Aeryn Palmer grew up in Seattle, Washington, and attended the University of Washington, where they earned B.A.s in Classics and Ancient Near East Studies. They then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, reading for an M.Phil. in Egyptology. Following additional graduate work in Classics at the University of Chicago, Aeryn decided to attend law school. During their time at Yale Law School, they focused primarily on immigration, criminal, and civil rights law, especially through their work with the Immigration Legal Services Clinic and the Yale Visual Law Project, of which they were a founding member. Aeryn is currently legal counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation, working particularly on issues relating to online privacy and civil liberties.
- Title:Non-Residential Fellow
- Contact:aeryn.palmer@gmail.com
- Focus Areas:Architecture and Public Policy
- Areas of Expertise:Network Neutrality Public Policy