Leticia Bode is a Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University, and the inaugural Research Director for the Knight Georgetown Institute, which seeks to connect independent research with technology policy and design. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and her bachelor’s degree from Trinity University. Her research lies at the intersection of communication, technology, and political behavior, emphasizing the role communication and information technologies may play in the acquisition and use of political and health information. In her free time she loves hiking, gardening, and most other excuses to be outside, live music of all kinds, cooking, and hanging with her partner, two kids, and two cats.