John Horrigan

John B. Horrigan is Senior Fellow at the Benton Institute on Broadband & Society, with a focus on
technology adoption and digital inclusion. Horrigan has served as an Associate Director for
Research at the Pew Research Center and Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute. During
the Obama Administration, Horrigan was part the leadership team at the Federal Communications
Commission for the development of the National Broadband Plan (NBP). For the NBP, Horrigan was
responsible for the plan’s recommendations on broadband adoption. He has done extensive
research on the digital divide, including evaluating the impact of the Affordable Connectivity
Program, assessing the impact of digital skills training on individuals, and the role of libraries in
communities.
Horrigan has a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Texas at Austin and his undergraduate
degree in economics from the University of Virginia.