Elie Mystal, is the Justice Correspondent for The Nation, where he writes about politics and social and racial justice.  Elie’s first book, Allow Me To Retort – A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution was on the NYT’s bestsellers list in April 2022. Mystal was executive editor of Above the Law, a website with around 2,000,000 unique visitors that focuses on law, courts, and justice.

He’s known for writing about the law and politics, breaking down Supreme Court decisions and up to the minute coverage of Supreme Court confirmation battles.

Off the page, Mystal is a legal contributor to the More Perfect podcast, a Radiolab spinoff, on WNYC. He’s appeared regularly on MSNBC since 2018, appearing on All In With Chris Hayes, The Beat With Ari Melber, A.M. Joy with Joy Reid and Up with David Gura. On the Radio, Mystal has been a frequent guest on the Brian Lehrer Show, the Dean Obedallah Show, Signal Boost with Zerlina Maxwell. He’s also appeared on The Mike Huckabee Show, the Megyn Kelly Show, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld, and done various appearances on
CNBC and Fox Business about legal industry news.

Mystal received his undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard University, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and worked as an associate at Debevoise and Plimpton from 2003-2005.

Oded Oren (he/him/his) is the founder and executive director of Scrutinize, an organization that advocates to hold accountable the most powerful actors in the criminal legal system – state judges – by using innovative, scalable, and data-informed tools. Before founding Scrutinize, Oded was a public defender at the Bronx Defenders. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Diana Estefanía Estrada Alamo (she/they) is a Mexican-born, Seattle-raised, and Baltimore City-based public health research professional. They have comprehensive experience evaluating program-based interventions, creating efficient and methodical monitoring tools, and translating health disparities using innovative data visualizations. They hold a Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a Program Manager for Health Disparities Initiatives working in the public sector.

Geri Louise Dimas (she/her/hers) is a Ph.D. candidate in Data Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining her current program, she obtained a B.A. in Actuarial Science and a B.S. in Computer Science from Roosevelt University, followed by an M.S. in Applied Statistics from Bowling Green State University. Her educational journey has been motivated by her love for data and the ways it can be used to better assist underserved and marginalized communities. Her current research focuses on seeking ways to improve processes that involve vulnerable populations such as those experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and immigration.

Dr. Mustapha received her MD from the University of California San Francisco, and completed her combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency training at the University of Minnesota.  She is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and serves as the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the medical school as well as the Chief of Equity Strategy for M Health Fairview. Her academic interests focus on assessments as they relate to both education and health care delivery, with special attention to equity and inclusion. 

Divyalakshmi Varadha Rajan Prem Sudha (Divya) is currently an undergraduate freshman majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Data Science at Michigan State University(MSU). She has experience working in research as a Professorial Assistant in the Computational Mathematics, Sciences, and Engineering Department at MSU on projects involving Single Cell Analysis using Deep Learning and Data Science methods for over 7 months under the guidance of Dr. Yuying Xie. Divya also serves as a Student Technical Intern at Michigan State University’s Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) and has worked to power up a Raspberry Pi-based Supercomputer. She’s really passionate about working on ground-breaking research that would help make a difference in society. Apart from academics and research, Divya enjoys reading, writing poetry, and singing. She is also actively involved on-campus in many clubs such as the Outreach Chair for Spartan Hackers and as a Front-end Developer for the Imagine Software Club. This is her first time presenting her research at a conference. A fun fact about Divya is that she can fall asleep even after drinking coffee!

Serena Deleonardo is a M.S. student of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder with a passion for data analysis and environmental science. Her current research focus is on downslope windstorms in the Colorado’s Front Range and assessing how their climatology has changed over the last 21 years. In the past, she has researched stochastic population models and surfzone dynamics using computer vision. While earning her M.S. in Environmental Science, she has volunteered in social and environmental justice groups extensively. In her free time, Serena loves venturing into the mountains, painting, baking and nature photography.

Clarissa Ache Cabello is a student in the Duke University MIDS Program. She is committed to using her data science skills to examining issues related to racial and gender inequity, and has worked on multiple projects, including the North Carolina JUSTFAIR analysis, Durham County SToPA Project, and she recently completed a month-long intensive research project at IMSI at the University of Chicago.

Vanessa Maybruck is a Ph.D. student, NSF Integrated Data Science Fellow, and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Applied Mathematics. She is also pursuing her Ph.D. certificate in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology through CU’s BioFrontiers Institute. She is interested in leveraging mathematical modeling and data science to study a broad array of problems, currently focusing on educational equity and human impacts on the environment. Vanessa graduated from Kutztown University in May 2022 with dual degrees in Applied Mathematics and secondary mathematics education with a minor in Biochemistry.

