joel e martinez

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market research analyst
City square associates

Previously: postdoctoral fellow
data science initiative
harvard university

learn more about my journey on: 
cnn | my undocumented life | daily princetonian | princeton alumni weekly | princeton summer journal

My thinking explores:

connections between science, society, in/justice, & oneself

developing analyses that better capture complex perceptions of issues like race, sexuality, migration, & public needs

How scientific practices used to study society can reinforce human hierarchies

to learn more:

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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
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featured talk:

helping researchers think more clearly about race & racism

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in the news:

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.
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