Dasha Pruss is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center, where she was a Fellow in 2023-2024.
She researches the societal implications of carceral technologies, including recidivism risk assessment instruments, predictive policing tools, electronic monitoring, and police use of facial recognition technology. In 2024, she organized "Prediction and Punishment: Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Carceral AI," which brought together scholars and activists from around the world to address technologies designed to police, incarcerate, and surveil human beings. Read the report here: https://carceral-ai.com
