Molly De Blanc
Doctoral Student at Northwestern University
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMolly De Blanc is a doctoral student in Northwestern’s Media, Technology, and Society program with 11 years of experience at the intersection of open source, community organizing, and technology policy. She has led strategic initiatives for global organizations like GNOME and the Open Source Initiative, served in campaigns roles at the Free Software Foundation, and built community programs at edX and Northwestern’s Community Data Science Collective. Her research investigates how people relate to medical devices and health data and how collectives form and communicate shared values, blending social science methods with hands-on community engagement. Molly has run programs that connect researchers, organizers, and community experts—most recently launching Community Dialogues to surface qualitative and quantitative practice. Comfortable both at the policy table and in grassroots organizing, she brings a rare combination of governance experience, program building, and academic rigor. A detail that often surprises collaborators: she blends a strong tech-and-policy background with creative personal expression—recently reflected in orange-and-pink hair.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Bioethics, Master of Arts - MA, Bioethics at New York UniversityBA, History and Philosophy of Science, Japanese Language and Literatures, BA, History and Philosophy of Science, Japanese Language and Literatures at University of Pittsburgh
English, Japanese
Github Skills (9)
lms10
edx9
maintenance9
conda6
react3
nodejs3
javascript2
newsletter1
meteor1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mollydb/open-letter.github.io
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
mollydb/openedx-conference-pages
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Open edX Conference Website
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
edxconference-websiteopen-edx
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