Hi, I’m Becca. ︎
I’m a researcher-programmer-artist exploring feminist approaches to the design of AI/ML technologies and artifacts. I explore how users of tech platforms engage in forms of resistance and exercise control in the face of power asymmetries.
Currently, I’m the Head of Open Source Research & Investigations at Mozilla Foundation, where I study how people interact with algorithms and advocate for greater civil society oversight.
I’m a researcher-programmer-artist exploring feminist approaches to the design of AI/ML technologies and artifacts. I explore how users of tech platforms engage in forms of resistance and exercise control in the face of power asymmetries.
Currently, I’m the Head of Open Source Research & Investigations at Mozilla Foundation, where I study how people interact with algorithms and advocate for greater civil society oversight.
I’m a founding member of tendernet, a feminist collective exploring critical and participatory design practices in AI. We’ve taught workshops and spoken at the Toronto Museum of Contemporary Art, RISD, MIT, NYU, and other spaces.
In 2021, I served on the Steering Committee for the Partnership on AI’s ABOUT ML project and Ford Foundation’s Public Interest Technology network, and I was recognized as one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.
Previously, I was a 2017-2018 Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow hosted at Human Rights Watch. Before that, I worked as a design technologist in the tech industry, where I prototyped experiences with emerging technologies.
While completing my master’s degree from NYU-ITP, my research explored how algorithmic categorization on social media operates as a form of ‘soft’ power. In my own creative practice, I use code to machine knit textiles, generate computational texts, create 3D photogrammetric models, and program art bots. You can read more about my creative work and research on my blog.
