The Social Science Research Council’s Just Tech program is grateful to the expert advisors and leaders who have collaborated to conceive, design, and help build the Just Tech Fellowship.
2019 Just Tech Fellowship Steering Committee
Sareeta Amrute
Ruha Benjamin
Meredith Broussard
Simone Browne
Joy Buolamwini
Stephanie Dinkins
Sorelle Friedler
Alexandra Givens
Moritz Hardt
William Isaac
Jason Edward Lewis
Brandeis Marshall
Yeshimabeit (Yeshi) Milner
Alondra Nelson
Safiya Umoja Noble
Diana Nucera
Desmond Patton
Dorothy Roberts
Hannah Sassaman
Latanya Sweeney
Meredith Whittaker
Maya Wiley
The idea of a new model of fellowship to support leaders at the intersection of technology and social justice was first conceived by a committee of field leaders convened by the Ford and MacArthur Foundations in 2019. The committee was tasked with coalescing an emergent strategy to support emerging and existing field leaders in a moment of crisis and upheaval, and to expand the field and build pathways for collaboration. Artist and researcher Mimi Ọnụọha played a pivotal role in guiding the committee’s work and developing the new fellowship model that would become the Just Tech Fellowship.
2020-2021 Just Tech Planning Committee
Hector Amaya
Sareeta Amrute
Alex Gil
William Isaac
Jessica Marie Johnson
Karrie Karahalios
Diana Nucera
Suresh Venkatasubramanian
When the Social Science Research Council became the home for the fellowship and built its Just Tech program, it convened a group of advisors to ensure continuity in program design and implementation in line with the Council’s mission.