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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The GuardianData & Society President and Founder danah boyd and Media Manipulation Research Lead Joan Donovan challenge newsrooms to practice "strategic silence" to avoid amplifying extremist messaging. "Editors used to engage in stra... Read on The GuardianJune 2018 -
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The Chronicle of Higher EducationD&S founder danah boyd wrote a critical piece entitled 'Why Social Science Risks Irrelevance' questioning whether social science as an academic field is headed in the right direction. When we believe that we have a monopol... Read on The Chronicle of Higher EducationJuly 2016 -
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New York TimesIn this op-ed, Data & Society founder danah boyd argues that youth are addicted to interacting with their peers, not to screens. "If Americans truly want to reduce the amount young people use technology," she writes, "we sh... Read on New York TimesJuly 2015