Anna Higgins is a Project Coordinator, Strong Internet, and Policy Advisor at the Internet Society. In her role, she works on issues such as encryption, competition, and security. She was previously a Research Analyst for the North America Regional Bureau of the Internet Society, where she researched, supported, and advocated for the Internet Society’s policy positions on privacy, security, and access issues — particularly for Tribal and Indigenous communities. Anna also previously worked at Next Century Cities — where she researched and created resources on broadband access issues for cities, towns, and counties — and ICANNWiki, where she developed content on ICANN and its domain-naming processes. She has been involved with the Internet Governance Forum USA for the past two years.
Anna earned her master of public policy and bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and Media Studies from the University of Virginia. Her master’s thesis focused on public-private partnership models for a municipal government looking to deploy a publicly-owned network.
Anna also speaks Spanish and loves to travel, run, and go thrift shopping in her free time. She is based in Washington, D.C.
Latest posts
Encryption
18 December 2020
How Strong Encryption Can Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence
For many of us in quarantine, our only privacy often comes in the form of digital communications. While we’re...
Community Networks
1 October 2020
Launching the First-Ever Virtual Indigenous Connectivity Summit
COVID-19 has moved many of our lives online, and our conversations around how to further broadband access are no...
Community Networks
23 July 2020
A Narrow Window of Opportunity for Rural Connectivity in the U.S.
As COVID-19 continues to shine a spotlight on the vital role the Internet plays, a short window of opportunity...
Encryption
26 March 2020
Truth Matters: Why Journalists Need Encryption Now More Than Ever
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, so has misinformation about the virus. Log into any social media account and...
Encryption
5 November 2019
Owning Your Keys: The Technical and Human Side of Encryption
Ever wonder if your next doctor’s appointment will result in jail time? Luckily most of us never have to...
Internet Governance
16 August 2019
Day Zero 2019: Bringing Together Young People to Talk about Internet Governance
As we work to foster the multistakeholder model in Internet governance, we must include the voices of youth. They’ve...