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Current Member

Alex Reiss-Sorokin

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Information Technology

Home Institution

Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University
Alex Reiss-Sorokin is a socio-legal historian of information technology. At IAS, she will work on “Trust in Search: Credibility and Doubt in Legal Research Technologies,” tracing how American legal professionals came to use and trust information technology for legal research, and how it transformed their work and expertise in the process.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D.
2024
New York University School of Law
LL.M.
2016
Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law
LL.B.
2013

Appointments

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2024–2025
IEEE Life Member Fellowship in the History of Electrical and Computing Technology
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2023–2024
Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Technology
American Bar Foundation
2021–2023
ABF/AccessLex Doctoral Fellowship in Legal and Higher Education