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Congratulations to Media Lab PhD student @RaechelWalker on being selected as a recipient of an ACM FAccT 2024 scholarship, which will support her PhD research in data activism. media.mit.edu/posts/raechel-…
ALT Raechel Walker, wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, stands in front of a gray-and-white striped wall. She is smiling, and has her arms crossed.
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What are you doing Tuesday at 12EST? I'm giving a talk about how I use reverse engineering (aka, hacking into software) to make connections between social structures and data/code structures. (useful for media studies, STS, crit data studies) Abstract ⬇️ 1/
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@danielladipaola and @RaechelWalker's interview with @cfiesler exploring how she uses social media to raise public awareness of tech ethics, AI legislation, and the impact of tech on marginalized communities is out now!
doi.org/10.38105/spr.grk6alq…
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This talk was a stunner! The framework, research questions, and execution of this work by @RaechelWalker on Alleviating the Danger Of A Single Story Through Liberatory Computing Education, presented at @BpcRespect…so good. Check out the Day of AI lessons! #respect2024
I am speaking at RESPECT'24. Please checkout the details of my talk at: whova.com/xems/apis/opengrap…
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Weekend read: @RaechelWalker building new pathways for "data science to confront and mitigate systemic oppression" with African American students. media.mit.edu/publications/u…
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"I felt like my PhD kind of scratched the surface of what I could have done or could potentially do... I wanted to explore healthcare robotics even more and more deeply.” - Dr. Angelique Taylor modernfigurespodcast.com
I'll be speaking at Black Issues in Computing Education (BICE) Symposium on Feb 01 - 03, 2024. I would love to see you there!🎉🎉
Register here: whova.com/portal/registratio…
- via #Whova Event Platform
tinyurl.com/yqx7hb4g #BICE2024
I'll be presenting my research paper titled, "Unveiling Voices: Boston African American Students' Journey Through Data Activism With Community Catalysts": media.mit.edu/publications/u…
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Five Media Lab students have received 2023 MIT Presidential Fellowship awards! Congrats to Ila Kumar (Affective Computing), Kimaya Lecamwasam (Opera of the Future), Cecilé Sadler (Lifelong Kindergarten), Aastha Shah (@CDecoders), + Raechel Walker (@MITprg) media.mit.edu/posts/five-med…
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Kicking off the Data Activism Research Symposium this morning @medialab. Master's student Raechel Walker and a team of high school and undergraduate researchers partnered with community orgs to use data science to address systemic injustice
ALT Picture of the Data Activism research Symposium with a "Welcome!" sign in the foreground that reads Boston High School Students Along a Difference. Using data science to mitigate systemic oppression." in the background are tables where high school researchers are seated ready to present their work. Behind them is a large screen showing the Data Activism Team.
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Interesting master's thesis "Liberatory Computing Framework: Empowering High School Students to Mitigate Systemic Oppression through Data Activism" by @RaechelWalker dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1…
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The winning projects selected for the MIT Prize for Open Data represent a wide variety of research topics. From a Data Activism curriculum for high schoolers…(1/5) news.mit.edu/2022/empowering…
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The @mitlibraries and @ScienceMIT recently awarded the inaugural MIT Prize for Open Data; the winners and honorable mentions included several Media Lab students and alumni. Congratulations to all of the honorees! news.mit.edu/2022/celebratin…
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Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism: Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer. mitsha.re/lmzV50KRoZF
ALT Left to right: Yusuf Solomon, Zeynep Yalcin, Olivia Dias, Raechel Walker, Cynthia Breazeal, Siddiqui, Jacob G., Jacob T., Lisa, Jesmin, Nina, Kiki, and Neko. The group is standing in a line holding up colorful T-shirts.
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“How do we meaningfully engage with topics such as ethics, equity, and justice in our design processes?” Learn more about the Design Justice Project Team at MIT and the upcoming Design Justice Pedagogy Summit they are hosting from August 24–26. medium.com/mit-media-lab/und…
ALT A collage of headshots showing the 18 members of the Design Justice Project Team.
Excited to have presented our position paper at the 2022 RESPECT Conference + NSF CISE Education and Workforce PI Meeting! Thank you to Eman Sherif and @cynthiabreazeal for your assistance with this paper. #respect2022 #RESPECTConference #respectbpc
ALT I presented our paper titled, "Liberatory Computing Education for African American Students" at the 2022 RESPECT Conference.