Crystal Lee

Assistant Professor, Comparative Media Studies

Crystal Lee is an assistant professor in Computational Media and Design at MIT with a joint appointment in the Schwarzman College of Computing and Comparative Media Studies / Writing. She works broadly on research related to ethical tech, social media, data visualization, and disability. This research has been supported by fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the MIT Programs for Digital Humanities. She is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where she co-leads the Ethical Tech Working Group, and a senior fellow at Mozilla. She graduated with high honors from Stanford University and completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.