Irina Raicu directs the Internet Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. She is a certified information privacy professional, and her work addresses a wide variety of topics—from online privacy to social media’s impact on society, from the digital divide to the ethics of encryption, and the many ethical issues associated with artificial intelligence.

She has authored and co-authored a variety of resources published by the Markkula Center, including the compendium Ethics in Technology Practice, and, together with other center staff, she has worked with multiple companies in the process of developing their responsible tech/responsible AI policies and processes.

Her writing has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, U.S.A. Today, Forbes, MarketWatch, Slate, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Recode.

As a teenager, Raicu came to the U.S. with her family as a refugee. She holds a J.D. degree from Santa Clara University’s School of Law, as well as a bachelor’s degree in English from U.C. Berkeley and a master’s degree in English and American Literature from San Jose State University.