eliza mccullough

I'm a researcher & writer interested in technology, surveillance, and labor rights.

I lead research on labor issues at Partnership on AI. My current work explores union responses to AI and the political economy of workers’ data.

I’m also an editor with Third Place Zine. Previously, I was an Editorial Fellow with Logic(s) Magazine and Triple Canopy, and researcher with PolicyLink.

I hold an M.A. from the University of Cambridge in AI & Society and a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Critical Development Studies & Gender Studies, where I graduated summa cum laude.

AI Now webpage featuring report on advancing racial equity through technology policy, dated September 28, 2023, with an abstract tech-themed background.

publications

AI Now: “Advancing Racial Equity Through Technology Policy.”

Disjunction Magazine: “Beyond Autonomy: Personalized Wages as Alienation”

Lux Magazine: “Debt by Data”

Partnership on AI: “Collective Bargaining and AI”

University of Cambridge: “Questioning the AI Revolution”

"Park as Panopticon" article cover from Third Place Zine. Features abstract artwork with a large eye and greenery background, authored by Eliza McCullough.

Third Place Zine: “Park as Panopticon.”

media

IAPP AI Governance; “Labor Rights and Data Curation.” 2025.
Partnership on AI Philanthropy Forum; “AI Needs You: Addressing Systemic Issues at Scale.” 2024.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; "Participatory and Inclusive Demographic Data Guidelines." 2024.
National Housing Conference; "Participatory and Inclusive Demographic Data Guidelines." 2024.
Apple Privacy Preserving Machine Learning Conference; “Discrimination and Differentially Private Federated Statistics.” 2024.
Columbia School of Social Work; "Participatory and Inclusive Demographic Data Guidelines." 2024.
National Fair Housing Alliance Responsible AI Symposium; “Assessing Algorithmic Discrimination.” 2024.
Greenling Institute Just Futures Summit; “Embedding Equity into AI and Automated Decision Systems.” 2023.
Data Justice Conference; "Participatory and Inclusive Demographic Data Rights." 2023.
Mozilla Festival; "Towards a Data Justice Framework for AI Developers." 2023.

public speaking

Panel discussion on AI with five people seated on a stage under a "Partnership on AI" sign.

University of Cambridge: Diana E. Forsythe Prize for Best Paper. 2025.
UC Berkeley: Best Undergraduate Thesis. 2019.
UC Berkeley: International Studies Departmental Citation. 2019.
UC Berkeley: Valedictorian Finalist. 2019.
Woman Leadership RISE Award Winner UC Berkeley Academic Opportunity Grant. 2018.
UC Berkeley: Undergraduate Merit Scholar. 2018.
UC Berkeley: Geist and Rosberg Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 2018.

awards

WIRED: “California Voted for Cheaper Uber Rides. It May Have Hurt Drivers.” 2022.
The American Prospect: “How to Pay Under the Minimum Wage in California.” 2022.
Mission Local: “Gig bits: Biden’s crackdown on gig-worker exploitation finally arrives.” 2022.
MarketWatch: “Uber and Lyft drivers net less than $7 an hour after California law passed, driver-led study finds.” 2022.
USA Today: “Biden wants cities to spend American Rescue Plan cash on police. We wish they wouldn't.” 2022.
Fast Company: “The secret to building a smart city that’s antiracist.” 2021.

press

about

I grew up in Lake Tahoe, CA and currently based in New York City.