SICSS-Howard/Mathematica

Participant Zoom Links

10:00 - 11:45 Welcome, Praxis to Power Day 1 Introduction and Logistics (Zoom) (welcome video) (logistics video)

11:45 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 LIVE “Personal Experiences of African Americans in the Academy” - Howard University Faculty Roundtable (Zoom) (video)

Speakers

• LaTanya Brown-Robertson, Ph.D., Director of the Honors Program in the College of Arts and Science, ​​and Full Professor, Economics, Howard University
• Denise N. Cook, Ph.D., Senior Statistician, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Chasya Hiebert (Hoagland), Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• Christine McWhorter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Broadcast Journalism, Howard University

Moderator

• Ezinne Nwankwo, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley & Secretary and Board Member, Black in AI

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 2:15 LIVE “Ori: Tapping into the Self for Success” (slides) (Zoom) (video)

• Iya Funlayo E. Wood, Ph.D., Founding Director, Ase Ire

2:15 - 2:30 Break

2:30 - 5:30 R Workshop “Making Computational Methods Accessible: R Basics and Data Wrangling” (Zoom) (video)

• Amber Du, MSc student, Statistics, National University of Singapore

Participant Zoom Links

10:00 - 11:00 Praxis to Power Day 2 Introduction and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

11:00 - 12:00 SICSS-H/M 2022 Funded Alumni Research in Progress Roundtable (Blog) (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

Speakers

“Syntactic Variation in African American English” (slides)(video)

• Kimberley Baxter, Ph.D. student, Linguistics, New York University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum

“Good Mothering Guided by The Parenting Experts on YouTube: Analyzing the Expert Ideas and the Mothers’ Role in the Risk Society” (slides)(video)

• Rumeysanur Erikli Dogan, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, Marmara University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum

“Agrarian Transformation and Search for Social Justice in Ethiopia” (slides)(video)

• Getamesay Nigussie, Ph.D. student, Environmental Science, Addis Ababa University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum

“When Do People See and Sanction Systemic Injustice? A Computational and Experimental Approach to Social Problems” (slides)(video)

• Grace Flores-Robles, Ph.D. student, Psychology, City University of New York Graduate Center & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum

“Part C Early Intervention Referral and Eligibility Determination for Children with Diagnosed Medical Conditions” (slides)(video)

• Asha Yadav, Ph.D., Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum

“The Effect of Paid Family Leave on the Health of Immigrant Parents and Children of Immigrants in the United States” (slides)(video)

• Nayantara Biswas, Ph.D. candidate, Economics, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum
• Renee Clarke, DrPH student, Public Health, University of California, Berkeley & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum
• Susana Quiros, Assistant Teaching Professor, Public Health, University of Missouri & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum
• Bing-Jie Yen, Ph.D., Statistician, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum

“Weighing the Options: Examining School Choice Reactions to Test Score and Discipline Disparities Among Black Parents” (slides)(video)

• Janeria Easley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, African American Studies, Emory University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum
• Todd Hall, Ph.D. student, Education Policy, University of Virginia & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum
• Jeremy Prim, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, University of California, Davis & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum

“Global Crowns: Emotions Surrounding Natural Hair of Black Women around the Globe” (slides)(video)

• Nicole Jenkins, Ph.D., SICSS-H/M 2022 Faculty Co-Sponsor, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Howard University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum
• Yash Tadimalla, Ph.D. candidate, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum

Moderator

• Ezinne Nwankwo, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley & Secretary and Board Member, Black in AI

12:00 - 2:00 Open Office Hours with Organizers (Zoom), OR SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Exclusive Content Review (on your own), OR Pre-Arrival Material Review (on your own)

Review Pre-arrival Materials

• Bootcamp
• Day 1: Introduction and Ethics, Day 2: Collecting Digital Trace Data, Day 3: Automated Text Analysis, Day 4: Surveys in the Digital Age, Day 5: Mass collaboration and machine learning, & OPTIONAL Day 6: Experiments
• Bit by Bit by Matt Salganik (textbook) / (video)

Get to Know the SICSS & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Planning Team

