Professional Affiliation

Director, Tech Transparency Project (TTP); Co-director & Co-founder of the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project

Expert Bio

Katie A. Paul is an anthropologist and investigative researcher in Washington, DC, where she serves as the director of the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), specializing in examining the role of Big Tech platforms in amplifying terrorism, domestic extremism, and transnational crime. She is the co-director and co-founder of the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project, a part of the nonprofit Achilles Research Group. Katie is a founding member of the Alliance to Counter Crime Online (ACCO) where she focuses on trafficking, terror finance, and organized crime facilitated by Big Tech platforms.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Miami University (OH) with a double major in Anthropology and Ancient Greek and earned an M.A. in Anthropology at The George Washington University.