Jas Johl is an Indian-American writer, researcher, & painter. She has authored three collections of experimental short fiction, & has contributed to: TIME magazine, NPR, Newsweek, and The Failed Novelists Society Anthology, amongst others. She is currently a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, and a member of the Board of Directors at The Roosevelt Institute., a U.S. think tank and partner to the F.D.R presidential library.
Born to immigrant parents and from a family of farmers turned factory workers from Punjab, India, Johl has traveled the distance from growing up poor and experiencing childhood trauma to studying and lecturing at Berkeley and Oxford universities, leading interdisciplinary teams at top global technology companies, and creating change as a senior advisor in California government. Her work is motivated by the desire to remove the roadblocks she faced for others.
Education:
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Rhetoric (High Honors, thesis on Lacanian Mirror Stage and Human/Screen Interaction)
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Political Theory & Philosophy
University of Oxford, MSc., Comparative Social Policy (thesis on Tax Instruments and Birth Rates)
Selected Honors:
Columbia Law School, Center for Institutional and Social Change, Fellow
Australian Risk Policy Institute, Fellow
New Leaders Council, Fellow
Oxford University, Lady Margaret Hall’s Green Week Artist-in-Residence
Selected Writing:
The Price of Your AI-Generated Selfie
The Solution to Digital Censorship Might Be Renewed Focus on Federalism
The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Bio-Mimicry: Information Security Design Principles From The Field of Cellular Biology
The Flash Technique & Why Your Brain Is Not A Computer
The Efficaciousness of Neo-Liberal Theories on Rationality