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Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert
Sarah Gilbert is a Research Associate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University and Research Director of the Citizens and Technology Lab where she conducts research focused on supporting online safety and research ethics. Sarah engages in public scholarship on Reddit, often on r/AskHistorians, a community she both researches and moderates. She engages with the media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and CNBC, and has written op-eds for Fast Company and MIT Technology Press. She also worked with the US federal government on issues related to ethical data access.
Casey Fiesler
Casey Fiesler
Casey Fiesler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder where she researches and teaches in the areas of technology ethics, internet law and policy, and online communities. As a public scholar, Casey speaks on topics of technology ethics and policy, as well as women in STEM (including consulting with Mattel on their computing-related Barbies). Casey is active on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube where she has a combined total of 200k followers. Casey is also a stand-up comedian, focusing her comedy on issues related to tech and society.
Dylan Thomas Doyle
Dylan Thomas Doyle
Dylan Thomas Doyle is a T32 Research Fellow at Northwestern University, a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Executive Director of the All Tomorrows Institute, a media non-profit that aims to elevate and feature the voices of underrepresented groups in broader conversations around emerging technologies. Dylan engages in public scholarship as a podcaster, minister, poet, and public speaker. His research has been featured in talks at SXSW, TEDx, and the Mozilla Festival.
Avriel Epps
Avriel Epps
Avriel Epps is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Riverside and founder of AI4Abolition where their research explores how bias in predictive technologies affects racial, gender, and sociopolitical identity development. Avriel is active on Instagram and TikTok, with a combined 200k followers, where their recent videos on going analog have gone viral. They have written op-eds for outlets like The Atlantic, been featured in news outlets including CNN, developed tool kits for identifying bias, and appeared in documentaries including PBS's TikTok Boom. Avriel's public scholarship efforts are not limited to adults–they are also the author of A Kids Book on AI Bias.
Anna Lenhart
Anna Lenhart
Anna Lenhart is a PhD Candidate in the College of Information at the University of Maryland College Park. Anna's research focuses on public engagement in tech policy and the intersections of privacy, transparency, and competition. She most recently served as a senior advisor to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. Prior to that, she served the House of Representatives as the Senior Technology Legislative Aide to Rep Lori Trahan, as a Congressional Innovation Fellow for the House Judiciary Digital Markets Investigation, and on the House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Subcommittee under Chairman David Cicilline.
Bya Beatrys
Bya Beatrys
Bya Beatrys is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. An activist, feminist, and militant scholar, Bya researches the sociotechnical power dynamics of transnational digital media and artificial intelligence, ultimately striving to make the internet less toxic for people who are marginalized. As a public scholar, Bya has given TedTalks on the importance of diversity, organizes workshops at raves, and designs zines with community-collaborators. She is also a documentarian, for example producing a documentary on a local farm grrrl punk band.
Kate Starbird
Kate Starbird
Kate Starbird is a Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington. Her research program has followed the phenomenon of online rumoring down the rabbit hole and into some of the toxic online spaces that are increasingly (re)shaping discourse, values, and politics around the world. Kate is one of the co-founders of the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, which translates research about misinformation and disinformation into policy, technology design, curriculum development, and public engagement.
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