Fritz Family Fellowship

The Fritz Family Fellowship is a unique program that is designed to be interdisciplinary from the ground up. Each research project is co-designed and mentored by faculty from at least two different parts of the campus, building multiple disciplines into the foundation of the research. Building on expertise from across Tech & Society, the Fritz Family Fellowship aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders with expertise in the social impacts of technology, and build a network of public interest technologists who learn from and support each other’s work.



Current Fellows

Amro Abdalla

Predoctoral (Ph.D.) Fellow
Immunizing Generative AI Models

Susan Aboeid

Law Fellow
Universities and Surveillance

Emilia Antúnez Marchetti

Masters Fellow
Regenerative and Resilient Food Systems

David Atkinson

Postdoctoral Fritz Fellow
Evaluating and Benchmarking AI Systems

Parijat Chakrabarti

Postdoctoral Fellow
Regenerative and Resilient Food Systems

Sarah Chao

Undergraduate Fellow
Mapping the Use of Empirical Evidence in Digital Platform Litigation

Chris Cheng

Fritz Fellow
Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Competition Enforcement

Arjun D’Souza

Masters Fellow
Mapping the Use of Empirical Evidence in Digital Platform Litigation

Ayah Eldosougi

Postdoc Fellow
Universities and Surveillance

Alessandra Garcia Guevara

Undergraduate Fellow
AI-Generated Images and Identifiability

Nandini Kodali

Masters Fellow
Public Health Needs and Privacy Issues

Avand Lakmazaheri

Masters Fellow
User Controls for Algorithmic Recommendations

Sara Lignell

Undergraduate Fellow
Pre-Customized Chatbots

Larissa Lourdes Johnson

Undergraduate Fellow
Universities and Surveillance

Rupayan Mallick

Postdoctoral Fellow
AI-Generated Images and Identifiability

Kylie O’Donnell

Law Fellow
SmartLINK and Immigrant Surveillance

Wisdom Obinna

Predoctoral (Ph.D.) Fellow
Perceptions of AI-Generated Art

Dawson Petersen

Postdoctoral Fellow
Empirical Approaches to Legal Interpretation

Joel Piels

Undergraduate Fellow
User Controls for Algorithmic Recommendations

Marianna Poyares

Postdoctoral Fellow
SmartLINK and Immigrant Surveillance

Giulia Pullano

Postdoctoral Fellow
Public Health Needs and Privacy Issues

Lucy Qin

Postdoctoral Fellow
Pre-Customized Chatbots

Vivienne Reed

Law Fellow
Perceptions of AI-Generated Art

Abby Rochman

Masters Fellow
Familial Privacy Dynamics and Control Mechanics

MJ Ruff

Masters Fellow
Evaluating and Benchmarking AI Systems

Muhammad Saad

Masters Fellow
Public Health Needs and Privacy Issues

Brennan Schaffner

Postdoctoral Fellow
Mapping the Use of Empirical Evidence in Digital Platform Litigation

Maggie Shen

Undergraduate Fellow
Immunizing Generative AI Models

Angela Sidhu

Undergraduate Fellow
SmartLINK and Immigrant Surveillance

Nikita Tatachar

Undergraduate Fellow
Regenerative and Resilient Food Systems

Celeste Valentino

Masters Fellow
Familial Privacy Dynamics and Control Mechanics

Ryan Wails

Postdoctoral Fellow
Data Collection from Distributed Sensitive Sources

Judy Wang

Undergraduate Fellow
Perceptions of AI-Generated Art

Annique Wong

Law Fellow
Evaluating and Benchmarking AI Systems

Tracy Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Competition Enforcement

Amr Yakout

Fritz Fellow
Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Competition Enforcement

