About Me

Cathy O’Neil

I’m a writer, a bluegrass fiddler, and an algorithmic auditor. I live in Cambridge and Somerville, MA.

Algorithmic Auditing Query

For questions about my work auditing algorithms, please visit ORCAA’s webpage.

Interview or Review Request

If you would like to interview me or review the Shame Machine or Weapons of Math Destruction, please contact my publicist Dyana Messina at dmessina@penguinrandomhouse.com.

Literary Rights Inquiry

If you have a book rights inquiry, please contact Jay Mandel at jman@wmeentertainment.com.

Speaking Inquiry

If you’d like to invite me to speak, please email Jade Garnett at JadeG@harrywalker.com.

Bio

Cathy O’Neil earned a Ph.D. in math from Harvard and worked as a math professor at Barnard College before switching over to the private sector, working as a quant for the hedge fund D.E. Shaw and as a data scientist in the New York start-up scene. In 2016 she wrote the book Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. and in 2022 the book The Shame Machine: who profits in the new age of humiliation. She is the CEO of ORCAA, an algorithmic auditing company, and is the board member of OCEAN, a public charity that defends the public interest against the misuse of algorithms.