danah boyd
Researcher of technology and society; founded Data & Society; Cornell professor.
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- danah boyd is an American scholar of technology and society.
- She is the Geri Gay Professor of Communication at Cornell University.
- She founded the Data & Society research institute in 2013 and serves it as an advisor.
- Her book It's Complicated studies teenagers on social media.
- Her latest book, Data are Made, Not Found, is about the 2020 US Census.
Key facts
- Born
- 24 November 19772
- Position
- Geri Gay Professor of Communication, Cornell University (as of 2026)1
- Founded
- Data & Society Research Institute (2013); now an advisor1
- Books
- It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens; Data are Made, Not Found (on the US Census Bureau)1
- Education
- BA in computer science, Brown; master’s, MIT Media Lab; PhD in information, UC Berkeley (2008)1
- Microsoft Research
- Joined Microsoft Research New England in January 20092
- Honours
- AAAS fellow; 2026 Sloan Research Fellow; trustee of the Computer History Museum1
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