Emma Weil

Senior Policy Analyst

emma@upturn.org @eiweil

Empathetic and always learning. Loves silliness, the dramatic, and a good critique.

Emma Weil is a Senior Policy Analyst at Upturn. Emma’s work has included major research into the scope of law enforcement’s power to search cell phones, and also technical assistance and advocacy concerning access to social safety net programs — such as work with Legal Aid to maintain and reinstate people’s enrollment in Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Emma is interested in how technology can both obscure and be the site of political issues. They focus on the connections between policing, the social safety net, credit, labor, and race, class, gender, and disability. Emma previously interned at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, researching and writing about Internet of Things surveillance.

Emma has a B.A. in computer science from Harvard University, where they studied operating systems, the history of technology, and studio art. In their free time they can be found biking, watching movies, or at a punk concert.