Cynthia Bailey is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. In 2023-2024, she worked as an AI Policy Fellow in the United States Senate, through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her scholarship focuses on computer science education, broadening participation in computing, AI/machine learning, and social impacts of technology. This work includes creating the groundbreaking course, Race and Gender in Silicon Valley. Her teaching awards include the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education at Stanford, a “Top 10 Papers of All Time” award at the 50th anniversary of the ACM SIGCSE technical symposium, and the Stanford Society of Women Engineers’ Professor of the Year. Her previous work experience includes consulting for Apple, NASA, and machine learning startups. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC San Diego.