As Invited Speaker

“Pronouns Matter: Histories of Scientific Racism and the Administration of Sex and Gender”

February 2023, Organized by the Pride Center at Pasadena City College

Symposium: “Automation, Algorithms, and Bias, from Settler Colonialism through the Future of Auditing”

April 2021, Organized by the Digital Scholarship Studio and Network at the University of Buffalo

Sarah Montoya, “Settler Colonial Bias in GIS”
Cathy O’Neil,  “What is the future of algorithmic auditing? Two different scenarios”
Ewa Plonowska Ziarek,  “Automation of Judgments and the Ends of Thinking”
Moderator: Evviva Weinraub Lajoie

I pledged to donate a portion of the funds I received for speaking to organizations serving Black, Indigenous, Queer, and Trans folks. As an academic who has access to resources and a committed activist in the project of abolition, it is imperative that we practice resource redistribution in solidarity with communities targeted for state and social violence. These are the two organizations supported.

The Okra Project is a mutual aid collective supporting Black Trans people and alleviating the barriers the community faces. They envision a safe, abundant, and equitable life for Black Trans people in the US.

The IRSSS provides essential services to residential school survivors/students, their families and loved ones, and Indigenous people experiencing intergenerational trauma.

Recent Conference Presentations

"Approaching AI through Settler Colonial Studies"

"Approaching AI through Settler Colonial Studies"

2023
Panel Title: "Beyond the Hype: Postcolonial and Decolonial Approaches to Artificial Intelligence" with Purnima Mankekar
"Data in the Electronic Frontier: Settler Colonial Techno-Infrastructures and Bioinformation in the U.S."

"Data in the Electronic Frontier: Settler Colonial Techno-Infrastructures and Bioinformation in the U.S."

2022
Panel Title: "Plastic Data – Bioinformation, Coloniality and the Promise of Data Futures" with Silvia Posocco, Kihyun Kim, Ana Delgado, Alessia Costa & Richard Milne
“Designing for Decolonization?: Indigenous Sovereignty, Critical Infrastructure Studies, and the Digital Humanities"

“Designing for Decolonization?: Indigenous Sovereignty, Critical Infrastructure Studies, and the Digital Humanities"

2018
Panel Title: "Visualizing Sovereignty: Anti-Colonial Futures Emerging through Indigenous Political and Cultural Praxis" with Pauline Alvarez (Akimel and Tohono O’odham), Megan Baker (Choctaw), and Laura Terrance (Akwesasne Mohawk)