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From YouTube: Education & Workforce WG | Data & the African Diaspora
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May Education & Workforce Working Group
Data & the African Diaspora
Presenter: Sonya Dennis
Morehouse College
A
A
So
in
the
computer
science
department,
we
created
a
course
data
in
the
african
diaspora,
and
so
that's
I'm
going
to
go
over
a
brief
introduction
to
what
the
course
entails
and
then
towards
the
end.
The
act,
the
course
was
actually
taught
this
semester
and
so
I'll
give
you
some
first-hand
encounter
from
the
professor
who
taught
it,
because
I
asked
her
to
kind
of
give
me
an
overview
she
wasn't
able
to
attend
today.
She
there
was
a
conflict
that
she
had
at
this
time
as
well,
so.
A
All
right,
so
the
data
science
discipline,
of
course,
is
built
upon
and
processed
through
the
infrastructure
of
computer
science.
The
proposed
course
that
we
designed
it
shifts
the
focus
of
your
science
student
from
the
how
to
the
why
and
help
to
manage
information,
design
and
analyze
the
methods
to
find
patterns
in
relationship
enlarged
data
sets
and
statistically
interpret
events
related
to
those
issues.
So
this
first
time
through,
we
decided
to
look
at
some
health
challenges
for
this
course,
and
I
think
what
we
proposed
that
we
would
do
is
to
switch
it
up.
A
A
Right
so
just
a
little
bit
about
the
team,
I
was
the
pi
on
this
proposal
and
dr
juana
mendenhall
was
our
educational
subject
matter
expert
and
then
yvonne
phillips.
Excuse
me
was
a
data
scientist
subject
matter
expert
she
has
experience
from
lexisnexis
she's,
been
a
data
scientist
for
years,
she's
taught
at
morehouse
in
the
computer
science
department,
some
in
kinesiology
as
well,
and
so
it
was
only
befitting
that
she
tackled
this
very
first
course
for
us
as
well
with
data
in
the
african
diaspora.
A
So
just
to
give
a
little
background.
Of
course,
this
started
in
the
summer
of
last
year,
and
you
know
we
worked
with
the
three
of
us
worked
together
to
you
know,
get
this
course
together.
It
was
approved,
thank
goodness
because
that's
a
challenge
sometimes
going
through
curriculum
committees.
You
know
at
each
level,
but
fortunately
everything
was
successful
and,
and
so
one
of
the
student
learning
outcomes
are
a
few
that
I'll
highlight.
A
A
So
all
of
them
didn't
have
programming,
skills
or
programming
experience,
and
so
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
anybody.
It
was
across
curriculum
and
anybody
could
take
it
if
they,
if
they
wanted
to
so
acknowledgements
of
course,
again
yvonne
phillips,
dr
mendenhall,
who
was
she's,
actually
a
chemist.
Who
was
on
our
team
and
helped.
You
know
make
sure
that
the
learning
outcomes
were
obtainable
and
things
of
that
nature,
of
course,
morehouse
college,
computer
science,
department,
hbcu,
fdn
and
then
hbcu
dsc.
A
Now
to
talk
about
the
course
that
miss
phillips
taught.
I
asked
her
to
kind
of
give
me
an
overview
of
how
the
course
went
this
semester.
So
she
said
there
were
six
students.
Three
of
them
were
computer
science
students.
There
was
one
who
was
psychology,
a
finance
as
well
as
a
business
major.
So
you
know
as
a
pilot
course.
A
Of
course
we
would
have
loved
to
have
seen
more
students
in
the
course,
but
I
think
it's
more
about
us
advertising
the
course
and
putting
it
out
there
and
encouraging
those
who
are
advising
students
to
look
at
this.
As
some
you
know,
as
a
free
elective
that
they
could
take,
and
then
of
course
eventually,
when
the
data
science
minor
is
approved,
then
it
could
be
one
of
the
courses
that
would
fit
that
that
mole
of
being
one
of
the
courses
for
the
minor,
I
also
asked
her.
What
were
the
topics
covered?
A
She
said
they
talked
about,
opioid
excuse
me,
opioids,
diabetes,
covet
and
cancer,
and
once
I
asked
she
told
me
she
said
the
students
were
talking
about
how
morbid
the
data
was.
Just
you
know,
but
it's
like
it's
harsh
reality,
but
you
know
that's
what
they
were
looking
at
and
you
know
based
you
know:
african-american
men
versus
women.
You
know
looking
at
ages
and
things
of
that
nature,
just
kind
of
dissecting
the
data
in
that
manner,
and
so
that's
what
you
know
she
was
like
they
were
like.
A
Can
we
talk
about
something
else
with
a
little
bit?
You
know
this
that's
more
in
not
more
interesting,
but
not
so
sad
and
so
depressing,
and
then
I
asked
her
you
know
like
if
we
were
to
you
know.
