Our Team

John P. Wihbey is an Affiliated Faculty Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change, Professor of Media & Technology at Northeastern University, a Co-Founder of the Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy (IIID), and Director of the AI-Media Strategies Lab (AIMES Lab). He is Special Advisor for Strategic AI Initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor, a Faculty Researcher at the Ethics Institute, and an Affiliate Professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Dr. Wihbey has served as a research consultant for foundations, government, and social media companies, including the Knight Foundation, the U.S. Navy, and Twitter. He is also an Affiliated Faculty member at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. His latest book is Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech – and What Comes Next (MIT Press, Fall 2025).