People

Meet the faculty, staff, students, and postdocs who contribute to the CNTR.

People

Meet the faculty, staff, students, and postdocs who contribute to the CNTR.

Leadership

Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign, Professor of Data Science and Computer Science

suresh_venkatasubramanian@brown.edu

Research Profile

Meredith Mendola

CNTR Program Manager, Advisor, Accessibility Research Team, SRC Handbook

meredith_mendola@brown.edu

LinkedIn Profile

Core Collaborators

Serena Booth

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

serena_booth@brown.edu

Personal Website
Holly Case

Deputy Director of the Data Science Institute, Professor of History

holly_case@brown.edu

Departmental Profile
Diana Freed

Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science

diana_freed@brown.edu

Research Profile

Personal Website
Kim Gallon

Associate Professor of Africana Studies

kim_gallon@brown.edu

Research Profile
Julia Netter

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Philosophy and Computer Science, Socially Responsible Computing Program Coordinator

julia_netter@brown.edu

Personal Website
Sohini Ramachandran

Professor of Computer Science, Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science

sohini_ramachandran@brown.edu

Research Profile

Lab Website
Harini Suresh

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

harini_suresh@brown.edu

Personal Website

Community Contributors

Stevie Bergman

Visiting Assistant Professor

a_stevie_bergman@brown.edu

Personal Website
Ellie Pavlick

Manning Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Assistant Professor of Linguistics

ellie_pavlick@brown.edu

Research Profile

Departmental Profile
Tuan Pham

Former Research Associate in Neuroscience, Current PhD Student at Virginia Tech

tuanhpham@brown.edu
Malika Saada Saar

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, The Watson Center

malika_saada_saar@brown.edu

Departmental Profile

Graduate Students

Ahana Bhattacharya

PhD Student in Computer Science

ahana_bhattacharya@brown.edu
Maya De Los Santos

PhD Student in Computer Science

maya_de_los_santos@brown.edu
Michelle L. Ding

PhD Student in Computer Science, Founder of Socially Responsible Computing Curriculum Handbook Project

michelle_ding@brown.edu
Yujia Gao

PhD Student in Computer Science

yujia_gao@brown.edu
Alyssa Lanter

PhD Student in Computer Science

alyssa_lanter@brown.edu
Karina LaRubbio

PhD Student in Computer Science, SRC Project: Accessibility Research Team Lead '24-'25

karina_larubbio@brown.edu
Sybille Légitime

PhD Student in Computer Science

sybille_legitime@brown.edu
Praveen Nair

PhD Student in Computer Science

praveen_nair@brown.edu
Victor Ojewale

PhD Student in Computer Science

victor_ojewale@brown.edu
Rui-Jie Yew

PhD Student in Computer Science

rui-jie_yew@brown.edu

Undergraduate Student Leadership

Sayid Achilov

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, Math, Economics, CNTR Mentorship Program Coordinator
Nemo Zhang

Undergraduate Student in Biology and Public Health, CNTR Media Club Coordinator
Anjali Bhimani

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, CNTR Communications Coordinator
Rachel Brooks

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, CNTR Career Resources Coordinator
Omar Dixon

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and Science, Technology, & Society, CNTR Media Club Coordinator, SRCH: Product Team
Emily Hong

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and Sociology, CNTR Mentorship Program Coordinator
Sarya Kiliç

Undergraduate Student in Modern Culture and Media, CNTR Media Club Coordinator
Sharanya Jain

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and English, CNTR Communications Coordinator

Affiliated Students

Huda Abdulrasool

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, SRCH: Product Developer

huda_abdulrasool@brown.edu
Tenzin Choezin

Undergraduate Student in Behavioral Decision Sciences, SRC Project: Accessibility Research Team

tenzin_choezin@brown.edu
Avery Espiritu

Undergraduate Student, SRCH: AI Research Team

avery_espiritu@brown.edu
Connor Flick

Undergraduate Student in Computational Biology, SRCH: Privacy Team Lead '25-'26, SRCH: Privacy Team '24-'25

connor_flick@brown.edu
Timothy Fong

Undergraduate Student

timothy_fong@brown.edu
Jo Gasior-Kavishe

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & International and Public Affairs, CNTR AISLE AI Research Lead, SRCH: AI Team Lead Fall '25, SRCH: AI Research Team '24-'25

jo_kavishe@brown.edu
Doren Hsiao-Wecksler

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, SRCH: Project Director

doren_hsiao-wecksler@brown.edu
Jaehee Jung

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & Political Science, CNTR AISLE Policy Analyst

