The application period for 2026-2027 Westin Research Center - Privacy & AI Governance Fellows is now open. Please submit your application through the Job Posting. Completed applications are being accepted through 19 November 2025.

Westin Fellowship

The IAPP Westin Fellowship Program was created in 2013 to encourage and enable research and scholarship in the field of privacy. As the IAPP has grown, so has our mission, which is to define, promote and improve the professions of privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally.

Applicants from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Previous research, coursework or experience in privacy, AI governance, cybersecurity law, and digital law and policy is preferred. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or be eligible for work authorization in the U.S.

The one-year fellowship generally begins and ends in August.

Please send any questions about the Westin Fellowship to research@iapp.org.

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    Fellowship Requirements

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    Applicant Requirements

 

Current Westin Fellows
 
David Botero

David Botero
2025 – 2026

William Simpson

William Simpson
2025 – 2026

 
Past Westin Fellows
Kayla Bushey

Kayla Bushey
2024 – 2025

C. Kibby

C. Kibby
2024 – 2025

Luke Fischer

Luke Fischer
2023 – 2024

Andrew Folks

Andrew Folks
2023 – 2024

Anokhy Desai

Anokhy Desai
2022 – 2023

Amy Olivero

Amy Olivero
2022 – 2023

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams
2021 – 2022

Taylor Kay Lively

Taylor Kay Lively
2021 – 2022

Sarah Rippy

Sarah Rippy
2020 – 2021

Nicole Sakin

Nicole Sakin
2020 – 2021

Mitchell Noordyke

Mitchell Noordyke
2018 – 2019

Müge Fazlioglu

Müge Fazlioglu
2017 – 2018

Lee Matheson

Lee Matheson
2017 – 2018

Cobun Keegan

Cobun Keegan
2016 – 2017

Calli Schroeder

Calli Schroeder
2016 – 2017

Gabe Maldoff

Gabe Maldoff
2015 – 2016

Anna Meyers

Anna Meyers
2015 – 2016

Arielle Brown

Arielle Brown
2014 – 2015

Patricia Bailin

Patricia Bailin
2014 – 2015

Dennis Holmes

Dennis Holmes
2013 – 2014

Kelsey Finch

Kelsey Finch
2013 – 2014