online ecosystems,
tech equity
Karinna Gerhardt is a Manager on the Emerging Technologies team at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), where she leads tech policy initiatives centered on tech equity, AI, and data privacy. In today’s increasingly complex world where new technologies can create as many problems as they solve, she is committed to advancing policy solutions that safeguard individual rights and dignity.
Karinna previously consulted with Pyrra Technologies as a disinformation and extremism researcher, where she tracked the lifecycle of false narratives through online information ecosystems. Prior to joining FAS, she worked with the Public International Law & Policy Group to implement human rights and atrocity prevention programs in Bangladesh, Yemen, and Libya. Committed to a career in public service, Karinna is a Truman Scholar, and holds degrees in Political Science and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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