Raechel Walker
@RaechelWalker
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Liberatory Computing Researcher in @MITPRG and @HDSIUCSD alum.
Joined November 2018
Congratulations to Media Lab PhD student @RaechelWalker on being selected as a recipient of an ACM FAccT 2024 scholarship, which will support her PhD research in data activism. https://t.co/fQ8NTgZMJM
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What are you doing Tuesday at 12EST? I'm giving a talk about how I use reverse engineering (aka, hacking into software) to make connections between social structures and data/code structures. (useful for media studies, STS, crit data studies) Abstract ⬇️ 1/
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@danielladipaola and @RaechelWalker's interview with @cfiesler exploring how she uses social media to raise public awareness of tech ethics, AI legislation, and the impact of tech on marginalized communities is out now! https://t.co/PQAHkLVnr8
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org
10.38105/spr.grk6alq1g4
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This talk was a stunner! The framework, research questions, and execution of this work by @RaechelWalker on Alleviating the Danger Of A Single Story Through Liberatory Computing Education, presented at @BpcRespect…so good. Check out the Day of AI lessons! #respect2024
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I am speaking at RESPECT'24. Please checkout the details of my talk at:
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Weekend read: @RaechelWalker building new pathways for "data science to confront and mitigate systemic oppression" with African American students. https://t.co/RZm7TSryRd
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"I felt like my PhD kind of scratched the surface of what I could have done or could potentially do... I wanted to explore healthcare robotics even more and more deeply.” - Dr. Angelique Taylor https://t.co/Yisyqinq3r
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I'll be presenting my research paper titled, "Unveiling Voices: Boston African American Students' Journey Through Data Activism With Community Catalysts":
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A noticeable gap exists in the availability of computing curricula tailored to empower African American students to apply their computing skills for the better…
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I'll be speaking at Black Issues in Computing Education (BICE) Symposium on Feb 01 - 03, 2024. I would love to see you there!🎉🎉 Register here: https://t.co/RYkBe8DtQt - via #Whova Event Platform https://t.co/td0KDWNwkK
#BICE2024
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2024-02-01, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
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Five Media Lab students have received 2023 MIT Presidential Fellowship awards! Congrats to Ila Kumar (Affective Computing), Kimaya Lecamwasam (Opera of the Future), Cecilé Sadler (Lifelong Kindergarten), Aastha Shah (@CDecoders), + Raechel Walker (@MITprg)
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Five Media Lab students–Ila Kumar, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Cecilé Sadler, Aastha Shah, and Raechel Walker–win MIT Presidential Fellowship awards.
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Interesting master's thesis "Liberatory Computing Framework: Empowering High School Students to Mitigate Systemic Oppression through Data Activism" by @RaechelWalker
https://t.co/6POSWUHJCl
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The winning projects selected for the MIT Prize for Open Data represent a wide variety of research topics. From a Data Activism curriculum for high schoolers…(1/5)
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At the first STEAM-focused learning site from Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program, 11 Cambridge high school students learned programming skills at MIT. Personal Robots group and RAISE hosted...
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The @mitlibraries and @ScienceMIT recently awarded the inaugural MIT Prize for Open Data; the winners and honorable mentions included several Media Lab students and alumni. Congratulations to all of the honorees!
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The MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries awarded the inaugural MIT Prize for Open Data to 10 research projects that made data openly accessible and reusable.
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Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism: Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer. https://t.co/OaaoG5MZc2
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