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Cory Alpert is a columnist and academic. He was the senior advisor to Stephen K. Benjamin (then the Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina and the President of the United States Conference of Mayors[1]), and is well-known for his work in connecting technology and civil society.[2] He is currently a columnist for The Age[3]
Education
[edit]Cory Alpert attended the University of South Carolina for his undergraduate degree, where he studied sociology and Russian.[4] He received the Steven N. Swanger Leadership Award.[5] He led the University's voter registration initiative, Lead the Way, which partnered with the entire University of South Carolina System and Clemson University to register more than 5,000 voters.[6] The initiative was also praised for its innovative partnerships with the University's athletics department, the South Carolina Gamecocks.[7] He graduated in 2017, when he brought António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to speak at the University's commencement.[8]
Alpert is currently working on a PhD at the University of Melbourne, where he is investigating the impact of AI on democracy. He regularly publishes in the University's research magazine, Pursuit.[9][10]
Cory Alpert | |
|---|---|
| Born | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, Columnist |
| Parent | Geoff Alpert |
| Relatives | Harry Alpert |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA (Hons), University of South Carolina PhD (in progress), University of Melbourne |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina |
| Doctoral advisor | Terry MacDonald |
| Influences | Emile Durkheim, Morton Grodzins, Harry Alpert |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social Psychologist |
| Sub-discipline | The impact of AI on democracy |
Career
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While in high school and during his undergraduate degree, he was a company member at Trustus Theatre in Columbia.[11] In addition to his work leading the University's voter registration efforts, he also launched UofSC Relief in response to Hurricane Joaquin, which directly hit South Carolina in 2015.[12] Those efforts later became known as Columbia Relief, which assisted the United States Conference of Mayors in its work to support other cities affected by natural disasters, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. Again, Alpert leveraged partnerships with athletics departments for these efforts.[13][14]
He later worked with Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin, first as his campaign manager, then as a senior advisor for policy, where he focused on international relations and climate change in the first year of the Presidency of Donald Trump.
In subsequent years, he worked with political candidates like Andrew Gillum and James A. Smith (politician).[15] In the 2020 Presidential cycle, he was one of the first hires for Pete Buttigieg's 2020 Presidential campaign, where he became a trusted aide supporting the campaign's work across the Southeast.[16][17] Following the Buttigieg campaign, he went on to work for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign as an advance lead for Doug Emhoff.
Alpert later followed Emhoff in the White House as an advance staffer,[18] including supporting Emhoff's historic visit to Auschwitz concentration camp.[19] Alpert also worked as the senior advisor to the AI for Good Foundation, which created and launched the humanitarian response technology in Ukraine, in partnership with Volodymyr Zelenskyy's administration.[20] He also began working with national voter registration organizations to register and engage young voters, including launching Secure the Ballot and as the chief strategist for Field Team 6.[21] With Field Team 6, he is known for his work producing America Needs a Queen, which brought together talent from RuPaul's Drag Race, Legendary (TV series), and Queen of the Universe (TV series), including Detox (drag queen), Alaska Thunderfuck, Brita Filter, and more to register new voters ahead of the 2022 United States elections.[22][23]
In 2024, Alpert begun working on his PhD at the University of Melbourne, studying the impact of AI on democracy. In addition to his PhD, he was also acknowledged as part of the "red team", testing OpenAI's ChatGPT models.[24] He is also in the midst of a speaking tour around Australia, particularly in regional areas, where he is talking about AI, misinformation, and truth.[25][26]
He is a regular contributor to The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, Pursuit, ABC News (Australia), Network 10, SBS (Australian TV channel), The Guardian and others[27][28][29][30].
Personal life
[edit]Cory Alpert is the son of Geoffrey Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina and Griffith University. He is the grandson of Harry Alpert, the founder of the social science division of the National Science Foundation and former Deputy Director of UNESCO.
References
[edit]- ^ "IHS Alumni - Irmo High". ihs.lexrich5.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts". www.tvo.org. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "Cory Alpert". The Age. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "Department of Sociology - Department of Sociology | University of South Carolina". sc.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Top students honored at annual Awards Day ceremony". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Staff, ABC Columbia (2016-04-21). "USC "Lead the Way Initiative" to Hold Voter Registration Events". ABC Columbia. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ https://allinchallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/University-of-South-Carolina-Action-Plan-2018-UPDATED-1.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ Wilks, Avery (5 May 2017). "How a USC student brought the UN secretary-general to graduation". The State. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Cory Alpert". Pursuit. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ Shiung, Amy (2024-10-28). "Cory Alpert". Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "USC Student Leader Cory Alpert Endorses Andy Smith — The Jasper Project — Columbia, SC". The Jasper Project. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Reed, Megan. "Univ. of South Carolina student launches flood-relief group". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Department, Sports (2016-08-16). "Watch: Tanner, USC Announce Relief Efforts to LSU/Baton Rouge". ABC Columbia. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Stevens, Matthew (2016-08-19). "USC, City of Columbia supporting flood efforts in Louisiana". WACH. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Brooks, Ryan (2019-02-13). "A Florida Mayor Is Thinking About Running For President And It's Not Andrew Gillum". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Segal, Edward. "7 Crisis Management Lessons From The 2020 Presidential Campaign Trail". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Organization of Pete for America - Staff, Advisors and Supporters". www.democracyinaction.us. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed". AP News. 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Emhoff says somber Auschwitz visit key to antisemitism work". AP News. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ https://ai4good.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI4Good-Ukraine-General-220815.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "The Team". www.securetheballot.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Forman, Ross. "Drag queens do democracy and sports: 'America Needs A Queen' streaming Feb. 3". GoPride Chicago (ChicagoPride.com). Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ America Needs a Queen (2022) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-08-24 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "GPT-4o System Card External Testers Acknowledgements". OpenAI.
- ^ Editor (2025-04-23). "The treachery of images - The Shepparton Adviser". Retrieved 2025-05-01.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "This election is a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia's democracy". Pursuit. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "Cory Alpert". The Age. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "Cory Alpert". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Former Democrat election campaign organiser Cory Alpert". SBS News. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ Middleton, Karen; Hannan, Camilla; Nippard, Cinnamon; Herbert, Miles; Martignoni, Miles; Hannan, Presented by Karen Middleton Produced by Camilla; Herbert, Cinnamon Nippard With executive producers Miles (2024-09-20). "A former White House staffer on if the US election will be won on vibes – Australian politics podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-05-01.