Chloé Sudduth (she/her) is a PhD candidate at Rutgers University whose work sits at the intersection of digital technologies, law, and punishment. She studies the ways that Big Data, algorithmic systems, and criminal legal logics operate to expand punishment and shape power in contemporary society. Her dissertation explores algorithmic tenant screening systems in the private rental housing market as both technical infrastructures and cultural artifacts. These tools become a site where symbolic power is produced, contested, and legitimated. This work explores how notions of risk and broader histories of quantification are leveraged in the housing domain through algorithmic tools.

Sudduth has a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Public Policy from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and an M.A. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University. Sudduth’s research interests are deeply tied to her prior work as an advocate and organizer. She also loves making art and fly fishing.