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Ruha Benjamin

Ruha Benjamin is Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her work investigates the relationship between innovation and equity, science and citizenship, health and justice.

Ruha is the author of People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier (Stanford University Press 2013); Race After Technology (Polity, forthcoming); and editor of Captivating Technology: Reimagining Race, Resistance, and Carceral Technoscience (Duke University Press, forthcoming).

Her work has received numerous awards including fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, Institute for Advanced Study, and 2017 President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton.

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D4BL I

D4BL I

On November 17-19 2017 we brought together community members, organizers, academics, technologists, educators, artists, policy makers, and public servants for the inaugural Data for Black Lives conference at the MIT Media Lab.

Conference 2017

D4BL II

D4BL II

This weekend we will turn a critical eye to the role that data and technology have played in Black communities. In panels, workshops, and over meals, we will chart out a bold new vision for the future, in which data is used in novel ways to build progressive movements and promote civic engagement...

Conference 2019

Opening Remarks and Keynote Address

Opening Remarks and Keynote Address

Conference​ ​Welcome:​ ​​Rafael​ ​Reif,​ ​President​ ​of​ ​MIT​ ​(5​ ​min) Opening​ ​Remarks​ ​and​ ​Introduction​ ​of​ ​Keynote​ ​Speaker:​​ ​​Yeshimabeit​ ​Milner, D4BL​ ​Executive​ ​Director​ ​(20​ ​min) Keynote​ ​Address:​​ ​​Ruha​ ​Benjamin​​ ​​(45​ ​min)

Video 2017

Closing Panel: What is a Movement Scientist?

Closing Panel: What is a Movement Scientist?

Defeating Jim Crow required an army of lawyers and a national legal strategy. But new forms of racism and oppression demand new forms of activism and resistance. And scientists are answering the call. From academics and professional researchers to the everyday citizen scientists among us, people ...

Video 2019