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Our semi-monthly Colloquium series this past Spring of 2022 featured the research of scholars of marginalized identities and those conducting data science research into social justice. The QSIDE Colloquium has brought together hundreds of scholars and activists nationally to learn about methods, theory, and social justice research projects in our five research areas. Through the Colloquium, QSIDE has and continues to provide an ongoing platform and elevation for the voices, research, and action of social justice scholarship.
Queer Feminist Trans DataViz Care: Methods of Visualizing the “Invisible” and the Hypervisible
Speaker: Jen Jack Gieseking, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Kentucky Ph.D.
Date and Time: January 27, 2022 4:00p.m. Eastern
Abstract: Does “not tiny” data ever qualify as big enough when marginalized people do not have the resources to produce, self-categorize, analyze, or store “big data”? How can algorithms support projects of resistance and resilience, rather than merely enact processes of data sorting and surveillance? In which ways can data visualization multiply rather than simplify narratives?.. See full abstract
Biosketch: Jack Gieseking is an urban cultural geographer, feminist and queer theorist, and environmental psychologist. Their research centeres around lesbian, queer, and trans geographies, with a recent monograph entitled A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers, 1983-2008, a ethnography that focuses on LGBTQ+ data visualization, and more.
Intersectionality Methodology: Quantitative Research Considerations
Speaker: Chayla Haynes Davison, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Texas A&M University
Date and Time: February 10, 2022 4:00p.m. Eastern
Abstract: Kimberlé Crenshaw’s scholarship on Black women has been the springboard for numerous education studies in which researchers use intersectionality as a theoretical framework; however, few have considered the possibilities of intersectionality as a methodological tool… See full abstract
Biosketch: Dr. Chayla Haynes Davison is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration and the recipient of Texas A&M University’s Robert and Mavis Simmons Faculty Fellowship. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Denver and also holds a M.A. in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University… See full bio
A Road to Inequity Paved with Good Intentions: Data Science and Health Care Delivery in the US
Speaker: Taj Mustapha, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Minnesota Medical School and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Date and Time: February 24, 2022 4:00p.m. Eastern
Abstract: Researchers have uncovered racial disparities in infant and maternal mortality, survival after myocardial infarction, pain control for long bone fractures, vaccine administration, cancer screening, minimally-invasive versus radical surgical procedures, and more. However, those inequities remain. In fact, many times institutional efforts to address racial and other disparities have resulted in increased disparities… See full abstract
Biosketch: 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… See full bio
Explaining Racial Disparities in Personal Bankruptcy Outcomes
Speaker: Sasha Indarte, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Date and Time: March 10, 2022 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Abstract: We document a persistent Black-white gap in personal bankruptcy outcomes. Using preliminary bankruptcy outcomes data from three states while we process new national data, we replicate earlier findings that Black filers are more likely to have their bankruptcy cases dismissed without any debt relief… See full abstract
Biosketch: Sasha Indarte is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary areas of research are household finance, banking, and macroeconomics. Her research investigates the causes and consequences of financial distress using big data, quasi-experimental research designs, and structural economic models… See full bio
Stopping Human Trafficking: The complex legal, economic, and criminal landscape and our work to stop modern slavery and online child sex work
Speaker: John Powell, Data Scientist, MSc, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Joshua Hewson, Student, Williams College. Manuchehr Aminian, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Cal Poly Pomona.
Date and Time: March 24, 2022 4:00p.m. Eastern
Abstract: Banks unknowingly process financial transactions relating to Modern Slavery ad Human Trafficking (MSHT) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) enabling criminals to generate estimated profits of $160 billion p.a. from exploiting millions of individuals. Currently less than 1% of these transactions are being detected and only 0.2% of individuals in slavery are rescued… See full abstract
Biosketch: John Powell is a data scientist at RedCompass Labs, a financial services firm based in London, UK. Prior to that, Powell was an Actuary at Aon, and has also worked at the Government Actuary’s Department. Powell completed his Master’s in Physics with Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. Joshua Hewson is a student at Williams College, where he is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science. Manuchehr Aminian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Cal Poly Pomona. Aminian completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado State University, and his Ph.D in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.