Visiting Fellows Program
The Tech & Public Policy (TPP) Visiting Fellows Program provides a unique platform for policy practitioners to share their knowledge and expertise with Georgetown students.
Over the course of a semester, fellows engage with students through discussion groups, lectures, site visits to organizations in Washington, DC. Fellows are also encouraged to share progress on their interest areas and research, offering an up close look at what’s happening in tech policy. Students will get insider knowledge on the issues that matter, key players and influencers and the policies and technologies to watch.
2026 Visiting Fellows
Simon Case
Simon Case joined the House of Lords, the UK’s upper Parliamentary chamber, in July 2025 as a Crossbench peer. Case also holds a number of advisory positions in AI and private equity companies. His work in AI focuses on the application of these technologies in public and private enterprises.
Mitchell Kominsky
Mitchell Kominsky is vice president of government affairs at ARI, the largest bipartisan AI policy organization in Washington. His work spans the full AI stack: agentic systems, chatbots, export controls, critical infrastructure, energy and frontier model governance.
Travis Moore
Travis Moore is the founder and executive director of TechCongress, which places computer scientists, engineers and other technologists to serve with members of Congress on tech policy matters in order to galvanize Congress to invest in tech talent. Since 2015, TechCongress has sent 146 technologists into Congress.
Kira Tebbe
Kira Tebbe is a senior manager at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, where she works to ensure that public benefits systems are resilient and accessible to those who need them. Working across government, the private sector and civic tech organizations, Tebbe advances technology innovation and strengthens how benefits programs are designed and delivered in state human services programs
Published work
“Hear Me Out: A Different Perspective on Meta’s Fact-Checking Decision” , TPP Fall 2024 Visiting Fellow Danielle Davis
“Gender Politics and the Weaponization of Personal Data”, TPP Fall 2025 Visiting Fellow Katelyn Ringrose
“The 23andMe Collapse Exposes the Cracks in Genomic Data Governance”, TPP Fall 2025 Visiting Fellow Zeena Nisar
“When Age Assurance Laws Meet Chatbots” ,TPP Fall 2025 Visiting Fellow Zeve Sanderson
“The Subjective Charms of Objective-C Programming” , TPP Spring 2025 Visiting Fellow Gabriel Nicholas
“Tracing the Speech Regulation Patterns of 2025“, Fall 2024 Visiting Fellow Ashkhen Kazaryan
“Imagining Our AI Future to Inform Today’s Policy Discussions“, Fall 2024 Visiting Fellow Henry Lee
Visiting Fellows program
About the visiting fellows program
- Lead two 60-minute student discussion groups
- Discussions groups occur on campus; open to all Georgetown students
- Host four office hour sessions
- Office hours sessions must be held in-person for two hours; open to all Georgetown students
- Lead two on-site visits
- Coordinate and lead a student visit to a civil society organization, tech company, government agency or key trade associate; open only to McCourt School students
- Host one 90-minute public event
- Public event should be on an emerging tech policy topic and run for 90 minutes; open to all Georgetown students
- Develop and create additional written and video content
- Fellows will complete a written essay or opinion article on the tech policy topic of their choice to be submitted for publication. Depending on interest and capacity, Fellows may work with students and/or faculty on additional writing and/or research projects, in consultation with the TPP Faculty Director and Associate Director.
- Fellows may be asked to do interviews with the McCourt School Communications team to talk about the fellowship, their time at Georgetown and their specific area of expertise.
- Fellows are also expected to use their TPP affiliation when covering fellowship-related work and to promote TPP Visiting Fellow content on platforms (e.g., social media, LinkedIn).
Fellows will be compensated $15,000 for approximately 18 weeks and 5-10 hours/week of work.
Significance of the Fellow’s tech policy focus area, including the relevance, urgency and originality of the interest area, research, as well as its potential to impact policy. Fellows should center on one or more of TPP’s focus areas: (1) Social Media, Chatbots, and Online Platforms; (2) Digital Governance and Agentic AI; or (3) Technology and AI Regulation. We are especially interested in supporting fellows whose work takes an interdisciplinary approach.
A complete and clearly articulated list of student discussion group topics and overarching theme; potential organizations or offices where the Fellow could lead site visits; proposed topics, titles, and potential speakers for a public event; and potential writing topics—all of which reflect the Fellow’s approach to engaging students and the broader Georgetown community on current and cutting-edge tech policy issues.
Potential of the applicant to actively contribute to and remain engaged with the Tech & Public Policy community beyond the fellowship experience. Applicants should demonstrate a strong interest in being part of a vibrant, collaborative alumni network and a commitment to continued participation, mentorship, and community-building within TPP.
Must Reside in the D.C./Maryland/Virginia Area
Contact Maria Sanchez at ms5271@georgetown.edu with any questions.