Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
Jess Reia is an Assistant Professor of Data Science & Public Policy and a 2025-2027 Andrew Carnegie Fellow at the University of Virginia, where they co-lead the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab. They are also a Visiting Scholar at Fudan University and a Research Associate at the Data & Society Research Institute. Reia works primarily on topics of technology policy, data justice, human rights and urban governance. A policymaker by training, they have collaborated with governments for over a decade and conducted research that has been published in four languages. Reia is also a public scholar whose writing and interviews have been featured in numerous outlets, including Estadão, Le Devoir, and BBC.
