Thema (Tay-mah) Monroe-White, PhD is an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Policy at George Mason University, with joint appointments in the Schar School of Policy and Government and the School of Computing. Her work focuses on how artificial intelligence and policy systems intersect to shape education, labor, and innovation opportunities for historically minoritized and marginalized groups. Her research advances emancipatory data practices, leveraging critical quantitative and computational approaches to 1) interrogate racialized algorithmic harms, 2) trace the persistence of racist ideologies in contemporary scientific and policy discourse, and 3) reimagine how knowledge about these systems can be used to empower rather than oppress. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary methods, her research seeks to foster more equitable systems across K–20 STEM educational and workforce development pathways. Dr. White regularly contributes to national and international conversations on AI education and governance through engagements with philanthropic organizations, policy forums, and scholarly convenings. She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, including work appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Communications, PLOS ONE, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), and leading AAAI and ACM conference proceedings.