Eric Zeng

Postdoctoral Fellow
User Controls for Algorithmic Recommendations

Ariana Zhao

Masters Fellow
Regenerative and Resilient Food Systems


Past Fellows

  • Savanah Diaz (Predoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Cecile Duncan (Law Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Nina-Simone Edwards (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Britney Firmin (Law Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Jeffrey Gao (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Tessa Giordano (Law Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Gordon Grandbouche (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Minji Jang (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Charlotte Kim (Law Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Smitha Krishna Prasad (Predoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Isabel Liu (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Rupayan Mallick (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Tai Markman (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Dorea Marshall (Law Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Wisdom Obinna (Predoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Alexa Panati (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Marianna Poyares (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Giulia Pullano (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Lucy Qin (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Ankita Sharma (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Maggie Shen (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Wendy (Yundi) Shi (Masters Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Brandon Waldon (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Judy Wang (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Josh Wiesenfeld (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)
  • Miranda Xiong (Undergraduate Fellow, 2024-2025)

  • Harel Berger (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Alivia Castor (Undergraduate Fellow, Spring 2024)
  • Alice Chen (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Brenda Dvoskin (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Roy Hwang (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Lou Jacquin (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Mac Milin Kiran (Masters Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Hannah Kubat (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2023)
  • Annika Lin (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Zoë Moore (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Jahnavi Mukul (Masters Fellow, Fall 2023)
  • Julia Nonnenkamp (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Ashwin Ramaswami (Law Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Sydney Raymond (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Fiona Richards (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Camila Rodrigues Gomes (Predoctoral Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Jamie Spoeri (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2023)
  • Isabella Stratta (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Esther Tetruashvily (Law Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Katie Wells (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Jason Yi (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Anna Yuan (Undergraduate Fellow, 2023–2024)
  • Liel Zino (Masters Fellow, 2023–2024)

  • KC Ashiogwu (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Fiona Calcagnini (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • James Doyle (Masters Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Justin Goldstein (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2022)
  • Ayelet Gordon (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Paul James (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Mac Milin Kiran (Masters Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Michael Kranzlein (Predoctoral Fellow, 2021–2023)
  • Sabrina Kwenda (Undergraduate Fellow, Spring 2022)
  • JJ Naddeo (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Margaret Neely (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Rich Pihlstrom (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2023)
  • Ashwin Ramaswami (Law Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Fiona Richards (Undergraduate Fellow, 2022–2024)
  • Esther Tetruashvily (Law Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Katie Wells (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Sean Ye (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2022)

  • Maddox Angerhofer (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Shriya Annamaneni (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Maximilian A. Brossy (Masters Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Beba Cibralic (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Paul-Emmanuel Courtines (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Natasha Dolmon (Masters Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Kyle Jacobson (Masters Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Meera Kolluri (Masters Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Michael Kranzlein (Predoctoral Fellow, 2021–2023)
  • Alex Lin (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Shuo Liu (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2022)
  • JJ Naddeo (Predoctoral Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Neil Pareddy (Masters Fellow, Spring 2022)
  • Abhinav Ramaswamy (Undergraduate Fellow, Spring 2022)
  • Brian Taylor (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2021)
  • Esther Tetruashvily (Law Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Pooja Thapar (Masters Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Katie Wells (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021–2024)
  • Joyce Yang (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)
  • Jack Zhang (Undergraduate Fellow, 2021–2022)

  • Meenakshi Balan (Undergraduate Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Lindsey Barrett (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Kunal Borde (Undergraduate Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Ian Carrico (Law Fellow, Summer 2020)
  • Jason Farr (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Adam Ginsburg (Undergraduate Fellow, Summer 2020)
  • Mark Hanin (Professional Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Wyatt Hoffman (Professional Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Obinna Ogochuku Iloani (Law Fellow, Summer 2020)
  • Shuo Liu (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2022)
  • Romina Montellano Yoerg (Law Fellow, Summer 2020)
  • Sheel Patel (Undergraduate Fellow, Fall 2020)
  • Madeline Pfister (Undergraduate Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Elise Philips (Law Fellow, Summer 2020)
  • Agoritsa Polyzou (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Garrett Quenneville (Professional Fellow, 2020–2021)
  • Arjun Ravi (Undergraduate Fellow, 2020–2021)