Alondra Nelson

Alondra Nelson (born 1968) is an American writer and academic. Nelson is the Acting Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2022. She is the Harold F. Linder Chair and Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. She currently serves as Deputy Director for Science and Society in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) under the Joe Biden administration since 2021.

Alondra Nelson
Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy for Science and Society
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Position established
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Acting
In office February 18, 2022 – October 3, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Eric Lander
Succeeded by	Arati Prabhakar
Personal details
Born	1968 (age 55–56) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Education	University of California, San Diego (BA) New York University (MA, PhD)
Academic background
Academic work
Discipline	Science and technology studies Political sociology Social movements Cultural sociology Social theory African American studies
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study Social Science Research Council Columbia University Yale University

From 2017 until 2021, she was president of the Social Science Research Council. She was a professor of sociology at Columbia University in the City of New York.