Jess Reia

Jess Reia is an Assistant Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia interested in the untold stories in our datasets and how to include communities rarely heard in data policy decision-making processes.

They work primarily on topics of data justice, urban governance, and technology policy transnationally. For the past decade, their research and advocacy agenda has focused on fostering dialogues between academia, government, and civil society in three countries: Brazil, Canada, and the United States. Reia is also an AI Fellow at NewCities, an advisor at Urban AI and held a two-year mandate as a member of the MTL 24/24 Night Council in Montreal.