William T. Adler, PhD
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DW Jackson, WT Adler, D Dougall, S Jain. (2023).
Seismic Shifts: How Economic, Technological, and Political Trends are Challenging Independent Counter-Election-Disinformation Initiatives in the United States.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler. (2023).
Towards Better Post-Election Audits: Insights from Election Experts.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler, N Maréchal. (2023).
To Protect Elections, Protect Researchers.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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A Aboulafia, WT Adler. (2023).
How Many Disabled People Vote Over the Internet? We Need Better Data.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler. (2022).
De-Weaponizing and Standardizing the Post-Election Audit.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler, J Doyle, MM Kiran, ML Jones, P Ohm.
(2022).
Only 1 in 4 Election Websites Uses the .gov Domain. That’s a
Problem — and an Opportunity.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler. (2022).
No Simple Answers: A Primer on Ballot Marking Device Security.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler, D Thakur. (2021).
A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States,
Brazil, and France.
The Center for Democracy & Technology
and KAS.
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J Wachspress, WT Adler. (2021).
Split Decisions: Guidance for Measuring Locality Preservation in
District Maps.
The Center for Democracy & Technology.
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WT Adler, D Levine. (2021).
Trusting the Vote: Establishing a Presidential Commission on
Election Resilience and Trust.
The Center for Democracy & Technology
and
The Alliance for Securing Democracy.
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WT Adler, M Knodel. (2021).
An Agenda for U.S. Election Cybersecurity.
The Center for Democracy & Technology
and KAS.
I was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where I taught two semesters of Computer Programming for Lawyers.
In 2019–2020, I was a AAAS Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow in
the Office of U.S. Senator
Elizabeth Warren. While I was there, I drafted legislation and conducted oversight
investigations of the federal government and private sector,
especially on tech issues.
Before that, I worked to advance the cause of redistricting reform at
the
Princeton Gerrymandering Project. I wrote a few pieces, including:
I also founded the
Scientist Action and Advocacy Network (ScAAN), which partners scientists with organizations that are creating
positive social change, usually in the production of brief reports.
ScAAN has worked on policy issues such as juvenile justice reform,
environmental justice in New York City, vaccines, and plastic bag
fees. I wrote a piece about how other scientists can start similar
groups at their institutions:
Some ScAAN reports include:
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Scientific support for raising the age of criminal responsibility.
[pdf]
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Scientific support for a plastic bag reduction law. [pdf]
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Scientific support for restricting non-medical vaccination
exemptions in New York State. [pdf]
I did my PhD in neuroscience at NYU with
Wei Ji Ma. For my
dissertation [pdf], I
tested various computational models of human confidence, resulting in
these three papers: