People

Seán Boddy is an AI safety and geopolitics researcher whose work focuses on the governance, security, and social implications of advanced AI.

Nicole Brennan joins the Applied Social Media Lab as a Senior UX Designer. She is a Senior Product Designer and Board-Certified Cognitive…

Cruz Brito is the Operations Administrator, Institutes.

Sebastian Diaz is the Berkman Klein Center's Director of Technology. He guides the Berkman Klein Center's IT enterprise through a landscape of ever…

Shelby’s interest in the Berkman Klein Center’s work flourished after completing the center’s CopyrightX course in 2019. She has since been…

Chris Finck is a Systems Admin and Geek member working to keep Berkman Klein Center servers and technology projects in check.

Brigitte is a geopolitical and misinformation researcher who focuses on the distribution and impact of misinformation across social media platforms…

Margaret is a passionate finance leader with over 20 years of experience in building and scaling tech companies. 

Antoinette (Toni) Gardner is the Director of Operations, Institutes.

Valerie Gomez (she/hers) is a Program Manager engaged with the Educational Initiatives at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard…

Jennifer Hickey comes to ASML with a passion for public interest technology and years of experience as a software engineer, civil rights attorney,…

Chelsea Baltierra Johnson is a Principal Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. An experienced software engineer and social impact organizer,…

Josh Joseph is Berkman Klein’s Chief AI Scientist, the first role of its kind at BKC.

Darius is a Senior Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab working on open social media standards with a focus on ActivityPub and the Fediverse.

Jay Kemp (they/them) is the Berkman Klein Center's Executive Assistant, working as an administrative and programmatic partner for the Executive…

Alberto Leon is a senior software engineer specializing in decentralized identity architecture and mobile technologies, with extensive contributions…

Greg Leppert is the Chief Technologist of the Berkman Klein Center. He is also the Executive Director of the Institutional Data Initiative, a…

Meg is the Senior Director of the Applied Social Media Lab, focusing on building public interest technology that helps make information available and…

Matt is a Senior UX Designer at the Applied Social Media Lab, working on a variety of projects that serve the public good. He has over a decade…

Kalie Mayberry serves as the Project Manager for the Applied Social Media Lab.

I started my Harvard journey 8 years ago as a staff assistant at HMS in the Health Care Policy Department for 5 years before moving over to HSPH in…

Chelsea joined BKC in August 2021. She supports projects for the Center's leadership team, the RSM visiting scholars program, and helps manage BKC's…

Brendan A. Miller is a Principal Engineer with the Applied Social Media Laboratory. He researches and develops innovative protocols, architectures…

Sarah is the Outreach Coordinator at the Applied Social Media Lab, where she develops partnerships and builds collaborative networks to advance…

Jon Murley is the Center’s Administrative Director

Sarah Newman is the Director of Art & Education at metaLAB at Harvard.

Alex Pascal is the Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

Kathy Qian is a Senior Software Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. Her engineering work is focused on creating functional and thoughtfully…

Johnny is a Senior Software Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab working on making social media discourse safer and more democratic while…

Zoe is a Principal Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. Her work focuses on preserving news media, facilitating platform transparency, and…

Lara (she/her) is a Product Manager for the Applied Social Media Lab’s discourse work. She is working on tools that address barriers to discourse…

Nadiyah Shaheed is eager to assist in her role as Center Coordinator in advancing Berkman Klein Center's mission of "advancing public interest at the…

Samantha Shireman is a passionate pragmatist who develops technology products that break through the digital walls that divide people into polarized…

Rebecca Tabasky is honored to be part of the Berkman Klein Center core team as the Director of Community

Nora Trapp is an engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab, where she is deeply passionate about advancing privacy as a fundamental human right. With…

Jess Weaver is a nonprofit communicator, evaluator, and qualitative UX researcher with a focus on civic technology.

Ellen Willemin is the Program Manager for Educational Initiatives at the Berkman Klein Center.

There’s a new boss in town: Friday is the Special Assistant to the Director of Community.