Jasdeep Johl is an Indian-American writer, researcher, & painter. She has authored two collections of experimental short fiction, & has contributed to: TIME magazine, NPR, Newsweek, & The Failed Novelists Society Anthology, amongst others. She is currently a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, & a member of the Board of Directors at The Roosevelt Institute., a U.S. think tank.

Born to immigrant parents & from a family of farmers turned factory workers from Punjab, India, Johl has traveled the distance from growing up poor & experiencing childhood trauma to studying and lecturing at Berkeley & Oxford universities, leading interdisciplinary teams on information security projects at top global technology companies, & creating change as a senior advisor in California government. Her work is motivated by the desire to remove the roadblocks she faced for others.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Rhetoric (High Honors, thesis on Lacanian Mirror Stage & Human/Screen Interaction)

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Political Theory & Philosophy (focus on limitations of game theory)

University of Oxford, MSc., Comparative Social Policy (thesis on Tax Instruments & Birth Rates)

Selected Writing:

The Price of Your AI-Generated Selfie

The Solution to Digital Censorship Might Be Renewed Focus on Federalism

The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Bio-Mimicry: Information Security Design Principles From The Field of Cellular Biology

The Flash Technique & Why Your Brain Is Not A Computer

The Efficaciousness of Neo-Liberal Theories on Rationality

The Mirror Stage as Formative of The ā€œIā€ Function

Porous