Technology, Law, and Leadership: Author and Contributor Biographies

Biographies of Authors and Contributors

The list below collects all of the authors and speakers whose work has appeared on syllabi for Technology, Law, and Leadership at different points in time.

• The ABA Center for Innovation is a research center that focuses on technology, innovation, design, and the legal services industry.
• Zach Abramowitz is a lawyer and legaltech entrepreneur.
• Joseph Andrew was the Global Chairman of Dentons.
• Scott Armstrong is Emeritus Professor of Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.
• Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. 
• David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times.
• Brené Brown is Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston, and a podcaster.
• Martin Campbell-Kelly is Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus) at the University of Warwick (UK).
• Ed Catmull is a computer scientist who co-founded Pixar and served as president of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
• Shannon Cleverley-Thompson is a leadership consultant and coach.
• Jim Collins is a researcher, author, and speaker on leadership, management, and organizational change.
• Kate Crawford is a Research Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Principal Researcher at MSR-NYC. She is the inaugural Visiting Chair for AI and Justice at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and the co-founder of the AI Now Institute at NYU. She is the author of The Atlas of AI.
• Dan Currell is a lawyer and former Managing Director at AdvanceLaw.
• Laura DeNardis is Professor of Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown University and the author of The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch.
• Stephen Denning is an author and management consultant.
• Michele DeStefano is Professor of Law at the University of Miami and Founder and Director, LawWithoutWalls (LWOW). She is the author of Legal Upheaval: A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation in Law.
• Cory Doctorow is a journalist and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. 
• Carol Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
• David Epstein is an investigative reporter and the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.
• Keith Ferrazzi is an American author and entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight. He is the author of Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration.
• Joseph Folkman is an author, speaker, and psychometrician specializing in leadership development.
• Brett Frischmann is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics at Villanova University and the co-author (with Evan Selinger) of Re-Engineering Humanity
• Jordan Furlong is a lawyer, journalist, and legal sector analyst.
• Tarleton Gillespie is Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University.
• Gerd Gigerenzer is a researcher on decision-making.
• James Gleick is an author and researcher.
• Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and author.
• Robert Gordon is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History, and Professor of History, at Yale University (Emeritus).
• Ilsa Govan is co-founder of Cultures Connecting, a professional development consultancy.
• Emily Gregory is an author and consultant.
• Joseph Grenny is Chair of the Board of The Other Side Academy.
• James Grimmelmann is the Tessler Family Professor of Digital and Information Law at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School.
• Gillian Hadfield is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance at Johns Hopkins University She is the author of Rules for a Flat World: Why Humans Invented Law and How to Reinvent It for a Complex Global Economy.
• Todd Henderson is the Michael J. Marks Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and the co-author (with Salen Churi) of The Trust Revolution: How the Digitization of Trust Will Revolutionize Business and Government.
• William Henderson is the Stephen F. Burns Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, the editor of Legal Evolution, and the co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Law Practice (IFLP).
• The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) is an independent research and public policy advocacy organization headquartered at the University of Denver.
• Phil Jackson is a former professional basketball player and coach who won eleven NBA championship rings as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers.
• Dean Karlan is Professor of Economics and Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
• Robert Kelley is a Distinguished Service Professor of Management at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
• Barbara Kellerman is the James McGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.
• Daniel Kluttz was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the UC Berkeley School of Information and now works at Microsoft in the Office of Responsible AI.
• Rebecca Knight is a journalist.
• Thomas Kolditz is the Founding Director of the Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University and a retired Brigadier General in the U.S. Army who led the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point for 12 years. He is the author of In Extremis Leadership: Leading As If Your Life Depended On It.
• John Kotter is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.
• Roderick Kramer is the William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus at Stanford Business School.
• Carolyn Lamm is a partner with White & Case, LLP.
• Marc Lauritsen is a long-time lawyer and legal technologist.
• Lisa Leong is an Australian radio host, lawyer, and a former CEO of Ohten APAC, a leader in Client-Centred Innovation and Strategic Account Leadership.
• Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a co-founder of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He is the author of They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy.
• David Levi is the Levi Family Professor of Law and Judicial Studies at the Duke University School of Law and Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute. He was previously the James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law.
• Jennifer Light is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, and Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, at MIT.
• Orly Lobel is the Don Weckstein Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and the author of The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future.
• Dave Logan is Lecturer in Management and Organization at the USC Marshall School of Business and the co-author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization.
• Maura MacPhee is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing.
• David Maister is a consultant and former professor at the Harvard Business School.
• Bridget McCormack is a former law professor, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, and the President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association.
• Ron McMillan is an author and co-founder at VitalSmarts.
• Caitlin “Cat” Moon is Director of the PoLI Institute and Innovation Design and the Program on Law & Innovation, and Lecturer in Law, at Vanderbilt Law School.
• Sylvia Moses works at NewPoint Real Estate Capital.
• Deirdre Mulligan is Professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, a faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
• Lisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Cultures at the University of Michigan and the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.
• Safiya Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies, where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. She is the author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.
• Beth Noveck is Professor at Northeastern University and Director of the Governance Lab (GovLab).
• Elinor Ostrom was senior research director of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, Distinguished Professor and Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, and professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the first woman to do so.
• Richard Pascale was an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University.
• Frank Pasquale is Professor of Law at at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School and the author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information.
• Kerry Patterson is an author and co-founder of Crucial Learning.
• Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the author of Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation.
• Deborah Rhode was Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the Director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School.
• Larry Robertson is a writer, speaker, and advisor to businesses.
• Michael Sacasas is a writer about technology and society. Currently, he is the author of a Substack titled “The Convivial Society.”
• Jason Schultz is Professor of Clinical Law at New York University, Director of NYU’s Technology Law & Policy Clinic, Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, and Area Lead in Law & Policy for the AI Now Institute. He is the co-author (with Aaron Perzanowski) of The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy.
• Jerry Sternin was the Director of the Positive Deviance Initiative.
• Susan Sturm is George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility at Columbia Law School.
• Jasmine Sun writes about Silicon Valley and tech culture. She has a Substack.
• Harry Surden is Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.
• Daniel Susskind is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University and the author of A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond.
• Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to professional firms and to national governments. His main area of expertise is the future of professional services and the way in which the work of lawyers is changing. He is the author of Online Courts and the Future of Justice.
• Al Switzler is an author, management consultant, and co-founder of VitalSmarts.
• Bjarne Tellman is CEO of FjordStream Advisors and former General Counsel and a Member of the Executive Committee at Haleon PLC.
• Anthony Thompson is Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus at New York University School of Law and the author of Dangerous Leaders: How & Why Lawyers Must be Taught to Lead. 
• Duc Trang is Managing Director with Landon Advisory Services and a former Managing Director with Major, Lindsay & Africa Transform Advisory Services.
• Zeynep Tufecki (Zeynep Tüfekçi) is a sociologist and Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
• Fred Turner is a Professor of Communication at Stanford University.
• Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. 
• Hugh Verrier is a partner with and the former of White & Case LLP.
• Abby Wambach is staying active in retirement. She is a legend.
• Julian Webb is Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Professions Research Network in Melbourne Law School and a member of Melbourne Networked Society Institute (MNSI).
• Lisa Webley is Chair in Legal Education and Research at the University of Birmingham.
• David Weisbach is Walter J. Blum Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
• Mike Whelan, Jr. is a lawyer, with a Substack.
• Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 
• Daryl Wycoff was Professor at the Harvard Business School.
• Jack Zenger is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zenger Folkman, a professional services firm providing consulting and leadership development programs for organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and the author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.