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Katya Danziger

Katya Danziger

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Tech, Democracy & Human-Centered Design

  • Education

    • Parsons School of Design - The New School

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      Bachelor's degree Integrated Design (Self-Led Program) with a Pathway in Tech Policy 3.92 GPA

      Activities and Societies: UN-USA, United Nations Summer Study, AIGA TNS, CodeLab, Climate Justice Club, Jewish Culture Club Dean’s Merit Scholarship (awarded maximum scholarship for full-time study) & Dean’s Honor List (all terms)Self-directed design program with a research focus in tech policy, engaging with academic courses across the university and real-world challenges with leaders in design.Relevant Graduate-Level Coursework: Collab with Columbia SIPA & Cornell Tech: Tech, Media and Democracy; United Nations Summer Study; Dark Data; Principles of Design; Quantum Theory in Design; Advanced… Show more Dean’s Merit Scholarship (awarded maximum scholarship for full-time study) & Dean’s Honor List (all terms)Self-directed design program with a research focus in tech policy, engaging with academic courses across the university and real-world challenges with leaders in design.Relevant Graduate-Level Coursework: Collab with Columbia SIPA & Cornell Tech: Tech, Media and Democracy; United Nations Summer Study; Dark Data; Principles of Design; Quantum Theory in Design; Advanced JavaScript; Translation Lab Show less

  • Experience

    • NKT-IKBU

      Jan 2020 - Sept 2022

      Video production and social media content creation production lead for major international Buddhist tradition with over 1,300 centers present in over 40 countries. Supervised an international team of volunteers. Spearheaded translation project of NKT-IKBU books into Russian.

      • Assistant to the Director of International Communications

        Jan 2020 - Sept 2022

      • Russian Translator for Tharpa Publications

        Jan 2020 - Sept 2022

    • Studio Namkha

      Sept 2022 - Apr 2024
      Founder

      Founder of a creative technology studio based in NYC that collaborates with an online community of developers from Moscow and St. Petersburg to create bespoke web experiences. Launched at Parsons School of Design.

    • The New School

      Aug 2023 - now

      • Managing editor of recent publication "My Only Crime" by Richard Lourie, historian and American foreign policy expert on Russia–United States relations.• Assisted with book launch and publication of “Means To Be Lucky” by Annie Kantar, director of the English Studies Program at Shalem College. Assisting with preparation and research of course materials for taught classes LLSL2011, LLSL2902, and LLSL3012.

      • Research Assistant for The Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute (GSSI)

        Oct 2024 - now

      • Research Assistant for Dr. Val Vinokur

        Jun 2023 - now

      • Research Assistant for Dr. Rose Réjouis

        Aug 2023 - now

    • Parsons School of Design - The New School

      Feb 2024 - Apr 2024
      Research Assistant for Professor Andrew Shea

      Provided assistance in building out web-based research tool on AI ethics.

    • The Stimson Center

      Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
      Practicum Researcher

      Researched AI and cyber-tech governance innovation for the second edition of the Future of International Cooperation Report, brought out in time for the September 2024 Summit of the Future. Part of the Stimson Center's Global Governance, Justice & Security Program.• Proposed assembling an International Scientific Panel on AI and Frontier Collaborative in section two of the second edition of the Future of International Cooperation Report.• Produced five drafts of the assigned research area over the course of six weeks and participated in bi-weekly team research meetings. Show less

    • All Tech Is Human

      Oct 2024 - now
      Board of Directors, Responsible Tech University Network

      The Responsible Tech University Network Board of Directors is a group of close to 50 student leaders from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. They set all policy for the Network and decide on directions for programming, bringing their experience as students and growing professionals to the service of others around the globe.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Climate Reality Leader

      The Climate Reality Project
      Apr 2024
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    • AI & Creative Tech: Digital Humanities at Oxford

      Oxford e-Research Centre
      Aug 2024

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Katya Danziger
      Nominated for "Outstanding Student Work" Adam Brent, Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby, Julian Gomez Delgado, Susan Kinsey, Lindsay Benedict, and Juan Carrion Centenero May 2025 Nominated for "Outstanding Student Work" in seven classes at Parsons School of Design:• Waste and Justice• Who Comes After the Human?• Integrated Design• Quantum Commonsense• History of Design: 1850- Present• xStudio: Performance• Integrated Studio 2: Visual Culture
    • Awarded to Katya Danziger
      Dean’s Merit Scholarship and Parsons Excellence Grant Parsons School of Design 2022 Awarded maximum scholarship ($26,470 annually) for full-time study at Parsons School of Design. Scholarship awarded based on merit for a 4-year term.
    • Awarded to Katya Danziger
      Recipient of First-Year Portfolio Award Parsons School of Design May 2018 Third Place Winner in the 2018 Portfolio Contest organized by Parsons First Year Studies.
    • Awarded to Katya Danziger
      Work curated into CICA Museum Exhibit CICA Museum, South Korea Mar 2018
    • Awarded to Katya Danziger
      Work featured in the Untitled Space's "UPRISE" Exhibition Untitled Space Gallery NYC Jan 2017 Exhibit featured in Vice, Dazed Digital, NY Mag & morehttp://untitled-space.com/uprise-angry-women-group-show/

  • Volunteer Experience

    • International Temples Project Volunteer

      Issued by New Kadampa Tradition on Jun 2017
      New Kadampa TraditionAssociated with Katya Danziger

    • Operational Volunteer

      Issued by Ronald McDonald House New York on Jul 2024
      Ronald McDonald House New YorkAssociated with Katya Danziger

    • Meditation Teacher

      Issued by New Kadampa Tradition on Nov 2020
      New Kadampa TraditionAssociated with Katya Danziger

    • Education Volunteer

      Issued by NYPIRG on Jun 2017
      NYPIRGAssociated with Katya Danziger

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Splashes Of Hope on Sept 2013
      Splashes Of HopeAssociated with Katya Danziger

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Meals on Wheels America on Mar 2016
      Meals on Wheels AmericaAssociated with Katya Danziger