Dr. Dana Calacci studies the socio-technical and legal impacts of datafication and AI on communities, especially worker groups. Through collaborations like the Workers Algorithm Observatory, which she helps direct, she designs and deploys technologies with communities that aim to answer their most pressing questions about the impact of AI, new platforms, and surveillance on their lives. Dana received her PhD from MIT’s Media Lab in 2023, and a B.S. in computer science from Northeastern University in 2015. She also has experience as a startup co-founder and a mixed-media artist. Her writing and work has appeared or been featured in NPR’s Radiolab, Gizmodo, Wired, Reuters, The Atlantic’s CityLab, the New York Times, and other major publications.