Sharon Strover

Dr. Strover is the Philip G. Warner Regents Professor in Communication, former Chair of the Radio-TV-Film Department at the University of Texas, and now Professor in the School of Journalism and Media where she teaches communication technology and policy courses and co-directs the Technology and Information Policy Institute. She is a founding member and former Chair of Good Systems, the UT-Austin Grand Challenge research project examining Ethics in AI. Her current research projects examine AI, surveillance technologies and public policy; broadband network deployment and economic development; libraries and digital literacy; and the digital divide. Sharon has worked with several international, national and regional government agencies, foundations, and advisory groups on communications policy matters, including Facebook, the EU, The Institute for Library and Museum Services, The US Department of Agriculture, the FCC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Micron, and Texas state agencies such as the Department of Information Resources, Health and Human Services, the Texas State Library, and others. She is on the Editorial Boards of major communication journals and has chaired two divisions in the International Communication Association. Her work can be found in several major professional journals. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her graduate degrees from Stanford University.