ROOPIKA RISAM, author of Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate (Harper), is a professor of digital humanities and social engagement at Dartmouth. Her research explores how histories of race, empire, and technology shape the modern world. She is also the author of New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy, which is taught at more than 150 universities worldwide. She is a co-editor of four collections, including Anti-Racist Community Engagement and The Digital Black Atlantic. Her work has been supported by $4.3 million-plus in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and others. She is also known for her public scholarship and digital projects, including Torn Apart/Separados, which visualized the U.S. government’s family separation policy at the border. Risam is past president of the Association for Computers and the Humanities, the U.S. scholarly organization for digital research in the humanities.