Mary Andrews is a senior at Michigan State University studying Computational Data Science at Michigan State University. She is currently a student in the CDS Capstone, CMSE 495, where she is completing a project sponsored by QSIDE JUSTFAIR. The project aims to create a Toolbox resource for voters to access information about judicial biases. Mary will graduate May 2023. Her post-graduation plan is to work for IBM Federal in Washington D.C. as a Federal Consultant Data Scientist. In her free time Mary enjoys reading, running, and being outdoors.

Alexis Morse is a senior at Michigan State University studying Computational Data Science at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering. Currently, she is privileged to be partnered with QSIDE JUSTFAIR team because of her Capstone class through MSU. She works as an Undergraduate Learning assistant at Michigan State for the CMSE department teaching students computational modeling tools and python techniques focused on data and statistical analysis. This coming June, she will be working as a Cloud Solutions Engineer for Humana health insurance company. In her free time, she likes to advocate for social justice and learn about cyber security, machine learning, and business investment.

Jason Nitkiewicz is a senior at Michigan State University majoring in Computational Data Science. In his senior design / capstone course, he was put on a QSIDE JUSTFAIR team focusing on building a toolbox for future researchers to use. After graduating this May, Jason plans to start working in McClean, Virginia at Capital One as a Business Analyst. In his free time, his hobbies include board games, movies, going to the gym, and hopefully continuing to work for QSIDE going forward.

Kevin Su is a senior at Michigan State University studying Computational Data Science in the College of Engineering. He is part of his Computation Data Science Capstone working on a project sponsored by QSIDE-JUSTFAIR. Kevin is the current president of Spartan Toastmasters, a public-speaking MSU student organization. He is currently a Business Intelligence Intern at Michigan State Federal Credit Union. In his free time, Kevin enjoys writing, playing board games, and traveling and he has a passion for baking and cooking.

Manuchehr Aminian, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the mathematics & statistics department at Cal Poly Pomona, after receiving his PhD at UNC Chapel Hill in 2016. He has interests in partial differential equations, numerical analysis, anomaly detection and sparse feature selection in biomedical data, data driven police accountability, and applied mathematics education.

Ranthony A.C. Edmonds, Ph.D. is an NSF MPS Ascending Postdoctoral Researcher at The Ohio State University, a SIAM-MGB Early Career Fellow, and an Associate Editor at the American Mathematical Monthly. Her research interests include commutative ring theory, applied algebraic topology, data science, and mathematics education.

​She earned a PhD in Mathematics in 2018 from the University of Iowa, an MS in Mathematical Sciences from Eastern Kentucky University in 2013, and a BA in English and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 2011. She also holds two graduate certificates from the University of Iowa, one in College Teaching, and another in Online Teaching.

Anna Haensch, Ph.D. is a senior data scientist in the Tufts University Data Intensive Studies Center with a secondary appointment in the Department of Mathematics. She earned a PhD in mathematics from Wesleyan University. Her research lies at the intersection of mathematics and the social sciences and it deals with the many ways that we can use data to help make a safer, more sustainable, and more equitable world.

Jude Higdon. Ed.D. serves as the Chief Operations Officer for the QSIDE Institute, as well as the Chief Information Officer and AVP for IT at Bennington College in Southern Vermont. As the co-founder of the QSIDE Institute, Jude helps to develop programs to promote and further the use of quantitative methods to address historical oppression and marginalization. Previously, Jude worked at the convergence of technology and education at more than ten institutions of higher learning. He has also developed online learning environments for several major not-for-profit organizations including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Red Cross, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She is committed to the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion in STEAM disciplines, and recently helped to found a scholarship at Bennington College focused on recruiting and retaining women of color interested in studying in and pursuing careers in these disciplines.

Dr. Brown is Professor of Mathematics at Penn State University (PSU), after holding research
positions at Institut Henri Poincaré, University of California at Berkeley, Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute, Michigan State University, and University of Tokyo. His research has
received continuous support from the National Science Foundation since 1999. His teaching has
been recognized by PSU’s highest honor, the Eisenhower Teaching Award. He coordinates the
math component of the Millennium Scholars Program, PSU’s premier undergraduate program
aiming to diversify STEM fields. His advocacy for equity and inclusion have been recognized by
a Robinson Equal Opportunity Award and TEDx talk on “The Math People Myth.” An Affiliate
at the Institute for Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (QSIDE) and Research
Associate in PSU’s Center for the Study of Higher Education, his research now focuses on
(in)equity in STEM education.