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During our weekly team e-meetings, we're taking time to learn about contemporary Black women in STEM fields!

Today we learned about Dr. Safiya Noble. She is an American researcher; educator; and expert on racism, sexism, and tech.

@safiyanoble #WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenInSTEM

Currently, @safiyanoble is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies

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Dr. @safiyanoble is also Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

Her research on gender, technology, and culture has appeared in both academic publications and popular media outlets.

Dr. @safiyanoble is the author of "Algorithms of Oppression," a book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines (including https://time.com/5209144/google-search-engine-algorithm-bias-racism/).

#EthicsAndAlgorithms #AlgorithmicBias #SearchEngineBias #AlgorithmicRacialBias

Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls

From linking girls with porn to characterizing hairstyles as 'unprofessional'

https://time.com/5209144/google-search-engine-algorithm-bias-racism/

Dr. Noble is also co-editor of "The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Class and Culture" as well as "Emotions, Technology & Design."

You can buy @safiyanoble's book, "Algorithms of Oppression" at https://bit.ly/AlgorithmsOpp

Algorithms of Oppression

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for “black girls”...

https://bit.ly/AlgorithmsOpp

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