Jennifer King is a social technologist who draws upon her training in the social sciences and human-computer interaction to investigate the issues that arise when technology and society collide. As a researcher at the Samuelson Clinic, Ms. King focuses on privacy and security on the Internet, in sensor networks, and in ubiquitous computing environments (including RFID and video surveillance technologies), usable security, and technology policy issues. Ms. King received her master’s degree in Information Science in 2006 from UC Berkeley’s School of Information (“I-School”), and graduated with honors in Political Science and Sociology from the University of California, Irvine, in 1994.

While at the I-School, Ms. King worked with Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan to investigate the privacy and security issues raised by the introduction of RFID technology into the U.S. passport. Her investigation of the use and social impact of chat room backchannels in the classroom won a Dr. James R. Chen Award for an outstanding Master’s final project from the I-School.

Prior to her research career, Ms. King worked in product management and security for several Internet companies, including Yahoo!, where she was an expert on user behavior in online communities.