Hi, I wanted to pass long this important initiative on increasing inclusion in data science. Please consider encouraging students to apply for the summer fellowships. Best, Jessa Jessa Lingel {assist. prof. | Annenberg School for Communication<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/jessa-lingel-phd>} {core faculty | GSWS<https://www.sas.upenn.edu/gsws/program> | University of Pennsylvania} {tumblr<http://jessalingel.tumblr.com/> | medium<https://medium.com/@jessa.lingel>} ________________________________ From: Dixon-Roman, Ezekiel <ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu<mailto:ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:26 PM Subject: Launching of Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies Dear Colleagues, It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the launching of our newly established Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM)<http://criticalscholars4quantresearch.org/>. ICQCM is a training institute for scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and/or scholars doing critical research on communities of color. Our mission is to advance the presence of scholars of color among those using data science methodologies, and challenge researchers to use those methods in ways that can dismantle the structural barriers to enable equity and justice for underrepresented communities, professionals, and young people. In its first 3 years, ICQCM will train at least 75 underrepresented scholars in critical theoretically informed uses of quantitative and computational methodologies and their integration into mixed methods; establish a repository of knowledge about the quantification of the sociopolitical relations of race/ethnicity and its role in shaping inequality and opportunity; and, establish the nation's first network of scholars of color who use, teach, or critique the Westernized application of these methods in research about Latina/o/x, Indigenous, and Black communities. Our first cohort of scholars, funded by the Spencer Foundation, will be a group of PhD students in Summer 2020. We seek to train a strong group of PhD students who have completed two years of course work and looking to enhance their quantitative and mixed methods skills in their scholarship. To learn more about the 2020 Summer Institute, you can visit the following website<http://criticalscholars4quantresearch.org/2020-summit-seminar/>, where you will also learn how to apply. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Institute to receive announcements, have access to critical methods scholarly resources, and participate in our Critical Methods Message Board<http://criticalscholars4quantresearch.org/message-board/>, then please complete the registration form<http://criticalscholars4quantresearch.org/join-us/> on the Institute website. Please share this e-mail with your network and we'll look forward to your participation! Best Regards, Ebony McGee, Odis Johnson, Jr., & Ezekiel Dixon-Román Directors of the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies * The Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation. -- Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román Associate Professor Director, Master of Science in Social Policy Program<http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/academics/ms-in-social-policy/> Chair, Data Analytics for Social Policy Certificate Program<https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/degree-programs/ms-in-social-policy/overview/> Director, Penn SP2 Initiative on Culture, Society, & Critical Policy Studies<http://www.criticalpolicystudies.com> Penn School of Social Policy & Practice University of Pennsylvania 3701 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214 e-mail: ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu<mailto:ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu> Office Number: 215-746-5489 For Select Publications<http://works.bepress.com/ezekiel_dixon-roman/> [1500326885072_eceoaicjlplhhpeg.png]<https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/inheriting-possibility>