Curriculum Vitae

Connor Nitchals

Location: United States

Professional Profile

Independent researcher and scholar executing deep theoretical and empirical research across artificial intelligence governance, algorithmic ethics, specialized educational structures, and interdisciplinary sciences.

Research Experience

Independent Researcher 2024 – Present
  • Formulate dynamic optimization and governance frameworks addressing algorithmic fairness, automation bias, and sycophancy in generative human-AI advisory loops.
  • Conduct large-scale systematic literature reviews and construct pedagogical design frameworks for assistive technology and secondary special education contexts.
  • Model health economic vectors evaluating systemic life-course socioeconomic determinants and non-equilibrium thermal response landscapes in physical chemistry.

Selected Publications

  • Nitchals, C. (2026). Meaningful Human Authority in AI Mediated Decision Making: An Authority Vector and Bottleneck Principle. Human-Centric Intelligent Systems.
    DOI: 10.1007/s43681-026-01414-7
  • Nitchals, C. (2026). Designing for Disagreement: Epistemic Friction, Sycophancy, and the Ethics of Human–AI Advice—A Critical Integrative Review. AI and Ethics.
    DOI: 10.1007/s43681-026-01379-7
  • Nitchals, C. (2026). Review of David C. L. Lim and Mohd Tajudin Md Ninggal (Eds.). (2026). Critical Perspectives on AI, Digitalisation, and Human-Centred Learning: Towards Reclaiming Digital Education Futures. Postdigital Science and Education.
    DOI: 10.1007/s42438-026-00708-7

Areas of Expertise

  • AI Governance & Ethics: Algorithmic fairness architectures, machine-mediated dependency, human-in-the-loop validation, and sycophancy reduction.
  • Educational Methodologies: Special education policy review, inquiry-based STEM pedagogy, assistive technology intervention design, and cognitive development.
  • Interdisciplinary Sciences: Health economics, social determinants of health (SDOH), multivariate regression modeling, and computational physical chemistry.

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