John Carter McKnight is a fourth-year PhD candidate at Arizona State University, in Human & Social Dimensions of Science and Technology. His work examines the emergence of law and governance in online communities.

In addition to an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Law at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, he has developed and taught a range of graduate and undergraduate courses in games studies and and the anthropology of online communities.

He has practiced corporate finance law with global law firms in New York and San Francisco, served as officer and director of nonprofit organizations involved in science education and policy, and was Prelaw Services Coordinator at ASU.