• SICSS at Age 5: An Interview with Co-Founders Chris Bail and Matt Salganik for SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 (video)
• Terri Adams, Ph.D., SICSS-H/M 2023, 2022, & 2021 Faculty Co-Sponsor & Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Associate Dean for Research with the Graduate School, Deputy Director, NOAA Cooperative Science Center for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, Howard University (video)
• Rebecca (Linchi) Hsu, Ph.D., SICSS-H/M 2023 Co-Sponsor & Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Alum (video)
• Nicole Jenkins, Ph.D., SICSS-H/M 2023 & 2022 Faculty Co-Sponsor & Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Howard University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum (video)
• Calvin Hadley, Ph.D., Event Co-Sponsor & Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Office of the President, Howard University (video)
• Akira Bell, Event Co-Sponsor & Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Mathematica (video)
• Naniette H. Coleman, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology Department, University of California, Berkeley, SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Founder/Organizer 2020-present, & SICSS-Princeton 2019 Alum (website)

Changing the Computational Social Science Game & Beyond

• Discussion on Diversity in Computational Social Science, SICSS Alumni Festival 2020 (video)
• Uncovering New Keys to Countering Anti-Black Racism and Inequity Using Computational Social Science, SAGE Ocean Blog
• The Future of Computational Social Science is Black (nine part series): Welcome to SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2020 & 2021, SAGE Methodspace Blog
• Inside an Initiative to Diversify the Field of Computational Social Science, On the Evidence: A Mathematica Podcast
• A lack of diversity in research and analytics is not just unethical — it is dangerous by Wayne A.I. Frederick, M.D., MBA and Paul Decker, Ph.D., Hechinger Report (Opinion)
• Reimagining Social Institutions: Higher Education, an SSRC and SAGE publishing panel moderated by Alondra Nelson, Ph.D. (video)
• Black in AI, Board Member Panel (video)
• Building the Public Interest Technology by Jenny Toomey & Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D., Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Introducing “A Three-Step Guide to Training Computational Social Science Ph.D. Students for Academic and Non-Academic Careers” by Aniket Kesari, Ph.D., and Jae Yeon Kim, Ph.D., D-Lab

SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Throwback Videos

• SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Keynote Address, Timnit Gebru, Ph.D., Co-founder, Black in AI (video)
• SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Keynote Address, Safiya Noble, Ph.D., MacArthur Foundation Fellow & Professor, Gender Studies and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (video)
• Inaugural SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 Motivational Address, Paula Moreno, Founder/President, Manos Visibles, Member, Ford Foundation Board of Trustees (2007 to 2010), and Minister of Culture, Columbia (2007 to 2010) (video)
• New Frontiers in Research and Technology: “The Future of Research and Equity in the Metaverse” Panel (LIVE Q&A)
• – André Brock, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Media Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology (video)
• – Courtney D. Cogburn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University (video)
• – Kyla McMullen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida (video)
• – Danielle Olson, Ph.D., AI/ML Human Factors Researcher, Apple (video)
• SICSS-Africa + African Descendants Inaugural Panel: “Interrogating Data Collection Methods Focused on African and African Descendants: Challenges and Opportunities” (Poster) (LIVE Q&A)
• – Bhaso Ndzendze, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg (video)
• – Evans Osabuohien, Ph.D., Professor, Economics and Head of Department, Economics & Development Studies, Covenant University, Nigeria (video)
• – Lebogang Ramafoko, Executive Director, Oxfam South Africa (video)
• – Yahya Shaikh, M.D., Principal Scientist, Connected Health Systems, MITRE (video)

2:00 - 5:00 R Workshop “Making Computational Methods Accessible: Modeling and Visualization” (Zoom) (video)

• Amber Du, MSc student, Statistics, National University of Singapore

Day 1: Pre-arrival Videos & Corresponding Slides (Takeaway Sheet)

Participant Zoom Links

10:00 - 10:30 Institute Introduction and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:30 - 11:30 Small Group Discussions, Lesson Plan (participants), Slides (Zoom) (video)

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 LIVE “Getting the Most Out of Your SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Experience” - Roundtable Discussion with SICSS-H/M Alumni of Color (Zoom) (video)

Speakers

• Abiodun Atoloye, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Nutrition, Utah State University & SICSS-H/M 2021 Alum
• Troy Dildine, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University & SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021 Alum
• Daniel Lobo, Ph.D. student, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley & SICSS-H/M 2022 Alum
• Erika Meza, Ph.D. candidate, Epidemiology and Translational Science, University of California, San Francisco & SICSS-H/M 2021 Alum
• Ibukun Osunbunmi, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Assessment & Instructional Specialist, Pennsylvania State University & SICSS-H/M 2021 Alum

Moderator

• Ezinne Nwankwo, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley & Secretary and Board Member, Black in AI

1:00 - 1:30 Break

1:30 - 1:45 Introduction to the Group Exercise, Lesson Plan (participants), Lesson Plan (instructors) (Zoom) (video)

