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Dr. Safiya U. Noble is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she serves as the Co-Founder and Director of […]
Ruha Benjamin is a professor in the Department of African American studies at Princeton University where she studies the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. She is also the […]
Moritz Hardt is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Prior to joining the institute, he was Associate Professor for Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the […]
Maya Wiley is a University Professor and faculty member at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. Before joining the New School faculty, Wiley served as counsel to New […]
Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist, poet of code, and model who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice […]
Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media theorist, poet, and software designer. He is interested in developing intriguing new forms of expression by working on conceptual, critical, creative and technical levels […]
Alexandra Reeve Givens is CDT’s President & CEO, and an advocate for using technology to increase equality, amplify voices, and promote human rights. At CDT, Alex leads a diverse team […]
Brandeis Marshall teaches, speaks and writes about the impact of data practices on technology and society. She’s a rebel tech educator, scholar and practitioner who has taught over 1500 people […]
Anna* was 10 when she built her first video game on Roblox, a digital platform where young people can make, share and play games together. She used Roblox much like […]
By Simon ParkinBlack women have historically used unconventional, everyday spaces as sites of Black feminist intellectual production. Today, one of the most common spaces in which Black women produce intellectual thought is […]
By Chelsea Peterson-SalahuddinWith the expansion of remote learning, schools have increasingly deployed technically sophisticated means of monitoring individual student’s online activity, including student activity monitoring software that rarely limits its data collection […]
By Cody Venzke