Susan Benesch

Susan Benesch is a founding director at Dangerous Speech Project (DSP). She directs the Dangerous Speech Project, an independent research team focused on forms of expression that inspire intergroup violence, and on methods to prevent such violence without infringing on freedom of expression. Before founding the DSP a decade ago, Benesch worked as a war reporter and then as an international human rights lawyer and draws ideas from both. She frequently critiques and advises technology companies on speech governance and has attempted collaborative research with them. As a result, she co-founded the Coalition on Independent Technology Research. She publishes widely in both academic and mainstream journals. She has a B.A. from Columbia University, and law degrees from Yale and Georgetown Universities. Now she is adjunct professor at American University, and faculty associate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Benesch is a Salzburg Global Fellow.