Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of both Media, Culture, and Communication and Computer Science at New York University, where she is also Coordinator and Senior Faculty Fellow of the Information Law Institute. Her areas of expertise span the social, ethical, and political implications of information technology and digital media. Nissenbaum's research publications have appeared in journals of philosophy, politics, law, media studies, information studies, and computer science. She has written and edited four books, including Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life, which was published in 2010 by Stanford University Press.
Professor Nissenbaum is currently engaged with two initiatives: the Privacy Research Group, which examines privacy in the digital age; and the Values In Design Council, a community resource for the study and implementation of values in technology design (VID).
The National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Ford Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator have supported her work on privacy, security, and trust online, as well as several studies of values embodied in computer system design, including search engines, digital games, facial recognition technology, and health information systems.
Before joining the faculty at NYU, Professor Nissenbaum served as Associate Director of the Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
Degree(s):
B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1975
B.A., Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1976
M.A., Social Sciences in Education, Stanford University, 1978
Ph.D., Philosophy, Stanford University, 1983
