Hi, there! I'm Brandeis Marshall
Trained as a computer scientist and an educator-scholar by profession, I teach, speak and write about the impact of data practices on technology and society. I focus on educating and producing scholarship that amplifies Black women thriving in data and tech careers. I started DataedX (pronounced data-ed-x) Group. DataedX Group, at its core, counteracts automated oppression efforts with culturally-responsive instruction and strategies. We strengthen your data equity resolve -- that ability to acknowledge and perpetuate the anti-discriminatory narrative centering non-white people and communities throughout the data life cycle.
Why data? Because data is fueling the algorithms that’s making the tech and that tech is perpetuating harm to Black women. We can end this relentless cycle with culturally responsible data education and intentional processes dissemination.
I hold a Ph.D. and Master of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. Currently, I'm a Stanford PACS Practitioner Fellow and Partner Research Fellow at Siegel Family Endowment. I'm on sabbatical leave from Spelman College, where I'm a Full Professor of Computer Science.
What's Happening
My essay "Algorithmic Assault" was selected as contributing to in The Black Agenda
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Panelist at National Urban League Conference 2021. Artificial Intelligence and the Black Economy with will.i.am, Suresh Venkatarayalu and Carlos Watson airing October 1, 2021.
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Wrote e-paper "Algorithmic misogynoir in content moderation practice", published by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC, June 2021.
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Featured in CNN's United Shades of America w/ W. Kamau Bell. Season 6, Episode 2: Black to the Future airing May 9, 2021.
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ACLU Guest Blogger on "How Broadband Access Advances Systemic Equality", April 28, 2021.
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Panelist at The Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative & HBS Gender Initiative: Just Digital Future Summit on March 31, 2021.
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AAAI AIDBEI 2021 paper published "Waking up to Marginalization: Public Value Failures in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science"
CNN's Original Series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (Season 6, Episode 2)
Let's Connect
If you're interested in hiring Dr. Marshall for your own professional development, your group or your organization, reach out.
