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Bridging rigorous research, practical governance, and human-centered storytelling to help organizations and readers navigate the boundaries of AI and responsibility.

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Teaching & SpeakingEducation and engagement
JM Wofford, scholar, author, and AI governance practitioner

Research

Current Research
Under Review

Four Lenses of AI Measurement: Capable on Paper

Develops deployment-context capability and identifies five pathways through which performance demonstrated in evaluation can erode in operational use.

Published Papers
Published on SSRN

Four Lenses of AI Measurement: The Compliance Lens

Introduces the four-lens measurement architecture and a four-level taxonomy of auditability, audit, conformance, and legally defensible compliance posture.

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Published on SSRN

The Maturity Mirage: Four Lenses of AI Measurement

Distinguishes governance maturity from capability maturity through five dimensions and four identifiable regression pathways.

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Books

Professional
Procurement-Ready AI: The Vendor's Evidence Playbook book cover

Procurement-Ready AI

The Vendor's Evidence Playbook for institutional buyers and procurement teams.

The Adult in the Machine book cover

The Adult in the Machine

A human-centered framework for responsible enterprise AI adoption.

Fiction
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Where the Boundary Holds

The Celeste Hale Chronicles, Book One.

The oldest agreements were never written for courthouses. They were written for those who would remember. — The Celeste Hale Chronicles
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Teaching & Speaking

Graduate Instruction

Courses and instruction in artificial intelligence, systems analysis, governance, and software engineering.

  • AI Governance and Ethics
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Software Engineering
  • Senior Design Project
Speaking & Engagements

Conference talks, panels, workshops, and media conversations on AI governance, risk, measurement, and leadership.

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Interested in research collaboration, speaking engagements, media inquiries, author events, or advisory partnerships?

  • Research collaboration
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  • Client and executive education
  • Media and author events
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AI Governance ResearcherSSRN Author · ORCID 0009-0005-5887-2412
Published AuthorResearch · Professional · Fiction
PractitionerAI Strategy · Risk · Compliance
EducatorGraduate Instruction · Mentorship

JM Wofford: Scholar, Author, Practitioner

JM Wofford is an AI governance scholar, published author, graduate computer science instructor, and enterprise practitioner. Her research includes the Four Lenses of AI Measurement framework, capability measurement, compliance, maturity, risk, auditability, and responsible AI adoption.

Published SSRN papers include Four Lenses of AI Measurement: The Compliance Lens and The Maturity Mirage: Four Lenses of AI Measurement. Four Lenses of AI Measurement: Capable on Paper is currently under review.

Her published books include The Adult in the Machine, Procurement-Ready AI: The Vendor's Evidence Playbook, and Where the Boundary Holds, Book One of The Celeste Hale Chronicles.