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Brandi Collins-Dexter | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Agnes Scott College (BA) University of Wisconsin-Madison (JD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy |
Brandi Collins-Dexter is an American writer, researcher and policy advocate. She is author of Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future[1]. Currently, she is a visiting fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy of Harvard Kennedy School[2]. The Hill named her a "person to watch" in 2017[3] and The Root named her one of The Most Influential African Americans in 2019[4]. In 2020, she was awarded the Champions of Freedom Award by the Electronic Privacy Information Center[5]
Career
[edit]Collins-Dexter holds a B.A. in history from Agnes Scott College, and a J.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She was Senior Campaign Director of Media, Culture and Economic Justice at Color of Change[6]. She has testified in front the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce on issues including disinformation[7] and consumer privacy[8]. She has written numerous articles on issues including crypto-currency, retail theft, and surveillance including in Essence[9] and Wired[10]. She was a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest from 2023-2024, an initiative of The OpEd Project funded by the Macarthur Foundation[11].
Books
[edit]Collins-Dexter, Brandi (2022). Black skinhead: reflections on Blackness and our political future. New York: Celadon Books. ISBN 9781250824110.
References
[edit]- ^ "Black Skinhead". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". Shorenstein Center.
- ^ Breland, Ali; McCabe, David; Neidig, Harper; Uchill, Joe; Williams, Katie (8 February 2017). "16 people to watch in tech". The Hill. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "The Root 100 - The Most Influential African Americans In 2019". The Root. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023.
- ^ "EPIC - EPIC Alert 27.09". archive.epic.org. Electronic Privacy Information Center.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter | Free Press". www.freepress.net.
- ^ "House Hearing on Disinformation Campaigns and Social Media". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Testimony Of Brandi Collins-Dexter Senior Campaign Director, Color Of Change Before The Subcommittee On Consumer Protection And Commerce, United States House Committee On Energy And Commerce Hearing On "Protecting Consumer Privacy In An Era Of Big Data." February 26, 2019. Unclassified. | National Security Archive". nsarchive.gwu.edu. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ Collins-Dexter, Brandi (29 August 2022). "What Did Hurricane Katrina Teach Us About Environmental Racism?". Essence.
- ^ Collins-Dexter, Brandi (16 November 2023). "Satoshi Is Black". Wired.
- ^ "Public Voices Fellows to Shape Discourse on Technology in the Public Interest". www.macfound.org.