I work on community-based projects with an emphasis on justice in technology design.

 

I am a PhD Candidate in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (HSD) program at Arizona State University and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. I study how people create mechanisms for bodily and community autonomy in the current landscape of digital surveillance technologies (e.x. mutual aid, community health initiatives, etc.). I'm interested in how data-intensive technologies can be better designed and governed to support community autonomy. I draw on the fields of data justice, health social movements, future studies in my research.

 

I am a facilitator with experience bringing together researchers and community members across technology and the social sciences. Before starting my PhD program, I worked with the Center for Integrative Research in the Computing and Learning sciences.

I hold  B.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience (Magna Cum Laude) from Drexel University.

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Leah M. Friedman CV - Updated May 2026                                   Google Scholar Profile