Danielle Citron is the inaugural Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law (UVA), where she teaches and writes about information privacy, free expression, and civil rights.

She has garnered awards nationally and internationally and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2019 based on her work on cyber stalking and sexual privacy. In 2015, Prospect magazine named Professor Citron one of the "Top 50 World Thinkers". Her book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace was named one of the "20 Best Moments for Women in 2014" by Cosmopolitan magazine. She has published more than 40 law review articles, and has written for major media outlets such as the New York Times, the Guardian and Wired.

Professor Citron is a member of Facebook's Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery Task Force and an advisor since 2011, and a member of Twitter's Trust and Safety Task Force and an adviser to the company since 2009. She has also advised Kamala Harris and the UK government, and on campaigns internationally on privacy, free expression and civil rights.