Daniel M. Russell is an American computer scientist who is a senior research scientist at Google. He teaches on the subject of effective web-search strategies, using large-scale teaching systems developed by him at Google. Russell sometimes refers to himself as a search anthropologist for his focus on user experience in web search and improving sensemaking of information with technology. Russell is also a Resident Futurist at University of Maryland, where he works for the Office of the Vice-President for Research.