Rory Powell’s Bio

Rory Powell - Summer Grants Intern

Rory is currently a rising fourth year at UC Berkeley majoring in Cognitive Science and Legal Studies and minoring in Data Science. At Berkeley she is a caseworker in the Student Legal Clinic, member of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and former undergraduate student instructor for Data 8, and introductory Data Science course. Under the Biden-Harris administration last summer, she interned for Assistant Secretary Fayrouz Saad at Homeland Security working on a project to understand the impact of government deployed Artificial Intelligence technologies on civil liberties. Rory is particularly passionate AI Ethics and interested in studying the potential impact emerging technology has on civil rights and privacy.