Ahmed Alrawi is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia and lecturer at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at The Pennsylvania State University. He earned his PhD in mass communication from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at The Pennsylvania State University. He also earned his master’s degree in media studies and a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from the Bellisario College. Additionally, he earned another bachelor’s degree from the College of Communications at Al-Mansour University in Baghdad, Iraq, where he majored in computer communication engineering.
Alrawi’s research interests are twofold: (1) AI surveillance, privacy, and the implications of ICTs, and (2) broadband platform policy and deployment. Alrawi’s research contributes to understanding the theoretical, methodological, and empirical conversations related to the adoption, use, and effect of ICTs. His research also aims to bring attention to contemporary issues in ICTs, communication, and media sectors to encourage appropriate regulations and policies that benefit the public.
Alrawi’s current research centers on the following two categories: first, examining the surveillance and privacy implications of ICTs on individuals’ online communication activities. Second, examining the policy and deployment of rural broadband connections in the U.S. and MENA countries, specifically in terms of accessibility, affordability, and network availability.
Alrawi is fluent in Arabic, Turkish, and English and is conversant in French. He has won multiple awards, including, but not limited to, the Sidney and Helen Friedman Scholarship Endowed Award and the Graduate School Endowment Award.
