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Roberta R. Katz
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Roberta R. Katz

ANTHROPOLOGY
Stanford University

Visiting Scholar year

  • 2016-17
  • 2011-12
  • 2010-11

Research Affiliate year

  • 2021-22
  • 2020-21
  • 2019-20
  • 2018-19
  • 2017-18

Roberta Katz holds a PhD in anthropology as well as a law degree, and was previously the General Counsel of McCaw Cellular Corporation (now AT&T Wireless) and then of Netscape Corporation. From 2004 to 2017, she served under Stanford University Presidents John Hennessy and Marc Tessier-Lavigne as the Associate Vice president for Strategic Planning at Stanford. She also served as President Tessier-Lavigne’s interim chief of staff. Katz continues to be involved as a consultant to various interdisciplinary initiatives at Stanford, serves on several advisory and nonprofit boards, and is a co-author of Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2021.