Diversity in Data

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Impactful Data Science: What I Learned Through Data Science For Social Good

November 4, 2020

It’s times like these when I like to think about how I can bring together all the technical work I like to do and the impact I want to make. As a Graduate Student in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) focusing on the intersection of humans and climate, I thoroughly believe that the efforts to create a more just society require work across disciplines to tackle society’s most pressing issues. This led me to join the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program at the...

Imposter Syndrome in Data Science

January 19, 2021

I promised the D-Lab a blog post and then promptly felt unqualified to write it. (I wish that I were kidding.) Thus begins my ironic tale of imposter syndrome in data science.

Who am I?

As a new D-Lab Data Science Fellow and as a doctoral student in Rachel Morello-Frosch’s laboratory in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at Berkeley, I work at the intersection of social theory, environmental epidemiology, and geography. Specifically, I research how institutional power manifests in the distribution of environmental monitoring...