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Safiya Noble
Known forAlgorithms of Oppression
Academic background
Alma materCalifornia State University, Fresno
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Southern California

Safiya Umoja Noble is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Algorithms of Oppression. She is the cofounder of the Information Ethics & Equity Institute, which helps organisations ensure their management is transparent and fair.

Early life and education

Noble studied Sociology and Ethnic Studies at California State University, Fresno.[1][2] Whilst at Fresno, Noble was involved with the "campus political scene", protesting against apartheid and campaigning for racial and gender equality.[3] After she graduated, Noble worked in multicultural marketing.[4] She joined University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign for her graduate studies, earning a Masters in 2009 and PhD in 2012.[1] Her thesis, Searching for black girls: old traditions in new media, considered how gender and race manifest on technology platforms.[5]

Research and career

Noble was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the Department of African-American studies.[5] She continued to research gender, technology and culture, and how they influence the design and use of the internet.[6] In 2012 she published Missed Connections; What Search Engines Say about Women in Bitch Media.[7]

In 2014 Noble joined University of California, Los Angeles's Department of Information Studies.[8] She was awarded the University of California, Los Angeles Early Career Award.[9] She was appointed a Hellman Fellow in 2016.[10] Her project looked to create a non-commercial public information index.[10]

In 2016 Noble edited Emotions, Technology & Design and The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Culture and Class Online .[11][12] Emotions, Technology & Design explored emotional design and how to use sound and colour effectively. [13] She is an associate editor of The Black Scholar and the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies.[9][8] She is a partner of Stratelligence, an organisation that researches challenges in data.[14] Noble joined the University of Southern California in 2017.[15] She is concerned that STEM education does not engage future developers in ethics, resulting in data scientists and engineers who do not consider civil or human rights.[16]

Algorithms of Oppression

Noble's first book, Algorithms of Oppression, was published in 2018.[17][18] It considers how bias against people of colour is embedded into search engines.[18] It explores how racism is created and maintained by the internet.[19][20] It was exhibited at the Fotomuseum in Zurich.[21] She has given several invited talks and interviews about Algorithms of Oppression.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

References

  1. ^ a b "Safiya Umoja Noble | UCLA GSEIS". gseis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  2. ^ "Is Google's algorithm racially biased? This Fresno State alumna thinks so". 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  3. ^ "When Google gets it wrong". THE MUNRO REVIEW. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  4. ^ Urbana-Champaign, ATLAS | University of Illinois at. "Spotlight on Safiya Umoja Noble | Department of African-American Studies | University of Illinois". www.afro.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. ^ a b Safiya, Noble, (2012-12). Searching for black girls: old traditions in new media (Thesis). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. {{cite thesis}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Elizabeth, Noble, Safiya U.|Austin, Jeanie|Sweeney, Miriam E.|McKeever, Lucas|Sullivan, (2014). "Changing Course: Collaborative Reflections of Teaching/Taking "Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Information Professions"". Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 55 (3). ISSN 0748-5786.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ ""Missed Connections: What Search Engines Say About Women" (Spring 2012) - Safiya U. Noble, PhD". Safiya U. Noble, PhD. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  8. ^ a b "Safiya U. Noble: Scholar of Critical Digital Media Studies Joins IS Faculty | UCLA GSE&IS Ampersand". ampersand.gseis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  9. ^ a b "Safiya Umoja Noble – Algorithms of Oppression – Open Data Manchester". www.opendatamanchester.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  10. ^ a b "Hellman Fellows » Safiya Noble". www.hellmanfellows.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  11. ^ The intersectional Internet : race, sex, class and culture online. Noble, Safiya Umoja,, Tynes, Brendesha M.,. New York. ISBN 9781433130007. OCLC 918150002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ Emotions, technology, and health. Tettegah, Sharon Y.,, Garcia, Yolanda Evie,. London. ISBN 9780128018392. OCLC 933834879.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ "Emotions, Technology, and Design | ScienceDirect". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  14. ^ "Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D. – Stratelligence". stratelligence.net. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  15. ^ "2017 MLA Annual Conference: Lunch Keynote with Dr. Safiya Umoja Nobl..." Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  16. ^ "Safiya Noble (University of Southern California) - UCSD Design Lab". UCSD Design Lab. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  17. ^ "In 'Algorithms of Oppression,' Safiya Noble finds old stereotypes persist in new media". annenberg.usc.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  18. ^ a b "Algorithms of Oppression | How Search Engines Reinforce Racism | Books - NYU Press | NYU Press". nyupress.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  19. ^ "Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls". Time. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  20. ^ "Databite No. 109: Safiya Umoja Noble". Data & Society. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  21. ^ "Digital Infrastructures of Race and Gender - Still searching - Fotomuseum Winterthur". www.fotomuseum.ch. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  22. ^ "Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D. – Stratelligence". stratelligence.net. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  23. ^ UBC (2015-12-14), Safiya Umoja Noble - "Just Google It": Algorithms of Oppression, retrieved 2018-05-31
  24. ^ USC Annenberg (2018-02-28), Algorithms of Oppression: Faculty Focus: Safiya Umoja Noble, retrieved 2018-05-31
  25. ^ "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism - Safiya Noble | Open Transcripts". Open Transcripts. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  26. ^ "Digital Futures – Safiya Umoja Noble". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  27. ^ "CTRL+T podcast: Artificial intelligence may become a human rights issue – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  28. ^ "Algorithms of Oppression: A talk by Safiya Umoja Noble, 8th May - HARTS.ONLINE News". HARTS.ONLINE News. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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