Laura DeNardis
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Laura DeNardis | |
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 Laura DeNardis in 2014 at the United States Department of State | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation(s) | Author and professor |
Laura DeNardis is an American author and a scholar of Internet governance and technical infrastructure. She is the Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University.[1] DeNardis is an affiliated Fellow of the Yale Information Society Project at Yale Law School[2] and served as its executive director from 2008 to 2011. She previously served as a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Director of Research for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.[3] With a background in information technology engineering and a doctorate in Science and Technology Studies (STS), her research studies the social and political implications of Internet technical architecture and governance. Domestically, she served as an appointed member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) during the Obama Administration.[4] She has more than two decades of experience as an expert consultant in Internet Governance to Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and government agencies.
In 2020, Wired UK listed DeNardis as one of "32 Global Innovators Who Are Building a Better Future."[5] Her expertise and scholarship have been featured in Science Magazine, The Economist, NPR, New York Times, ABC news, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Slate, Reuters, Forbes, The Atlantic, the Globe and Mail, Investor's Business Daily, and The Wall Street Journal.
In 2015 Laura DeNardis was elected as a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
Laura DeNardis was born in New Haven, CT, in 1966. She is married to finance executive Deborah Smith. DeNardis and Smith's was one of the first same sex marriages in Connecticut in 2008.[6]
DeNardis earned a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, an MEng from Cornell University, an AB in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College, and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from Yale Law School.
She resides in Washington, D.C.
Books
- The Internet in Everything (Yale University Press, 2020) ISBN 9780300233070
- Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures (MIT Press 2020) ISBN 9780262539753
- The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance (Palsgrave, 2016) ISBN 9781137533265
- The Global War for Internet Governance (Yale University Press, 2014) ISBN 9780300212525
- Opening Standards: The Global Politics of Interoperability (MIT Press, 2011) ISBN 9780262016025
- Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance (MIT Press, 2009) ISBN 9780262526753
- Information Technology in Theory (Thompson, 2007) ISBN 9781423901402
Areas of Expertise
- Research Concentration in Global Internet Governance
- U.S. Cyber Policy and International Cybersecurity
- Cyber Cooperation
- Technology, Media and World Politics
- Geopolitics of Technical Architecture Design
- Civil Liberties Online
- Cyber Institutions
- Privatized Governance
- Intellectual property
- Technical Expertise: Internet Protocols and Architecture
- Applied Mathematical Programming
- Domain Name System and Critical Internet Resources
- Telecommunications Engineering
- Information and Communication Technology Strategy
- Internet Interoperability
Involvement with the Global Commission on Internet Governance
DeNardis served as the Research Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance ourinternet.org (2014–2016).
She is also the Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (2013–present).
