Annette Bernhardt, a Data & Society affiliate, is director of the Technology and Work program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center, and a senior researcher at the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Previously, she was visiting professor in the UC Berkeley Sociology Department, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and policy co-director at the National Employment Law Project. A leading scholar of low-wage work, Annette has helped develop and analyze innovative policy responses to economic inequality and technological change in the United States. Her current research focuses on the impact of AI and other data-driven technologies on low-wage workers, as well as public policy models for tech regulation. She has authored multiple books and published widely in journals including the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, and the Journal of Labor Economics. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago.