Siegel Family Endowment is proud to announce the 2025–2026 cohort of Siegel Research Fellows. This cohort brings together a group of scholars and practitioners working at the intersections of technology, labor, and governance. Spanning economics, computer science, law, ethnography, public policy, and public interest technology, the fellows are united by a shared focus on power, participation, and accountability in technological systems.
Tiauna Webb is a faith-rooted public interest technologist and social impact strategist committed to advancing digital equity, cultural memory, and justice within Black communities across the Diaspora. As Co-Director of Public Interest Technology at the #BlackTechFutures Research Institute, she supports…
Sabrina Shih serves as an AI Governance Fellow at the AI Governance Lab at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), where she works to develop and promote adoption of robust, technically-informed solutions for the effective regulation and governance of…
Michael Saxon is a Siegel Family Endowment Fellow and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington. He works on evaluating artificial intelligence systems, particularly language models and text-to-image models, for technical performance and social impacts.…
Melina Much is a postdoctoral fellow for NYU’s Center for the Study of Social Media and Politics. She attained her PhD from the University of California, Irvine in 2024 along with a Masters in Math and Behavioral Sciences. For CSMaP,…
B Cavello is a technology and facilitation expert who is passionate about creating social change by empowering everyone to participate in technological and social governance. They serve as director of emerging technologies for Aspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute. B…
Aurelia Glass is a policy analyst for the Inclusive Economy team at American Progress with a focus on the American Worker Project. Glass formerly worked as a mechanical engineer and pursued a master’s in international economics and finance at the…
Chiara Chanoi is a research assistant at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she worked as a research staff associate at Columbia University’s Department of Economics. She also participated in the Archer Fellowship program and…
Sohyeon is a Postdoctoral Associate at Princeton University, in the Center for Information Technology Policy. Her research work asks how everyday people can shape the governance of technologies underpinning their social, economic, and political lives. She pursues this by examining…