Well,
when
we
do
it
again,
what
would
she
change
or
what
would
she
like
to
see
for
the
next
course,
and
she
said
that
and
I'm
just
gonna
read
some
of
the
notes,
because
I
did
get
it
from
her.
A
She
also
used
fill
in
the
blank
practice
problems
as
well,
using
common
functions
for
data
analysis
as
well,
and
she
used
virtual
computers
lab
to
access
our
studio
as
well
as
excel,
and
so
just
overall
the
course
was
a
success
she
enjoyed
teaching
it.
You
know
the
students
learned
a
lot,
and
so
you
know
we
look
forward
to
it
being
on
the
books
again
for
fall.
B
B
A
C
B
Yeah,
thank
thanks
for
providing
this.
I
mean
it's
such
an
important
topic
and
it'd
be
interesting
to
have
a
group
like
this
or
another
group,
take
the
syllabus
or
as
though
we
were
creating
a
class
like
this
from
scratch.
What
is
it
we
would
include,
in
other
words,
get
a
multi-university
perspective.
There
may
be
modules
that
some
of
us
have
that
might
be
relevant
and
using
different
methods,
case
studies
or
videos
of
different
kinds
or
data
from
a
real
community,
etc.
So,
thanks
for
putting
this
out
there.
A
C
Okay,
the
idea
of
doing
it
among
different
campuses
just
because
well
or
at
least
had
that
perspective
of,
because
I
know
that
some
efforts
have
been
made
on
different
campuses
to
include
modules
that
are
relevant
to
particular
areas
of
social
impact
or
different
areas.
So
yeah,
I
was
going
to
come
to
you
next,
because
you
you
guys,
I
just
wanted
to
and
introduce
yourself.
I
meant
to
have
everyone
introduce
themselves.
But
if
you
have
okay.
D
I
am
uma
and
I
I
teach
at
nc
central
university
and
your
course
sounds
very
interesting.
So
one
question
was
the
syllabus,
so
we
you
said
you
will
be
sharing
that
the
experience
with
the
programming
part
of
it
seems
to
mirror
what
we
went
through.
So
I
don't
know
if
she
has
looked
at
no
code
tools,
so
one
switch
we
made
was
to
use
code
app
and
that
greatly
improved
the
students
involvement.
D
A
So
morehouse
spelman,
so
the
consortium
of
morehouse,
spelman
and
clark,
are
in
the
process
of
creating
a
data
science
minor
and
when
we,
when
the
minor
is
approved,
that'll
be
one
of
the
courses
that
will,
you
know,
be
a
choice.
I
guess
I'm
not
sure.
If
it's
going
to
be
a
mandatory
course,
it
may
be
because
it's
a
100
level
course,
so
it
may
be
the
first
one
that
they're
introduced
to
which
probably
won't
be
a
bad
idea
and
then
we'll
have
different
levels.
So
I
could
potentially
see
this
being.
A
One
of
the
required
courses
for
the
minor
is
one
of
the
first
few
courses
that
are
being
developed
on
our
campuses
right
now
that
have
been
approved
so,
but
thank
you
I'll
I'll.
Take
that
back
to
her
about
kodak,
because
she
that
was
a
challenge
was
them
learning,
either
our
studio
or
our
markdown.
That's
what
she
was
saying.
C
C
A
D
So,
in
our
case,
we
were
not
the
lead
instructor
for
the
course
we
were
coming
in
with
the
data
science
component.
It
we
were
in
incorporating
it
into
an
existing
course.
So
in
that
existing
course,
they
were
anyway
dealing
with
social
justice
issues
minus
the
data
science
part.
What
we
added
was
the
data
science
part.
So
throughout
the
semester
they
do
have
some.
I
forget
what
they
call
it
as
hot
topics
or
something
where
they
do
talk
about
the
day-to-day
issues
that
what
is
happening
in
the
world,
how
it
is
affecting
them.
D
They
some
of
the
male
students
specifically
said
that
they
weren't
aware
of
that
problem.
To
begin
with,
so
now,
I
think
that
made
them
more
worried
for
their
family
members
moving
forward.
Maybe
they
had
a
sibling
or
someone
in
that
position,
so
it
made
them
more
aware
and
more
concerned
towards
that
problem,
but
for
the
other
ones,
I
think
the
students,
since
they
could
self-choose
the
topic,
I
think
they
made
sure
they
didn't
choose
a
topic
that
could
be
triggering
for
them.
D
A
Yeah
that
just
made
me
think
of
something
I
may
need
to
put
counseling
services
on
the
syllabus.
Syllabus
probably
be
a
good
idea
just
in
case
because
talking
about
you
know
all
of
this
coveted
cancer
and
diabetes
and
and,
as
you
said,
domestic
violence,
I
think
I'll
just
add
counseling
service
at
the
bottom
of
the
syllabus.
Maybe
a
good
idea.