danah boyd is the founder and president of Data & Society, a partner researcher at Microsoft Research, and a visiting professor at New York University. Her research is focused on making certain that society has a nuanced understanding of the relationship between technology and society, especially as issues of inequity and bias emerge. She is the author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, and has authored or co-authored numerous books, articles, and essays. She is a trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, a director of the Social Science Research Council, and a director of Crisis Text Line. She has been recognized by numerous organizations, including receiving the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer/Barlow Award and being selected as a 2011 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Originally trained in computer science before retraining under anthropologists, danah has a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Information.
danah boyd

danah boyd examines sociotechnical vulnerabilities at the interstices of technology and society in an effort to remedy structural inequities
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American Behavioral ScientistA historical look at the news media ecosystem and the deployment of strategic silence and strategic amplification. Read on American Behavioral ScientistNovember 2019 -
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Social ResearchData & Society Researchers Jacob Metcalf, Emanuel Moss, and Founder and President danah boyd investigate the tensions that arise when adapting ethics initiatives at Silicon Valley tech companies. "By talking with people ... Read moreSeptember 2019 -
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SSRNIn this paper, authors identify the challenges to integrating fairness into machine learning based systems and suggest next steps. "In this paper, however, we contend that these concepts render technical interventions ineffect... Read on SSRNDecember 2018 -
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SSRNIn this article, Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd and Researcher Madeleine Clare Elish break down the "magic" narrative around AI systems. "'Big Data' and 'artificial intelligence' have captured the public i... Read on SSRNAugust 2018 -
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Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationIn this study, Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd, Affiliate Alice Marwick, and Researcher Mikaela Pitcan interviewed ask, how do young people of low socio-economic status in NYC manage their impressions online... Read on Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationApril 2018 -
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Big Data & SocietyHow do algorithms & data-driven tech induce similarity across an industry? Data & Society Researcher Robyn Caplan and Founder & President danah boyd trace Facebook's impact on news media organizations and journalist... Read on Big Data & SocietyFebruary 2018 -
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ACM.orgD&S founder and President danah boyd & affiliate Solon Barocas investigate the practice of ethics in data science. "Critical commentary on data science has converged on a worrisome idea: that data scientists do not r... Read on ACM.orgNovember 2017 -
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Sage JournalsHow do young people of low socio-economic status (SES) view online privacy? D&S fellow Alice Marwick, researcher Claire Fontaine, and president and founder danah boyd examine this question in their study. " Framing online ... Read on Sage JournalsMay 2017 -
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PLOS Computational BiologyMatthew ZookSolon Barocasdanah boydKate CrawfordEmily F. KellerSeeta Peña GangadharanAlyssa GoodmanRachelle HollanderBarbara A. KoenigJacob MetcalfArvind NarayananAlondra NelsonFrank PasqualeMatthew Zook, D&S affiliate Solon Barocas, D&S founder danah boyd, D&S affiliate Kate Crawford, Emily Keller, D&S affiliate Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Alyssa Goldman, Rachelle Hollander, Barbara A. Koenig, D&S researcher Jacob Met... Read on PLOS Computational BiologyMarch 2017 -
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Florida Law Review ForumThe mythology surrounding “big data” rests on the notion that technical systems can increase efficiency and decrease bias. Such “neutral” systems are supposedly good for implementing legal logic because, like these systems, law... Read on Florida Law Review ForumAugust 2016