Jessica Fjeld

As scholar, advocate, and senior leader, Jessica Fjeld (she/her) focuses on supporting the work of human rights defenders and creatives, especially as it intersects with emerging technology. Her interests include equity and inclusion; freedom of expression; business and human rights; law and the arts; and the governance of artificial intelligence. Jessica is the managing director of the De|Center, an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and a member of the boards of the Data Nutrition Project, and the Center for the Study of Technology and Society (CETyS) at Universidad de San Andres. Previously, Jessica was the Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She is also a poet, the author of Redwork (BOAAT Press, 2018), and the recipient of a chapbook fellowship from the Poetry Society of America and the 92nd Street Y/Boston Review Discovery Prize.