1:45 - 2:45 Group Exercise Continuation: Small Group Discussion of Case Study (Zoom)

2:45 - 3:15 Group Exercise Continuation: Whole Group Debrief about Case Study (Zoom) (video)

3:15 - 3:45 Debrief and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

3:45 - 4:15 Apply for data access for Fragile Families Challenge activity (video)

4:15 - 4:30 Break

4:30 - 5:30 SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Kick-off and Opening Plenary: An Intimate Fireside Chat and LIVE Q&A (Zoom) (video)

• Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., R.Ph., Provost, Howard University
• Calvin Hadley, Ph.D., Event Co-Sponsor & Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Office of the President, Howard University

Day 2: Pre-arrival Videos, Corresponding Slides, & Annotated Code (Takeaway Sheet)

Participant Zoom Links

9:00 - 10:00 R, Python, and STATA Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and Introduction to Group Exercise (Zoom) (video)

10:15 - 11:30 Group Exercise Continuation: Identify a Research Question with Digital Trace Data (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #1: Polarization Lab (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A) OR R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

• Chris Bail, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology, Political Science, and Public Policy, Duke University, Founding Director, Polarization Lab & co-founder of SICSS

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 2:30 Group Exercise Continuation: Develop a Sampling Frame (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

2:30 - 3:30 Group Exercise Continuation: Populate the Sampling Frame with Screen-Scraping (Zoom)

3:30 - 3:45 Group Exercise Debrief and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

Day 3: Pre-arrival Videos, Corresponding Slides, & Annotated Code (Takeaway Sheet)

Participant Zoom Links

9:00 - 10:00 R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and Introduction to Group Exercise, Slides (Zoom) (video)

10:15 - 11:30 Group Exercise Continuation: Extract Features from Tweets (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #2: Deloitte Center for Health Services & Deloitte Health Equity Institute (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A) OR R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

• Jay Bhatt, D.O., MPH, MPA, Managing Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions & Deloitte Health Equity Institute

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 3:30 Group Exercise Continuation: Predict Features of Tweets Associated with Retweets and Produce Visualization (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

3:30 - 3:45 Group Exercise Debrief (Zoom) (video)

3:45 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:00 SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2023 Motivational Address (Zoom) (video)

• Henry C. McKoy, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Office of State and Community Energy Programs, U.S. Department of Energy

5:00 - 5:15 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

Day 4: Pre-arrival Videos & Corresponding Slides (Takeaway Sheet)

Participant Zoom Links

9:00 - 10:00 R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

10:00 - 10:15 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:15 - 10:30 Introduction to the Group Exercise, Lesson Plan (participants), Lesson Plan (instructors), Slides (Zoom) (video)

10:30 - 11:30 Morning Group Exercise (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #3: Data Nutrition Project (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A) OR R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

• Kasia Chmielinski, Shorenstein Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center, Project Lead & Co-Founder, Data Nutrition Project
• Sarah Newman, Director of Art & Education at metaLAB at Harvard & Co-Founder, Data Nutrition Project

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 3:00 Afternoon Group Exercise (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 3:45 Group Exercise Debrief and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

Day 5: Pre-arrival Videos & Corresponding Slides (Takeaway Sheet)

Participant Zoom Links

9:00 - 10:00 R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

10:00 - 10:15 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:15 - 10:30 Introduction to the Group Exercise (Zoom) (video)

10:30 - 11:30 Group Exercise Continuation: SICSS-H/M Mass Collaboration Activity, Lesson Plan (participants), Slides (Zoom) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #4: Federal Reserve Board of Governors (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A) OR R, STATA, and Python Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

• Erin Troland, Ph.D., Senior Economist, Consumer and Community Development Research Section, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Zofsha Merchant, Research Assistant, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 3:00 Group Exercise Continuation: SICSS-H/M Mass Collaboration Activity (Zoom) (video) OR Content-Specific Office Hours with Mathematica TAs (as needed) (Zoom)

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 3:45 Group Exercise Debrief and Logistics (Zoom) (video)

3:45 - 5:30 Data Assurance

Mathematica TAs are Available via Email/Zoom for Consultation Starting on Tuesday

Participant Zoom Links

10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and Research Speed Dating Logistics (slides) (Zoom) (video)

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:45 Round 1-5 (15 minutes each) (Zoom)

11:45 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #5: Los Alamos National Laboratory (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A)

• Sara Del Valle, Ph.D., Scientist/Project Leader, Defense Systems and Analysis Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

