Leah M. Friedman

Leah M. Friedman is a PhD student in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (HSD) program at Arizona State University and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Leah is interested in issues of data justice, sovereignty, surveillance and governance and how we can use imaginaries of the future to design technologies that are more ethical and responsible. She is also interested in how technologies embed and reinforce existing power structures, and how technology can be co-created with communities to question those power structures.

Prior to beginning her PhD, Leah worked on social dimensions of Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology with the FACET Lab at University of Pittsburgh and with the Center for Integrative Research in the Computing and Learning Sciences (CIRCLS). Leah is also a professional dancer, currently working with CONDER/dance and teaching dance in the Phoenix area.