Lauren Chambers is a Ph.D. student at the UC Berkeley School of Information. Advised by technology law expert Prof. Deirdre Mulligan, she studies the intersection of data, technology, and sociopolitical advocacy. Her primary project is a mixed-methods qualitative study exploring the roles of 'public interest technologists' within civil society and advocacy organizations, as they are shaping policy, informing legal arguments, and transforming political campaigns.
Previously Lauren was the staff technologist at the ACLU of Massachusetts, where she explored government data in order to inform citizens and lawmakers about the effects of legislation and government on our civil liberties. Lauren received her Bachelor's degree from Yale in 2017, where she double-majored in astrophysics and African American studies, and she spent two years after graduation in Baltimore supporting NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission as a software developer.
