Nikko Stevens
Assistant Professor, Statistical And Data Sciences
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolNikko Stevens is an assistant professor and tech researcher at Smith College with 13 years of prior software engineering and engineering management experience, now focused on critical data studies and how database design reproduces white supremacy and transphobia. They blend hands-on coding and architecture work—having built and led large Drupal and enterprise projects for clients like RedHat, LinkedIn, and Dove—with academic rigor from a PhD earned at Arizona State University. Nikko mentors engineers across the SDLC, reshapes organizational culture toward inclusion, and contributes back to open-source communities while troubleshooting delivery and pipeline challenges. Their research practice uniquely combines surveillance and critical data studies with community health advocacy for trans people, informing both scholarly work and practical engineering decisions. Based in Cambridge, MA, they pair deep technical fluency in databases and large-site architecture with a persistent commitment to making technology more equitable.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Arizona State UniversityIntuit DevSecOps bootcampBSBA, BSBA at University of Nevada-Las VegasM.Ed, M.Ed at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Spanish
Github Skills (107)
network-analysis10
dashboard-widget10
mobile-application10
android-application10
demographics10
static-analysis9
mobile-security9
identity9
notebook9
ios9
drupal9
hacking9
dynamic-analysis9
reverse-engineering9
verification9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
drupaldiversity/administration
Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
⚠️ All future work has moved to Drupal.org - https://www.drupal.org/project/diversity
Contributions:30 commits, 15 PRs, 25 pushes in 10 months
drupaldiversity
drnikki/old-personal-site
Oct 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 73 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years
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