Mona Sloane is an assistant professor of data science and media studies at the University of Virginia. She studies the intersection of technology and society, specifically in the context of AI design, use, and policy. She is a faculty lead in the Digital Technology and Democracy Lab at UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy, affiliated faculty with the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and faculty affiliate with the Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment research initiative. Sloane also convenes the Co-Opting AI series and serves as the editor of the Co-Opting AI book series at the University of California Press, as well as the technology editor for Public Books. Her growing research group, Sloane Lab, conducts empirical research on the implications of technology for the organization of social life and spearheads social science leadership in applied work on responsible AI, public scholarship, and technology policy. Sloane holds a B.A. in communications and cultural management from Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science.