market research analyst
City square associates
Previously: postdoctoral fellow
data science initiative
harvard university
about my journey:
cnn | my undocumented life | daily princetonian | princeton alumni weekly | princeton summer journal
i think about:
connections between science, society, in/justice, & oneself
How research practices used to study society can reinforce human hierarchies
developing analyses that better capture complex perceptions of race, sexuality, migration, & public needs
to learn more:
featured study:
Analytic racecraft: Race-based averages create illusory group differences in perceptions of racism
Research practices used by social scientists to understand and dismantle the psychological foundations that uphold racist hierarchies can backfire when they rely on racecraft. Racecraft ideology assumes the reality of race(s), an assumption that shapes study designs and inferences to the detriment of theoretical and practical goals. I showcase how racecraft manifests in studies seeking to quantify how perceptions of sociopolitical stimuli differ across racialized perceivers
latest ✍🏽:
- becoming tables or borders
Every day, in every interaction, you have a choice: will you become a border, or will you become a table? - your face dataset cannot be “racially” diverse
facial diversity cannot be racial diversity, so what are face datasets actually diversifying? - outside(r)
the best compliment was being warned that i was trespassing disciplinary borders - how survey researchers reinforce racialization
what if research methods are merely (re)producing caricatures of the people that we study as “racial groups”? - (un)documentation & (dis)identification
Where and for whom is the undocumented immigrant?
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in the news:
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Is psychology getting race wrong? Harvard study reveals racial categories may not predict shared views on racism
A recent study found that while racial categories show average differences in perceptions of racism, there is just as much disagreement within groups as between them. This challenges the assumption that racial groups share cohesive views and questions common research methods.
www.radioworld.com
Trust, Solutions and Connection: Why Community Radio Matters
At a time when public broadcasters’ financial futures are uncertain, NFCB CEO Rima Dael writes that listeners are seeking coverage of their own neighborhoods.
