Ahmed Alrawi is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia and an adjunct lecturer at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State. He earned his PhD in mass communication from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State. He also earned a master's degree in media studies and a bachelor's degree in telecommunications from Bellisario College. Additionally, he earned another bachelor’s degree from the College of Communications at Al-Mansour University in Baghdad, Iraq, where he majored in computer communication engineering. 

Alrawi’s research interests are twofold: (1) AI, Surveillance, Privacy & the Implications of ICTs, and (2) Broadband Platform Policy and Deployment. Alrawi’s research contributes to understanding the theoretical, methodological, and empirical conversations related to the adoption, use, and effect of ICTs. His research also aims to bring attention to contemporary issues in AI, communication, and media sectors to encourage appropriate regulations and policies that benefit the public. 

Alrawi’s current research centers on examining the surveillance and privacy implications of AI and ICTs on individuals’ online communication activities; it also examines the policy and deployment of rural broadband connections in the United States and MENA countries, specifically in terms of accessibility, affordability, and network availability. His work has been published in the Journal of information policy, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication and Society, Management Communication Quarterly, Surveillance & Society, and Touro Law Review.