Zoe Kahn
PhD Student
Focus
Biography
Zoe Kahn is a seventh year PhD Candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information co-advised by Jenna Burrell and Joshua Blumenstock.
To inform the design of more responsible tech and tech policy, her research integrates the perspectives of people with lived expertise alongside people with domain expertise (e.g., data scientists, policymakers, privacy scholars). She use qualitative methods to understand the perspectives and experiences of impacted communities, and leverages storytelling to influence the design of technical systems and the policies that surround their use. Zoe has conducted empirical studies in rural villages in Togo, rural ranching communities in the United States, and with people experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area.
Website: https://zoebkahn.github.io/
