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Erin Simpson

Erin Simpson is a Fellow at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality and the author of “Digital Dividends: Investigating the User Experience in Chicago’s Public Computer Center System.” Follow her on Twitter: @heyerinsimpson

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