jaehee_jung@brown.edu
Jasmine Kamara

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & Science, Technology and Society, SRCH: Product Designer

jasmine_kamara@brown.edu
Andrew Junwon Lee

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science - Economics & Public Health, SRCH: Accessibility Research Team

andrew_junwon_lee@brown.edu
Kathy Li

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and Science, Technology, & Society, SRCH: Accessibility Research Team

kathy_m_li@brown.edu
Dawson Lin

Undergraduate Student in Philosophy, SRCH: Privacy Research Team

dawson_a_lin@brown.edu
Peyton Luiz

MPH Student in Epidemiology, SRCH: Privacy Research Team

peyton_luiz@brown.edu
Joe Maffa

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, SRC Project: Product Developer

joseph_maffa@brown.edu
Kalie Minor

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & Religious Studies, SRC Project: Accessibility Research Team

kalie_minor@brown.edu
Havi Nguyen

Product & UI/UX , Undergraduate Student

havi_nguyen@brown.edu
Anushka Parikh

Undergraduate Student in Graphic Design, SRCH: Product Designer

aparik01@risd.edu
Christina Peng

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & English, SRC Project: Product Developer

christina_peng@brown.edu
Natalia Riley

Policy Research Analyst, Undergraduate Student

natalia_riley@brown.edu
Sana Saab

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & English, SRC Project: Product Designer

sana_saab@brown.edu
Ethan Schenker

Undergraduate Student in International and Public Affairs & Economics, SRC Project: Privacy Research Team

ethan_schenker@brown.edu
A.J. Shulman

Undergraduate Student in Computational Neuroscience, SRC Project: Accessibility Research Team

aj_shulman@brown.edu
Tiffany Tran

Undergraduate Student in Behavioral Decision Sciences, SRCH: Accessibility Team Lead '25-'26, SRCH: Accessibility Research Team '24-'25

tiffany_m_tran@brown.edu
Jennifer Wang

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, Paragon Policy Fellowship Founder

jennifer_wang@brown.edu
Brooke Wangenheim

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, SRCH: AI Research Team

brooke_wangenheim@brown.edu
John Wilkinson

Undergraduate Student

john_wilkinson@brown.edu
Selena Williams

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, SRC Project: AI Research Team

selena_williams@brown.edu
Jiayi Wu

Undergraduate Student in Mathematics-Computer Science, SRCH: AI Research Team

jiayi_wu4@brown.edu
Qinan Yu

Undergraduate Student

qinan_yu@brown.edu
Grace Zhong

Undergraduate Student, Project Manager

ruoxi_zhong@brown.edu

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants

Mahir Arora

Undergraduate Student

mahir_arora@brown.edu
Nora Cai

Undergraduate Student

yinuo_cai@brown.edu
Michelle L. Ding

PhD Student in Computer Science, Founder of Socially Responsible Computing Curriculum Handbook Project

michelle_ding@brown.edu
Robayet Hossain

Undergraduate Student

robayet_hossain@brown.edu
Emma Huang

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and International and Public Affairs, SRC Project: AI Research Team

emma_b_huang@brown.edu
Aanya Hudda

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science & Behavioral Decision Sciences, SRC Project: Product Manager

aanya_hudda@brown.edu
Fern Tantivess

Undergraduate Student

varisa_tantivess@brown.edu
Titi Zhang

Undergraduate Student

yifan_zhang4@brown.edu

Alumni

Nora Cai

Undergraduate Student

yinuo_cai@brown.edu
Emma Huang

Undergraduate Student in Computer Science and International and Public Affairs, SRC Project: AI Research Team

emma_b_huang@brown.edu
Rachel Kim

Former Undergraduate Student

rachel_kim@alumni.brown.edu
Lizzie Kumar

Brown Computer Science PhD Graduate, Postdoc in Health Policy at Stanford University

indra_kumar@alumni.brown.edu
Amit Levi

Former Undergraduate Student

amit_levi@alumni.brown.edu
Pegah Nohkiz

Brown Computer Science PhD Graduate, Postdoc at Cornell University

pegah_nokhiz@alumni.brown.edu
Lucy Qin

Brown Computer Science PhD Graduate, Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University's Initiative for Technology and Society

lucy_qin@alumni.brown.edu
Leah Rosenbloom

Brown Computer Science PhD Graduate, Postdoc at Northeastern University

leah_rosenbloom@alumni.brown.edu
Nasim Sonboli

Former Postdoctoral Research Associate in Data Science

nasim_sonboli@brown.edu

People

People

Qinan Yu

Nora Cai

Robayet Hossain

Emma Huang

Nora Cai

Emma Huang

Lucy Qin