My name is Dasha. I'm an assistant professor of philosophy and computer science at George Mason University. Previously, I was a 2023-2024 fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a postdoctoral fellow in the Embedded EthiCS program at Harvard University. I received my PhD in history & philosophy of science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2023, and I hold a BS in computer science from the University of Utah. My work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. 

My research critically interrogates the social impacts of algorithmic decision-making systems in the US criminal legal system. I draw on methods from feminist philosophy of science, critical data studies, and the qualitative social sciences. In 2024, I organized Prediction and Punishment: Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Carceral AI, which brought together scholars and activists from around the world to address technologies designed to police, incarcerate, surveil, and control human beings. More broadly, I am interested in how technologies shape (and are shaped by) their social contexts. I have also co-organized with Against Carceral Tech, an activist group working to ban facial recognition and predictive policing in the city of Pittsburgh.