Alondra Nelson, PhD

Harold F. Linder Professor · Institute for Advanced Study

Alondra Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. Widely known for her research at the intersection of science, politics, and social inequality, she currently leads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Her work sits at the intersection of racial formation and social citizenship on the one hand, and emerging scientific and technological phenomena on the other. Dr. Nelson is a leading expert on inequality and the social implications of new technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data, and human gene-editing She is the author, most recently, of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome. Her books also include Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination; Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DNA, Race, and History; and Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life. She is also editor of "Afrofuturism".

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