inclusion, and learner-centered design.

Dr. Ingrid Steinberg
Course Taught: ISDA 081
Educational Achievements

Ingrid Steinberg has a PhD in Philosophy (Ethics) from UCLA, a Master’s in Philosophy (Aesthetics, Philosophy of Language, and Metaphysics) from University College of London (UK) and a BA (Honors) in English from “Wits” University (South Africa). Dr. Steinberg is currently in the later stages of completing an MLIS degree at SJSU. Dr. Steinberg’s PhD research centered around questions of personal autonomy as it related human and non-human beings who are regarded as being “on the edges” of recognition as persons for purposes of respecting their autonomy. She has a longstanding interest in various areas of applied ethics, including children’s ethics, animal rights, environmental ethics, and most recently, the ethics of AI. Dr. Steinberg has worked and studied globally. She taught Philosophy and Interdisciplinary courses to freshmen and upper division undergraduate students at UCLA, as a lecturer, teaching associate, and teaching assistant. Dr. Steinberg has also had a varied career the private and non-profit sectors. She co-founded and led a community non-profit, Resilient Palisades, that brought together neighbors from Pacific Palisades, CA to respond to the climate crisis. For several years she was a Marketing and Social Research director, project manager, and analyst for both private sector and non-profit companies in the US, UK, and South Africa. Dr. Steinberg is a lifelong learner. In addition to pursuing her MLIS degree, she is currently studying Spanish and learning to play the piano, as well as doing a deep dive into the philosophy of Spinoza.