First generation student and looking to improve and apply Data Science core concepts into social impactful projects, as well as trying to leverage the information from previous cases for better insights of society. Focused on infrastructure and its impact under natural disasters.
Maddie is a third year Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science, Policy, & Management. Their research brings together disability studies and environmental justice to explore how disabled and chronically ill communities are affected by climate change.
They graduated from Barnard College in 2017, and their experiences navigating ableism while working in the environmental field led them to their current research interest at UC Berkeley. In their free time they enjoy knitting, playing music, and exploring the Bay Area with their dog, Winnie.
I'm currently a graduate student in the AS&T program and the School of Journalism, conducting research in the field of AI ethics education. I'm interested in the intersection of data science, journalism and education!
Skyler is a Ph.D. student in Behavioral Marketing at the Haas School of Business. Her research centers on consumer behavior and judgment and decision-making, with a keen interest in both experimental methods and data science techniques. She holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Data Science from New York University Shanghai.
Taylor is a dual JD/Ph.D. student in Berkeley Law's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program. Broadly, she is interested in studying courts, social movements and social change, and the legal profession.
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Tracy uses qualitative methods founded in complexity theory and hierarchy theory to model the interlinked scales of coupled social-ecological systems. She conducted the majority of her research among nomads in Amdo, Tibet. She works to develop both theoretical and technological tools that support linguistic diversity and cultural resilience.
Berkeley Law's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Ph.D. Program
Valentina Flores is a first-year graduate student at Berkeley Law's Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP) Ph.D. Program. They hold a joint Political Science and Human Rights Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree from Bard College. Before JSP, Valentina worked at various criminal justice nonprofits, most notably as an editorial Fellow for PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing program.
Valentina has written about how practices of punishment and surveillance erode the civil rights of the formerly incarcerated and is broadly interested in spatial racism,...
Data Science for Social Justice Fellow (2024-2025)
Integrative Biology
Valeria Ramírez Castañeda is a Colombian biologist currently pursuing a PhD in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. I completed my undergraduate degree in Biology at the National University of Colombia and earned a master's degree in Ecology and Evolution, as well as another in Science Communication. During her PhD, she is studying the interactions between snakes and frogs and how this influences the evolution of toxin resistance in snakes. She is also collaborating and leading projects regarding the consequences of English in science and the...
