The Jordan Lecture: Safiya Noble
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Dr. Safiya U. Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the Director of the Center on Resilience & Digital Justice and Co-Director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). Dr. Noble is the author of the best-selling book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. In 2021, she was recognized as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for her ground-breaking work on algorithmic discrimination.
Dr. Noble will be in conversation with Julie Walsh, Director of the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities and Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought.