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Acting Deputy Associate Administrator

Dr. Travis Hall is the Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Office of Policy and Development, focusing on Surveillance and Consumer Privacy. In this role, he primarily oversees the Internet Policy portfolio, which includes privacy, AI, IoT, Intermediary Policy, and the Digital Equity. He has been the staff lead on the Department’s consumer privacy work, including the 2021 Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights listening sessions. He has a PhD from the Department of Media, Culture and Communication from New York University, and his dissertation research focused on the cultural contexts and histories of state identification programs, specifically those that use bodies as the media of identity (biometrics, tattoos). Before joining the Department of Commerce, Travis taught at American University and was a research fellow at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin, Germany. He received his MA in International Communications and BA in International Relations from American University.