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Matthew Perault, Associate Professor of the Practice and Senior Lecturing Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and Director of the Center on Science & Technology Policy  

Office Location: 2024 West Main Street, Suite A201, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box: 90239
Email Address: matthew.perault@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    M.P.P., Duke University, 2008
    J.D.,  Harvard University, 2008
    B.A., Brown University, 2002

    Highlight:

    Matt Perault served as a director of public policy at Facebook. He led the company’s global public policy planning efforts on issues such as competition, law enforcement, and human rights and oversaw public policy for WhatsApp, Oculus, and Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research. Prior to joining Facebook, Matt was Counsel at the Congressional Oversight Panel. He previously worked as a consultant at the World Bank and served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

    Matt holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University.

    Matthew Perault