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Emma Schmidt

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eschmid8@nd.edu

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Biography

Emma Schmidt is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in Political Science whose research lies at the intersection of the history of political thought and contemporary political theory. Her dissertation, Hannah Arendt’s Political Critique of Technology, traces the roots of Hannah Arendt’s thinking on science and technology in the work of her mentor, Martin Heidegger, as well as the broader phenomenological tradition, applying Arendt’s critique of technical control to the contemporary phenomenon of algorithmic governance.

Emma received a BA in Politics and Government from the University of Puget Sound in 2018 and an MA in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2023. Her work has appeared in The Review of Politics, Democratic Theory, Applied Research in Quality of Life, and The Harper Review.

Areas of Interest

Technology, Democratic Theory, Hannah Arendt, Phenomenology