1:00 - 1:15 Break

1:15 - 2:30 Round 6-10 (15 minutes each) (Zoom)

2:30 - 2:40 Break

2:40 - 3:30 Family Free For All (Zoom) (video)

3:30 - 4:00 Group Debrief (Join Research Teams) (Zoom) (video)

4:00 - 5:30 Featured Presentation #1: “Community Data Science Approaches for Gun Violence Prevention” (video) - LIVE Session to Include Q&A and Office Hours (slides) (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

• Desmond U. Patton, Ph.D., Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor, Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania & Director, SAFElab

Mathematica TAs are Available via Email/Zoom for Consultation (please see SCHEDULE)

Participant Zoom Links

9:30 - 10:00 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:00 - 12:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

12:00 - 1:00 New Frontiers in Research and Technology: “AI + Automation + Work” (LIVE Q&A)

Speakers

• Ifeoma Ajunwa, J.D., Ph.D., Law and Ethics, AI.Humanity Professor, Emory Law School (slides) (video)
• Lindsey D. Cameron, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (video)
• Charlotte Garden, J.D., Professor, Law, University of Minnesota (slides) (video)
• Gabrielle Rejouis, J.D., United for Respect & the Athena Coalition (video)
• Keith E. Sonderling, J.D., Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (video)

Moderator

• Ezinne Nwankwo, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley & Secretary and Board Member, Black in AI

1:00 - 4:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

4:00 - 5:30 Featured Presentation #2: “Computational Social Science for Privacy, Security and Social Equity” (video) - LIVE Session to Include Q&A and Office Hours (slides) (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

• Imani N. S. Munyaka, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Mathematica TAs are Available via Email/Zoom for Consultation (please see SCHEDULE)

Participant Zoom Links

9:30 - 10:00 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:00 - 12:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #6: varyCSS (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A)

• Taylor Brown, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Meta Inc. & Co-Founder, varyCSS
• Aidan Combs, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, Duke University & varyCSS
• Tina Law, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY Graduate Center & Co-Founder, varyCSS
• Katherine Zaslavsky, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, Cornell University & varyCSS

1:00 - 4:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

4:00 - 5:30 SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2023 Keynote Address (Zoom) (video)

• Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D., Professor, Government and Technology, Harvard Kennedy School & Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Mathematica TAs are Available via Email/Zoom for Consultation (please see SCHEDULE)

Participant Zoom Links

9:30 - 10:00 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:00 - 11:30 Mathematica Roundtable (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

Speakers

• Alex Bohl, Ph.D., Principal Data Scientist, Mathematica (video)
• Sheldon Bond, Senior Program Lead, Mathematica (video)
• Deliya Wesley, Senior Director, Health Equity, Mathematica (video)

Moderator

• Ife Olaore, Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, Mathematica

11:30 - 12:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

12:00 - 1:00 Bite-Sized Lunchtime Talk #7: D-Lab (slides) (Zoom) (video) (LIVE Q&A)

• Claudia von Vacano, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate & Founding Executive Director, D-Lab
• Daniel Lobo, Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley, Computational Social Science Fellow, D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley
• Renata Barreto, JD/Ph.D. candidate, Research Fellow, D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley

1:00 - 4:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

4:00 - 5:30 LIVE Session to Include Q&A and Office Hours with SICSS-H/M 2023 Keynote Speaker Latanya Sweeney (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

• Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D., Professor, Government and Technology, Harvard Kennedy School & Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Mathematica TAs are Available via Email/Zoom for Consultation (please see SCHEDULE)

Participant Zoom Links

9:30 - 10:00 Logistics (Zoom) (video)

10:00 - 11:30 Featured Presentation #4: “Analyzing Social Media from a User-Eye View with PIEGraph” (video) - LIVE Session to Include Q&A and Office Hours (slides) (Zoom) (LIVE Q&A)

• Deen Freelon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill & Principal Researcher, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life

11:30 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 1:00 Work on Group Projects (Zoom)

1:00 - 1:20 Overview of Group and Individual Project Presentations (Zoom) (video)

1:20 - 4:00 Group and Individual Project Presentations (Zoom)

4:00 - 5:00 Closing Plenary and Q&A, Mathematica (Zoom) (video)

• Jeff Bernson, M.P.A, M.P.H., Senior Vice President and General Manager of the International Unit, Mathematica

5:00 - 5:15 Break

5:15 - 5:45 SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Final Debrief and Conclusion (Zoom)