danah boyd Joins Georgetown as Visiting Distinguished Professor

BCNM alum danah boyd has joined Georgetown University for the year as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. danah is Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of Data & Society. danah's research focuses on how contemporary social inequities relate to technology and society. From Georgetown University News:

danah boyd will help drive cross-campus collaboration among interdisciplinary faculty members as part of Georgetown’s new Center for Digital Ethics and Tech & Society Initiative, a network of centers across the university that shape technology’s impact on ethics and policy for the public good. boyd will host lectures and seminars and teach a spring course that examines evidence-based policymaking and data.

Congratulations Professor boyd!