Jason Sorens is the Director of Research and Education at the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College. His research will focus on the expansion of privacy protections related to government access to private databases, digital storage, and biometric data. Jason brings over ten years of knowledge and expertise in the privacy realm, with extensive experience in the separation of the private and public spheres, regional autonomy, state politics, and fiscal federalism.

Jason has researched and written more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, a book for McGill-Queens University Press titled Secessionism, and a biennially revised book for the Cato Institute, Freedom in the 50 States (with William Ruger). He has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University at Buffalo. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University and a B.A. in economics and philosophy from Washington and Lee University.