Research & Publications
Dr. Freddie Seba’s frameworks are grounded in doctoral research and peer-reviewed scholarship on how institutions adopt and govern AI. Every keynote and board briefing draws on this work, translated into decisions leaders can act on.
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Book
Ungoverned: A Practical Guide to AI Minimum Viable Governance by Dr. Freddie Seba, book cover.
The practical AI governance guide for leaders who cannot wait for the perfect policy. It introduces AI Minimum Viable Governance (AI MVG), a compact oversight structure modeled on Silicon Valley’s minimum viable product discipline and built on twelve governance principles from doctoral research across sectors. Written for board members, trustees, provosts, compliance officers and senior executives in regulated, high-stakes settings.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Seba, F., Isola, M., Mills, L., Zalake, M., & Krive, J. (2025). Incorporating Generative AI into a Health Informatics Curriculum: Building 21st Century Competencies. JMIR Medical Informatics. doi:10.2196/76507
- Gonzales Howell, Seba, F., & Ramos, V., (2026). Implications of AI in Higher Education and Faculty Development. Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship.
Forthcoming and In Progress
- Woodbridge, D. M., Seba, A., Seba, F., & Schwartz, A. (2025). Topic Discovery and Classification for Responsible Generative AI Adaptation in Higher Education. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.16036. Read on arXiv
- Global Digital Health Development: A Primer for Development and Implementation for Health Systems at Scale. Springer, forthcoming 2026. Co-editor and co-author.
Doctoral Research
EdD in Organization and Leadership, University of San Francisco (2025). The dissertation examines how institutional leaders and faculty make sense of, adopt, and are changed by AI. Its findings form the empirical foundation of AI Minimum Viable Governance and the Seba 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight.
Frameworks
- The Seba 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight ©, originally introduced as the Seba GenAI Ethics & Governance Framework: A 12-Point Leadership Tool Across Sectors. First presented publicly at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2025, published in Ungoverned (2026), and applied each week in the AI Ethics & Governance for Leaders, Boards & Trustees newsletter. See the 12 Ps
- AI Minimum Viable Governance (AI MVG): the smallest set of oversight practices that makes AI defensible: know what you run, tier the risk, assign decision rights, and be ready for incidents. Introduced in Ungoverned. How AI MVG works
From Research to the Boardroom
- Board and trustee briefings: the 12 Ps as a checklist your board keeps.
- Keynotes and workshops: six signature talks for conferences and leadership teams.
- Weekly newsletter: 90+ issues translating new research and regulation into board questions.
- Videos and podcast: talks at AMIA, the University of San Francisco and more.
Affiliations
- Member: American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA); American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U); Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI); Coalition for Health AI (CHAI)
- Advisor and mentor: Plug and Play, Pitch Global, UC Berkeley Extension
- Founder track record: startups acquired, including Printnation and Nexxo
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