Catherine D'ignazio
Associate Professor Of Urban Science And Planning, DUSP
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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SeniorCatherine D'Ignazio is an Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning at MIT and director of the Data + Feminism Lab, where she applies data and computational methods to advance gender and racial justice in urban contexts. A scholar, designer, and activist, she bridges academia, art, and civic tech—running reproductive justice hackathons, creating public data sculptures, and leading participatory data visualizations on sea level rise. Co-creator of Databasic.io, she builds entry points for newcomers to data science and co-authored the influential Data Feminism (MIT Press) and the 2024 Counting Feminicide, which translate feminist theory into practical data activism. Her work is published in leading journals and has been exhibited internationally, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous research, hands-on toolmaking, and creative public engagement.
13 years of coding experience
Spanish, French, English
Github Skills (42)
data-journalism10
entity10
prefix9
creative-commons8
geography8
instagram7
data-science7
python7
journalism7
geonames6
geotagging5
metadata5
flower5
environmental4
opennlp4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
c4fcm/NewsPix
Sep 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:52 commits, 50 pushes, 12 comments in 2 years 2 months
mitmedialab/Boston-Attention-Mapping
Oct 2012 - Jul 2018
Contributions:105 commits, 2 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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