Chris Gilliard, PhD, is the co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute, a writer, professor, and speaker whose scholarship examines digital privacy, surveillance, and the intersections of race, class, and technology. He was recently a JustTech Fellow of the Social Science Research Council, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center. Dr. Gilliard is a member of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry Scholars Council and Surveillance Technology Oversight Project community advisory board. His book Luxury Surveillance is forthcoming from MIT Press in 2025.
Relevant articles he wrote (may be login-restricted):
- The Rise of ‘Luxury Surveillance’ in The Atlantic
- A Black Woman Invented Home Security. Why Did It Go So Wrong? in Wired


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