Ifeoma Ajunwa

Ifeoma Ajunwa is a Nigerian-American writer, legal scholar, and sociologist with expertise in law, technology, and ethics. Ajunwa serves as the AI Humanity Professor of Law and Ethics and associate dean for projects and partnerships at Emory University School of Law, where she is also the founding director of the AI and the Law Program. She is the author of the book "The Quantified Worker," published by Cambridge University Press, which examines the impact of technology on the modern workplace and the legal frameworks that regulate it. Ajunwa's scholarship appears in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, and she is a contributor to major media outlets such as Forbes, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Ajunwa has held tenured faculty positions at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she founded the Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Research Program. She has received honors including the NSF CAREER Award and the Derrick A. Bell Award from the Association of American Law Schools. Her research has influenced national discussions on workplace technology, privacy, and discrimination, and she is frequently called as an expert witness before U.S. Congressional committees and federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ajunwa delivers keynote addresses at corporate and international conferences on AI ethics, workplace technology, and diversity in the labor market. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a founding board member of the LaborTech Research Network. Ajunwa advises Fortune 500 companies and is recognized for her work in the ethical governance of emerging technologies.