Dr. Travis Hall is the Acting Associate Administrator for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Office of Policy and Development. In this role, oversees NTIA’s policy development on issues including Artificial Intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, national security, and telecommunications. Before joining the Department of Commerce in 2015, Travis taught at American University and was a research fellow at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin, Germany. He received his PhD in Media, Culture, and Communications from New York University, and his MA in International Communications and BA in International Relations from American University.