Sohyeon Hwang is a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University in the Center for Information Technology Policy. She studies how everyday users can and should shape the governance of digital technologies, with a particular focus on communities as valuable forms of…
Nicole Alvarez is a Senior Policy Analyst on the Technology Policy team at the Center for American Progress (CAP), where she develops forward-looking policies to address the challenges and opportunities posed by emerging technologies. Committed to fostering innovation that respects…
Ben Zipperer joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2016. His areas of expertise include the minimum wage, inequality, and low-wage labor markets. He has published research in The Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and has been quoted in outlets…
Aidan is a second-year PhD student in Economics at MIT. His research focuses on the economics of science and innovation, using tools from industrial organization, game theory, and labor. In recent work, he has studied the impact of artificial intelligence…
Shanthi first joined Aspen Digital in fall of 2022. As Senior Program Manager, Shanthi works across Aspen Digital’s five main priority areas to provide project management, research, and partnership support. Her focus is primarily on empowering communities through special projects…
Emma Zajdela is an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University in the High Meadows Environmental Institute and School of Public and International Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, where she…
Kylan Rutherford is a postdoctoral fellow at NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics. He holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Political Science from Columbia University. His research centers on the complex relationship between social media content creators, platform…
Pegah Moradi is a PhD candidate in Information Science at Cornell University, where she studies the social and organizational dimensions of digital automation, with a focus on its impacts on work and workers. Most recently, Pegah’s dissertation research has centered…
Ruchika Joshi is a Fellow at CDT’s AI Governance Lab, where she develops technically rigorous solutions for government and industry leaders to ensure AI systems are safe and ethical. Prior to CDT, Ruchika has worked with the UK Parliament’s Science,Technology,…
Alexandra Mateescu is a researcher with Data & Society’s Labor Futures program, where she has worked for the last decade on producing in-depth qualitative research, curating accessible public resources and convening workshops, and contributing to efforts to strengthen worker rights…