Susan McGregor

Susan McGregor (she/her/hers) is an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Data Science Institute, focusing on digital security and privacy issues for journalists and media organizations. She is the author of Information Security Essentials: A Guide for Reporters, Editors and Newsroom Leaders and Practical Python: Data Wrangling and Data Quality. Her current projects include enhancing digital media security with cryptographic signatures and developing classifiers to detect abusive speech on social media. As an educator, she aims to broaden access to data science education, having previously worked in digital news and technology roles with notable contributions to web reporting and security.