Jasmine McNealy

Associate Professor at University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications

Jasmine McNealy is an attorney, critical public interest technologist, and social scientist who studies media & technology with a view toward influencing law and policy, and emphasizing technological ecosystems, privacy, surveillance, and data governance. She is a Senior Fellow in Tech Policy with the Mozilla Foundation, a tenured, associate professor at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. In 2022, she completed a term as a technology advisor for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Jasmine is also the founder and principal of The Alveary LLC. She earned a Ph.D. in mass communication and a J.D. at the University of Florida, a M.Ed. in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics & Assessment at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and a B.S. in both Journalism and Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin.