Announcements: Class

• Please remind me to press “RECORD” if needed.
• Some options for recording your webcam + screen:
  • Using Zoom (a tutorial from SUNY JCC)
  • Using Screencastify, a Chrome extension.
• Final Project Brief updates (will discuss on Thursday):
  • Guest speaker emails are here (also linked from the final project brief).
  • Solution Flowchart: Please be able to explain the Who/What/When/Where/Why to justify your flowchart as representing a solution. Use the annotated bibliography and presentation to add detail to this explanation. 
  • Data Visualization: If you’re using NYU Institutional Research Data, be sure to make different visualizations than what’s shown in the Factbook. 
    • These new datasets are approved, but please run your idea by me before using these data:
      • NYU Data Services Black Lives Matter Data
      • NYC Public Health Data
      • EPA EJSCREEN Data

Agenda 

• Chris Woods, Introduction to LGBTQ+ at NYU. Shared links:
  • Pose (FX show). Fun fact: Pose star Angelica Ross is also a software developer.
  • CORE: A Conceptual Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
  • The Trevor Project
  • The Asexual Visibility and Education Network
  • Out in Tech
  • Lesbians Who Tech
  • Transtech Social Enterprises
  • NYU Trans Inclusive Classrooms Guide
  • NYU Bias Response Line
  • Chris’s contact is chris.woods [at ] nyu.edu or lgbtq [at] nyu.edu; our social media for the LGBTQ+ Center is @nyulgbtq; our events https://tinyurl.com/nyulgbtqcenterevents
• And from Prof D’s archives:
  • Intersectionality: video discussions with Kimberlé Crenshaw (considered to have originated this term) and Feminist Frequency (who provides an up-to-date overview)
• If there’s time: 
  • Final Project chat.
  • Student Blog Spot Talk (chosen at random), Resource of the day

Assignments

• Due Tuesday, 12/8: 
  • Phase 2, Blog Post #13.
    • Please discuss the Introduction to LGBTQ+ at NYU by Chris Woods. What did you learn? What might be some ways that new technologies can better acknowledge and support some of the identities discussed during this session?
    • Please read (through Course Reserves) or listen to the Introduction of The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist. How does Ben Barres’ life and journey reflect concepts from today’s session with Chris Woods?

Announcements: Extra Credit

• Events
  • 12/1 to 12/3: Diversity in STEM summit (NYU Tandon)
  • 12/2: Standing Against Racial Injustices: Commanding Our Voices, Part 2 (CMD-IT)
  • 12/9: Inclusive Planning in Tribal Communities: Engaging People with Disabilities in Designing Safe and Accessible Transportation Systems (America Walks)
• Reading / Watching
  • The Geography of the Foreclosure Crisis and the Importance of Location  (Social Science Research Network)
  • Researchers Spot Origins of Stereotyping in AI Language Technologies (NYU News)
  • Standing Against Racial Injustices: Commanding Our Voices, Part 1 (CMD-IT)
  • Any of the links shared by this week’s guest speakers.

Opportunities

• NYU Islamic Center seeks Graphic Designer / Media Assistant (link will take you to NYU Handshake)
• BE MORE with Anu, a diversity training org, is hiring a part-time Breaking Bias Course Coordinator and a part-time Digital Designer. Apply by emailing jobs@bemorewithanu.com.