Jose Marichal

Professor of Political Science / California Lutheran University

I am a professor of political science at California Lutheran University. I specialize in studying the role that algorithms and AI play in restructuring social and political institutions. I am the author of "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem" that came out in 2025 with Bristol University Press (UK). The book explores the unwritten social contract we have with the algorithms that shape what we see, hear and think.

I have a number of projects with collaborators looking at how social media shapes political discourse. My next project is entitled "Machine Liberalism." It looks at how algorithms and AI are changing our expectations of liberal democracy. That book will come out with Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press in 2027. I am also the founder and director of the Participatory AI Lab at California Lutheran University.

Feel free to explore my projects, teaching activities, or view my full Curriculum Vitae. The work of the Participatory AI Lab can be found on the About PAI-L page.