From 2014 to 2016, Os Keyes worked for the Wikimedia Foundation as a Research Analyst. Between 2016 and the start of their Ph.D. program in 2017, Keyes worked at Rapid7.[1]
Starting in 2017, Keyes studied at the University of Washington under the Department of Human Centred Design & Engineering. The primary focus of their work during their Ph.D. candidacy focused on the implications of using facial recognition software for automatic gender recognition.[2][3]
In 2019, they testified in the Washington State House of Representatives in support of House Bill 1624 to restrict the government's ability to use facial recognition software.[4] That same year, they presented a talk at the 2019 WikidataCon, entitled "Questioning Wikidata."[5]
In 2025, Keyes served as a guest for multiple podcast episodes for QueerCME, discussing their research on transgender populations.[6][7] Later that year, they served as a speaker at a documentary screening at Northwestern University [8] and completed their dissertation.[9][10]
They currently work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell as a postdoctoral fellow, researching and teaching in Science and Technology Studies.[11][12][10]
