Connie Moon Sehat is Director of Research and co-Founder of Discourse Labs, a non-profit that develops tools and resources for productive public dialogue. As a researcher, her work has focused on questions related to information and conversational quality, as well as ethical practice. Dr. Sehat has focused on the intersections of technology and democratic life for over twenty-five years.

Her doctorate from Rice University specialized in twentieth-century German history, with minor fields in Enlightenment Europe and Modern Japan, while her first job out of college allowed her to develop software for the International Space Station. She has served as a Senior Fellow for Media, Entertainment and Sport Industries at the World Economic Forum, and also previously worked for The Carter Center, Emory University, and The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.