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PI-Tech Collaborative

The Public Interest Technology Collaborative will connect and disseminate public interest technology knowledge and practice across disciplines and sectors through collaborations within Virginia Tech and beyond, as a global land grant institution, with national and international networks.

Steering Committee Members

Shalini Misra headshot

Shalini Misra, Director

 Associate Professor in Urban Affairs and Planning in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech in Arlington, Virginia

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Patrick Roberts

Professor in the Center for Public Administration & Policy in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech in Arlington, Virginia

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Benjamin Katz

Associate Professor of Adult Development and Aging within the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech

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Kurt Luther

 Associate Professor of Computer Science & a founding faculty member of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus near Washington, D.C

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Stanley Grant

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, and Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Lab (OWML) in Northern Virginia

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Megan Rippy

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech

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Julia M. Gohlke

Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Virginia Tech

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Theo Lim

Associate Professor in Policy and Community Engagement for Urban Transformation at The University of British Columbia

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Kathy Hosig

Associate Professor, Director, Center for Public Health Research and Practice at Virginia Tech

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Chris Zobel

R.B. Pamplin Professor of Business Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech

Advisory Committee Members

Karen Roberto headshot

Dr. Karen Roberto

Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment at Virginia Tech

Stefan Duma headshot

Dr. Stefan Duma

Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Sciences at Virginia Tech

Naren Ramakrishnan headshot

Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan

 Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics at Virginia Tech

Luiz DaSilva headshot

Dr. Luiz DaSilva

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

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Dr. Laura Freeman

Virginia Tech National Security Institute

Eric Burger headshot

Dr. Eric Burger

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

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Dr. Ellington Graves

Virginia Tech

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Dr. Doug Bowman

Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech