Gerrin Treneé Alexander is a Research Associate at the Chicago Policy Center with the Illinois Policy Institute. She started her journey at the institute as a Policy Analyst intern. Gerrin is a graduate of the University of Chicago, holding degrees in political science and public policy studies.

She serves on the founding editorial board of The Chicago Thinker, UChicago’s first independent, student-run newspaper for conservative and libertarian voices on campus. Gerrin has been featured in Newsweek, Campus Reform, the First Amendment Museum, Fox & Friends, and, of course, The Chicago Thinker. She was also a member of the Social Media Governance Task Force for Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security report, Social Media: The Canary in the Coal Mine.