Post-Doctoral Scholar
UC Berkeley School of Information
Anna Lauren Hoffmann is a trans woman and scholar working at the intersections of information, technology, culture, and ethics. Her research considers the ways in which the design and use of information technology can promote or hinder the pursuit of social justice. In addition, she employs discourse analysis to explore the values and biases that underwrite understandings of technology, privacy, and ethics as promoted by various stakeholders. Her work has appeared in various scholarly journals, as well as mainstream and independent popular publications, including (most recently) the Los Angeles Review of Books.