Brenda Dvoskin, SJD, LLM

Brenda Dvoskin teaches and writes about the intersection of sexuality and technology. She holds an LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining WashU Law, Professor Dvoskin served as an attorney at the Office of the Solicitor General in Argentina. She brings a wealth of experience from her fellowships at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center. Her writing is featured in Fordham Law Review, the Washington Law Review, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Villanova Law Review.

Brenda’s three current projects focus on consent, safety, and privacy for online sexual encounters. In her research, she reconceptualizes the mainstream theoretical frameworks to regulate sexuality online from a critical feminist perspective and theorizes the importance of privacy for erotic life. As the Director of the Digital Abuse Research Initiative, she is working on developing a conceptual and regulatory responses to information platforms that have enabled new and widespread sex harms. The initiative brings experts from inside and outside academia to design paths that enhance sexual safety and autonomy for everyone.