Benjamin D. Leiner
Adjunct Lecturer
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Education: B.A., Emory University; MBA, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Ben Leiner (Darden '19) is an Adjunct Lecturer at Darden teaching a second-year elective, "Technology and Ethics." His interests lie at the intersection of technology and democracy, specifically how technology helps and hinders civic participation and individual wellbeing. Off grounds, he leads product marketing and consumer insights at SmartNews, a news aggregation platform with over 20 million readers worldwide. He also publishes a Substack newsletter, The Ethical Technologist, and hosts a podcast by the same name.