Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe Named Public Voices Fellow

Fellowship spotlights her work ensuring technology improves lives, not just innovation.

A new national fellowship is giving Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe a platform to bring her research and perspective on technology to a broader audience. Fresh off the premiere of her TED Fellows Film, Nakalembe has been named a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest, a program that helps emerging leaders share ideas and shape how society thinks about technology. The initiative, led by The OpEd Project and supported by the MacArthur Foundation, provides coaching and guidance for fellows to contribute meaningful, accessible insights to the public discourse.

The fellowship comes at a pivotal moment in Nakalembe’s work, as she seeks to expand critical conversations about how technology can truly serve people.

“Being selected for the Public Voices Fellowship is both an incredible honor and remarkably timely right after the premiere of my TED Fellows Film,” she said. “It represents an important opportunity to amplify critical conversations about technology's role in society at a moment when these discussions are more urgent than ever.”

Published on Fri, Nov 14, 2025 - 11:00AM