PULLMAN, Wash., Sept. 3 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:

The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service has selected Thessalia Merivaki as the institute's next director.

Merivaki joins Washington State University from her previous position at Georgetown University, where she was an associate professor with joint appointments at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Massive Data Institute. She is a co-founder of the Digital Trust Lab at the Massive Data Institute and currently a non-resident fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology, as well as serving on the editorial team of the Disability Policy Foundry.

"I am very excited to contribute to this amazing institute and car...