A Journey to Data Science: Tools for Equity and Diversity in STEM
summary
Claims that less than 3% of data scientists are women of color and that open science saved a near-exit from the field anchor the talk; concrete tools and programs named are Openscapes champions program, GitHub and the R and RStudio community, plus paid DEI work and the RStudio diversity scholars support that enabled conference participation. Outcomes include teaching an open science lecture, hosting a Black marine science mixer, winning a Code for Science grant to run Pathways to Open Science at HBCUs in spring 2023.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:32Open science and Openscapes
- 5:46RStudio community values
- 7:30Investing in inclusivity
- 8:53Openscapes mindset
- 11:49Equity steps in data science
- 13:11Acknowledgments
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