I’m an associate professor in the Department of Information Science at Cornell University, associate member of the faculty at Cornell Law School, and field faculty in Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, and Data Science.

I research the legal, organizational, social, and ethical aspects of data-intensive technologies. I am interested in what happens when we use digital technologies to enforce rules and make decisions about people, particularly in contexts marked by conditions of inequality. A good deal of my research considers the impact of data-intensive technologies on work and workers. I also study the role of data collection technologies in intimate relationships, and how they contribute to practices of both care and control.

My book, Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance, was published in 2022 by Princeton University Press.

Here are a few nice summaries of my work:

• Vox made a really nice video about my trucking research
• Cornell Alumni magazine profiled my work on data collection and privacy
• I spoke with Princeton University Press about books I like and my approach to research
• Some of my favorite books about technology

I have a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University and a JD from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. I’m a New America Fellow and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).