Kris Shaffer

Kris Shaffer, PhD, is a data scientist and web intelligence analyst. He is the author of Data Versus Democracy, a contributor to Critical Digital Pedagogy, and co-author of The Tactics and Tropes of the Internet Research Agency, a report prepared for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on social media.

Kris has consulted for numerous U.S. government agencies, non-profits, and universities on matters related to digital disinformation, data ethics, and digital pedagogy. He holds a PhD from Yale University.