We write this statement of solidarity, denouncing the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota and the ongoing oppression of Black Americans.
D-Lab mourns with millions across the country over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many other Black people killed at the hands of police. We denounce these horrendous events that are indicative of the systemic racism that is built into the fabric of our society and government. We call for the demilitarization of institutions of higher learning...
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...
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...
