BKC Welcomes 2025-26 New Community Members
Fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates join BKC
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is delighted to welcome new community members for the 2025–2026 academic year.
This select group of incoming fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates at the Berkman Klein Center is engaging directly with some of the most urgent and complex questions shaping our digital era—particularly those arising from rapid advances in and proliferation of artificial intelligence.
Fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates are exploring critical issues, such as scaling agentic AI in healthcare to improve care delivery, examining the use of AI in legal decision-making and online policy enforcement, and framing tech as a human rather than divine enterprise. Together, these scholars and practitioners, along with the Center’s faculty and staff, will advance interdisciplinary inquiry at the frontiers of digital technology, its impact on people, and implications for society.
"I’m very excited to welcome this diverse set of outstanding scholars and practitioners into the Berkman Klein Center community," said Executive Director Alex Pascal. "Their expertise will further strengthen BKC’s commitment to conducting innovative, rigorous research and fostering critical conversations on AI, social media, and digital governance."
For more than 25 years, the Berkman Klein Center has cultivated a vibrant intellectual ecosystem where ideas cross disciplines and borders.
"We are deeply privileged as a Center to be able to bring together and support such a remarkably broad network. The range of experiences and perspectives people in the community share, and the way folks champion each other, propels their research to have impact in new dimensions. We look forward to collaborating on meaningful, pressing work in the public interest in the year ahead," noted BKC Director of Community Rebecca Tabasky.
2025-2026 New Community Members
Mostafa Abdou, Affiliate
Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
Examines the relationship between technologies such as AI models and conceptions of language and knowledge production, while investigating their cognitive, social, and psychological impacts.
Aparna Balagopalan, Affiliate
Research Scientist, WRITER
Designs and evaluates AI systems for high-stakes contexts such as legal decision-making and online policy enforcement, with a focus on models that provide ethically and procedurally grounded justifications.
Jonathan Choi, Faculty Associate
Professor of Law, WashU Law
Applies large language models to legal problems, including empirical legal studies, policing, judicial decision-making, arbitration, and tax law.
Greg M. Epstein, Affiliate
Humanist Chaplain, Harvard University and MIT
Convenes conversations with religious, ethical, and technological leaders on the moral implications of Silicon Valley technology, framing tech as a human rather than divine enterprise.
Sean McGregor, Fellow
Co-Founder, AI Verification and Evaluation Research Institute (AVERI)
Executive Director, Responsible AI Collaborative (incidentdatabase.ai)
Researches the scientific, engineering, legal, and market requirements for insuring AI systems, including data collection, evaluation, verification, and organizational structures.
Backtosch Mustafa, Affiliate
Physician and Public Health Expert, Harvard University
Researches how to design, govern, and scale agentic AI in healthcare to improve care delivery while safeguarding patient rights and advancing health equity.
Tim G. J. Rudner, Faculty Associate
Assistant Professor, Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto
Conducts research on probabilistic machine learning, AI safety, and AI governance, focusing on the statistical foundations of generative models, safe and trustworthy agentic AI, and governance mechanisms for frontier AI models.
Samantha Weinstock, Affiliate
Executive Director, United States - Japan Innovation Institute
Works on AI safety collaborations between researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders in Japan, with plans to foster cross-cultural dialogue and convenings at BKC.