Meet the 2019 Non-Resident Fellows

Intoducing a new cohort of practitioner fellows at the Digital Civil Society Lab

In January 2019 the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society will welcome its second cohort of Non-Resident Fellows.

Launched in 2017, the fellowship program provides social sector leaders with the time, space, expertise and financial support to help turn ideas and prototypes into action. Fellows will undertake yearlong projects to advance the safe, ethical and effective use of digital resources in civil society.

The inaugural cohort of Non-Resident Fellows built online tools for understanding digital privacy regulations, drafted new data governance mechanisms, launched a giving data collaborative, and incubated a digital security exchange for nonprofits.

Meet the 2019 cohort:

• Nicole Ozer is Technology and Civil Liberties Director at ACLU of Northern California. Ms. Ozer will work with the research team at the Digital Civil Society Lab on its Mapping the Policy Infrastructure of Digital Civil Society project.
• Kip Wainscott is senior advisor and Silicon Valley representative for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Mr. Wainscott will work with the research team at the Digital Civil Society Lab on its Mapping the Policy Infrastructure of Digital Civil Society project.
• Jasmine McNealy is assistant professor in the College of Communication and Journalism at the University of Florida, and a fellow with Data & Society and the Berkman Klein Center. Professor McNealy will explore the creation and use of data trusts by civil society organizations with a focus on the claim of “mutual benefit” in data trust projects as it relates to marginalized communities.
• Alix Dunn is founder of The Engine Room. Ms. Dunn will research and design ways to build “technical intuition” to empower civil society leaders to navigate digital spaces, put technology to work for their causes, and influence policy.
• Scott Astrada is director of federal advocacy at the Center for Responsible Lending and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Mr. Astrada will research a model of “regulatory sandboxes” for fintech innovations aimed at promoting financial inclusion.
• Natalie Cadranel is founder and director of Open Archive and a consulting archivist for the Investigation Lab at UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center and DocNow. Ms. Cadranel will expand research, design, and outreach with global human rights organizations and advocates to create open source tools that protect their documentation for evidentiary use.

Stay tuned for project updates from the fellows throughout 2019!

The Digital Civil Society Lab is a research initiative at Stanford Unviersity investigating the challenges and opportunities for civil society to thrive in the digital age. Learn more here.