Virginia Eubanks
Virginia Eubanks is an associate professor of political science at the University at Albany, SUNY. Her 2018 book Automating Inequality examines how data mining, policy algorithms and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people. The book won the 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize, and Eubanks received a 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award. She was also featured in the 2020 documentary Coded Bias. In August 2026, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published her book A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving.
- Works
- 23
- Citations
- 1,604
- h-index
- 9
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
-
1994
A BA in literary culture
She earns a Bachelor of Arts in literary culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1994.
-
2004
PhD in science and technology studies
She completes a PhD in science and technology studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004.
-
2011
The book Digital Dead End
Her book Digital Dead End: Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age comes out in 2011.
-
2018
The book Automating Inequality
In 2018, she publishes Automating Inequality, a book on how data mining, policy algorithms and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people. The book wins the 2018 McGannon Center Book Prize.
-
2019
A Lillian Smith Book Award
Along with Rachel Devlin and Vanessa Siddle Walker, she wins a 2019 Lillian Smith Book Award.
-
2020
Featured in Coded Bias
Shalini Kantayya's 2020 documentary Coded Bias features her.
-
August 2026
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving
With Farrar, Straus and Giroux, she publishes A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving in August 2026.
-
As of October 2026
Associate professor at Albany
She is an associate professor of political science at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Sources and credits
Photo: We have no published photo of Virginia Eubanks yet. Send us a free-licensed photo.