Category: Meet the Researcher
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Meet the Researcher: Sam Hafferty
Sam Hafferty is part of the 2024 – 2026 Emerging Scholar Program cohort at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). Hafferty is contributing to work concerning data privacy regulation and broadband equity. Princeton undergraduate Jason Persaud ‘27 recently sat down with Hafferty to discuss how they got started in this type of work,…
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Meet the Researcher: Nitya Nadgir
Nitya Nadgir is a recent alumnus of the Emerging Scholars program at the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton University from 2023 – 2025 where she brought her interests of data privacy, surveillance, and media-driven polarization to the Center. During her time at CITP, Nitya worked with researchers to develop evaluations for agentic…
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Meet the Researcher: Mona Wang
Mona Wang is a Princeton Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy. Wang recently sat down with undergraduate student Tsion Kergo ‘26 for an interview where they discussed her research into surveillance technologies, what developed her interest in cryptography, and warns about the security risks of social…
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Meet the Researcher: Dominik Stammbach
Dominik Stammbach is a postdoctoral researcher at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. Stammbach completed his PhD at ETH Zürich in Switzerland and is now a part of Professor Peter Henderson’s POLARIS (Princeton Language+Law, Artificial Intelligence, & Society) Lab, which conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and law. Stammbach recently…
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Meet the Researcher: Varun Rao
Varun Rao is Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. Rao recently sat down with Princeton undergraduate student Tsion Kergo ‘26 for an interview to discuss his research interests, academic background, and the importance of responsible technology in society. Their conversation has been edited…
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Meet the Researcher: Manoel Horta Ribeiro
In an increasingly digital world, online platforms have transformed our primary means of communication and interaction. As such, platforms enable intersections between technological innovation, culture, and human behavior. Manoel Horta Ribeiro, the new Assistant Professor in Princeton University’s Department of Computer Science, can’t help but dig deeper into the implications of these interactions. Horta Ribeiro…