Danielle Citron, J.D.

Bio

Danielle Keats Citron is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and vice president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Citron was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2019 based on her work on cyber stalking and sexual privacy and was named a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023. In 2024, the International Association of Privacy Professionals gave Citron the 2024 Privacy Leadership award.

Her book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (Harvard University Press) was named one of the “20 Best Moments for Women in 2014” by Cosmopolitan magazine. Her second book, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (W.W. Norton), was named one of Amazon’s Top 100 books of 2023. She has published more than 60 law review articles in outlets, such as Yale Law Journal, California Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Boston University Law Review, among many others. Her opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Slate,  Lawfare, CNN, and the Guardian.

Citron previously taught at the Boston University School of Law, and for 15 years at the University of Maryland School of Law. She served as chair of the board of directors of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and now sits on its board. She serves on the board of directors of the Future of Privacy think tank and on the advisory boards of ADL’s Center for Technology and Society and Teach Privacy. On behalf of CCRI and in partnership with Dr. Mary Anne Franks, Citron works closely with social media and streaming companies including Spotify and TikTok as well as federal and state lawmakers on issues of online safety, privacy, and free speech.