Greater Chicago Area
Drawing on civic engagement, data, and policy analysis to bolster trust in public institutions
Built text mining tool to parse and codify Illinois Statutory law into machine-readable format to facilitate internal analysis and transparency of criminal charges data
- Develop best practices for cities that are looking to employ human-centered research and design (specifically user personas) to curate open data that residents can use - Collect all existing examples of cities’ open data user personas into a library
- Launched the Student-Led Initiatives program at Al-Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences - Germinated a culture of action on campus - Mentor students in carrying out community engagement work - Design and deliver leadership workshops in public speaking, agency, meaning making, fundraising, and interpersonal communication - Plan Bard Network programming for conferences and intra-network initiatives