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Each year, a panel of leaders from across academia, government, industry and civil society evaluate applications to the PIT-UN Network Challenge, identifying promising new projects to recommend for funding.
Evaluation Committee members represent the breadth and depth of the field of public interest technology (PIT), with expertise in data privacy, cybersecurity, civil and human rights, entrepreneurship, law, policy and more. They gain insight into exciting new developments in the field, make connections with colleagues across sectors, and contribute to growing movement to place public interest at the heart of technology.
“PIT gives me hope that we will have technologists who ask the important questions of why technology is being created, how is it being deployed and how it is helping or harming communities as we rush to adopt it.”
India Still, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
2023 Evaluation Committee Members
Professor of Psychology and Dean for the Science, the Graduate Center
The City University of New York
Associate Director of CCSRE’s Technology and Racial Equity Initiative
Stanford University
Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Law, and Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
PhD Student in Sociology; Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Internet Studies
University of California Berkeley
"Being on the EC for two years allowed me to see how the field of PIT is growing and diversifying. It is also an incredible opportunity to learn from my peers and help build impactful research across the country."
Jess Reia
Asst. Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
Associate Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Founder and CEO (CodemariPhd LLC); Postdoctoral Researcher, computer science & engineering
CodemariPhd LLC; University of California, San Diego
Professor Emeritus, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware
"Serving on the PIT-UN Evaluation Committee allowed me to gain invaluable insight into the fantastic breadth of public interest technology programs that are in development across the country today, and to play a part in bringing these programs to life!"
Janna Huang
Center for Advanced Internet Studies at UC Berkeley
Data Science Practice Lead (CivicActions); Adjunct Professor of Data Science and Statistics (Villanova University)
CivicActions; Villanova University
Strategic Planning Officer, Division of Innovation and Change Management
DC Department of Human Services, Economic Security Administration
Experimental Biophysicist & Associate Teaching Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the School of Communication and Journalism
Florida International University
"This was a unique experience that lets you become a part of the ideas that will shape the future of communities and government."
John McNutt
Professor Emeritus, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration University of Delaware
“I am energized to see that technology for the public good is growing in university curricula and the importance of equal partnerships with communities is recognized and valued.”
María Elena Villar, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Florida International University
Questions about the Evaluation Committee?
Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Evaluation Committee”