Dean Jackson is the principal of Public Circle, LLC, a research consultancy specializing in democracy, technology, and media. Previously, he was an inaugural Tech Policy Press reporting fellow and an investigative analyst with the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Jackson has more than ten years of experience in nonprofit research, including two at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and eight at the National Endowment for Democracy.