Work In Progress: A Novel Approach to Understanding Perceptions of Race among Computing Undergraduates

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in the Sociology department. Her research focuses on the intersection of measurement and equity, with special attention to the role of measurement in mitigating or perpetuating racialized harm in digitized, automated, and technological processes. She is interested in these processes within healthcare and in the education system. Prior to starting at Duke, she worked for New Profit, a venture philanthropy firm, as a manager on the Measurement and Evaluation team. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University in 2018. Elyse McFalls, Duke UniversityI am an undergraduate student at Duke University studying statistics and sociology. I am interested in applications of advanced statistics in social sciences.