Rashida Ricardson

Rashida Richardson is a senior AI policy expert at the Institute for Experiential AI and an assistant professor in the Political Science Department and adjunct professor at the School of Law at Northeastern University. She also serves as senior counsel for artificial intelligence at Mastercard. Richardson is nationally recognized as an expert on the civil rights and social implications of artificial intelligence and as a legal practitioner of emerging technology policy issues. She has worked globally on AI policy and governance in industry, government, academia, and civil society organizations.

Richardson has served as attorney advisor to the chair of the Federal Trade Commission and as senior policy advisor for data and democracy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Biden administration. She has worked on a range of civil rights and technology policy issues at the German Marshall Fund, Rutgers Law School, the AI Now Institute, the American Civil Liberties Union of New York, and the Center for HIV Law and Policy. Her work has been featured in the Emmy-winning documentary "The Social Dilemma" and in major publications such as The New York Times, Wired, MIT Technology Review, and NPR (national and local member stations). She earned her BA with honors in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University and her JD from Northeastern University School of Law.