Laura DeNardis

Laura DeNardis
Laura DeNardis in 2014 at the United States Department of State
Born1966
New Haven, Connecticut
Alma materDartmouth College
Occupation(s)Author and professor

Laura DeNardis is an American author and a scholar of Internet governance and technical infrastructure. She is the Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University.[1] DeNardis is an affiliated Fellow of the Yale Information Society Project at Yale Law School[2] and served as its executive director from 2008 to 2011. She previously served as a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Director of Research for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.[3] With a background in information technology engineering and a doctorate in Science and Technology Studies (STS), her research studies the social and political implications of Internet technical architecture and governance. Domestically, she served as an appointed member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) during the Obama Administration.[4] She has more than two decades of experience as an expert consultant in Internet Governance to Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and government agencies.

In 2020, Wired UK listed DeNardis as one of "32 Global Innovators Who Are Building a Better Future."[5] Her expertise and scholarship have been featured in Science Magazine, The Economist, NPR, New York Times, ABC news, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Slate, Reuters, Forbes, The Atlantic, the Globe and Mail, Investor's Business Daily, and The Wall Street Journal.

In 2015 Laura DeNardis was elected as a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.

  1. ^ "Renowned Scholar of Internet Governance, Laura DeNardis, Joins Georgetown". 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ Laura DeNardis Yale Law School Profile Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Press Release Announcing Formation of the Global Commission for Internet Governance". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  4. ^ "Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy Membership List".
  5. ^ "Change everything: 32 innovators who are building a better future". Wired UK.