Rate My Professor Genevieve Bell

Genevieve Bell is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Cybernetics at the Australian National University. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University, as well as a BA and MPhil in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College. Bell spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley at Intel Corporation, where she contributed to product development and built social science and design research capabilities. In 2017, she returned to Australia and founded the 3A Institute at ANU in collaboration with CSIRO’s Data61. In 2021, she became the inaugural Director of the ANU School of Cybernetics. Bell served as the 13th Vice-Chancellor and President of ANU from January 2024 until September 2025. She holds the Florence Violet McKenzie Chair and is recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (FTSE), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA), and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA). Bell is widely published and holds 13 patents. Her work focuses on the intersection of cultural practice and technology development, including contributions to global discussions on artificial intelligence and society. She has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Board and as a Member of the Prime Minister’s National Science and Technology Council.