I am a scholar of technology with a view toward influencing law and policy. I am an currently an assistant associate professor in the department of telecommunication at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.

• In 2018-2019 I am a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and at the Data & Society Research Institute.
• In 2019 I am a (non-resident) Fellow at the Stanford University Digital Civil Society Lab.
• I recently completed a 6-month term as a visiting researcher with Spotify Research where I worked with the Algorithmic Bias Squad.
• I am the Chair of the Communication Law & Policy Division of the International Communication Association.

I earned a PhD in mass communication and a JD at the University of Florida, and a BS in both Journalism and Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin.