Lauren Bridges
Assistant Professor
Office Address/Hours
Wilson Hall 201
Meetings by appointment.
Meetings by appointment.
Class Schedule
MDST 3510: Digital Media and the Environment - Tues./Thur., 3:30pm - 4:45pm
MDST 8004: Masters Thesis Development, Tuesday, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
For appointments see Office Hours with Professor Bridges
Dr. Lauren Bridges is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, faculty co-lead of the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia, and faculty affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Her research focuses on digital infrastructure governance, community resilience, and the interaction between data center infrastructure growth, and environmental outcomes. Dr. Bridges has published in peer-reviewed journals, public news outlets such as Tech Policy Press and The Guardian, and she is regularly interviewed in media regarding the social and environmental impacts of big data infrastructures. She is currently writing a book on the local land use politics of digital industrial expansion in Southern California and Northern Virginia.