Jessica Fjeld is the Managing Director of the De|Center and an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center.
As a scholar and advocate, Jessica focuses on supporting the work of human rights defenders and creatives, especially as it intersects with emerging technology. Her interests include equity and inclusion; freedom of expression; business and human rights; and the governance of artificial intelligence. At the De|Center, Jessica works to counter digital authoritarianism by elevating the voices of highly marginalized communities who face persecution from police and other state actors, advocating for safety- and privacy-informed changes to everyday tech tools like messaging apps. Jessica was previously a Senior Advisor at BKC and the Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic, where she mentored students and represented clients at the intersection of technology, law, and social justice.
For many years, she represented BKC on the board of the Global Network Initiative, a multistakeholder organization that protects and advances user freedom of expression and privacy around the world. Earlier in her legal career, she worked in Business & Legal Affairs for WGBH Educational Foundation, where she advised the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and numerous WGBH productions, and at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she focused in corporate transactions. Jessica is also a poet, the author of Redwork (BOAAT Press, 2018), and the recipient of awards from the Poetry Society of America and the 92nd Street Y/Boston Review Discovery Prize. She holds a JD from Columbia Law School, where she was a Hamilton Fellow, James Kent Scholar and Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and the Arts; an MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts; and a BA from Columbia University. She lives in Vermont with her family.
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