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Dr. Leigh M. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University in Washington, D.C. Trained in the Continental tradition (Ph.D., Penn State, 2007), she began her career writing on truth commissions and transitional justice, and has written and taught on the ethics of emerging technologies since 2010. Her current research brings deconstruction, feminist philosophy, and critical race theory to questions of AI, agency, and governance. She is writing a book titled The Age of Delegation: Agency After AI.

She is also a longtime public philosopher. She produces, edits, and co-hosts the weekly philosophy podcast Hotel Bar Sessions with Bob Vallier and Jennifer Kling, created the podcast Black Mirror Reflections (2020–2021), and wrote the blog ReadMoreWriteMoreThinkMoreBeMore from 2006 to 2021. She is the founding director of the DC Philosophy Consortium.