Safiya Noble
Safiya Noble | |
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Known for | Algorithms of Oppression |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | California State University, Fresno University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of California, Los Angeles |
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
- ^ a b "Safiya Umoja Noble | UCLA GSEIS". gseis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Is Google's algorithm racially biased? This Fresno State alumna thinks so". 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "When Google gets it wrong". THE MUNRO REVIEW. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Safiya, Noble, (2012-12). Searching for black girls: old traditions in new media (Thesis). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Safiya Umoja Noble – Algorithms of Oppression – Open Data Manchester". www.opendatamanchester.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ a b "Hellman Fellows » Safiya Noble". www.hellmanfellows.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ The intersectional Internet : race, sex, class and culture online. Noble, Safiya Umoja,, Tynes, Brendesha M.,. New York. ISBN 9781433130007. OCLC 918150002.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Emotions, technology, and health. Tettegah, Sharon Y.,, Garcia, Yolanda Evie,. London. ISBN 9780128018392. OCLC 933834879.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Emotions, Technology, and Design | ScienceDirect". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D. – Stratelligence". stratelligence.net. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "2017 MLA Annual Conference: Lunch Keynote with Dr. Safiya Umoja Nobl..." Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Safiya Noble (University of Southern California) - UCSD Design Lab". UCSD Design Lab. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "In 'Algorithms of Oppression,' Safiya Noble finds old stereotypes persist in new media". annenberg.usc.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ a b "Algorithms of Oppression | How Search Engines Reinforce Racism | Books - NYU Press | NYU Press". nyupress.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls". Time. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Databite No. 109: Safiya Umoja Noble". Data & Society. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Digital Infrastructures of Race and Gender - Still searching - Fotomuseum Winterthur". www.fotomuseum.ch. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D. – Stratelligence". stratelligence.net. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ UBC (2015-12-14), Safiya Umoja Noble - "Just Google It": Algorithms of Oppression, retrieved 2018-05-31
- ^ USC Annenberg (2018-02-28), Algorithms of Oppression: Faculty Focus: Safiya Umoja Noble, retrieved 2018-05-31
- ^ "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism - Safiya Noble | Open Transcripts". Open Transcripts. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Digital Futures – Safiya Umoja Noble". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "CTRL+T podcast: Artificial intelligence may become a human rights issue – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Algorithms of Oppression: A talk by Safiya Umoja Noble, 8th May - HARTS.ONLINE News". HARTS.ONLINE News. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- African-American writers
- American sociologists
- American social sciences writers
- 21st-century African-American people
- California State University, Fresno alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- University of Southern California faculty
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- Women sociologists
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American women writers