Dykee Gorrell (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

As a Private Tutor and Academic Coach at Tutor Me Education, I focus on designing and delivering personalized learning experiences that cater to individual student needs. In this role, I develop engaging, student-centered lesson plans and create instructional materials that incorporate multimedia resources and interactive tools to address diverse learning styles and goals. I adapt educational content to align with student progress, ensuring it is accessible and impactful across subjects such as math, social studies, and language arts.I also design pre-assessments, ongoing evaluations, and post-tests to monitor student progress, refine instructional strategies, and enhance learning outcomes. By leveraging platforms like Lessonspace and Zoom, I facilitate seamless virtual learning sessions, ensuring effective use of educational technology for a rich, interactive experience. Utilizing student performance data allows me to inform and adjust my instructional methods, tailoring support to improve specific areas of need and maximize growth.Additionally, I collaborate closely with clients to set clear learning objectives, establish schedules, and communicate progress, fostering a collaborative approach to each student’s educational journey.

I provide direct academic support to students, specializing in research guidance, writing assistance, and resource acquisition. My role involves mentoring students in developing research strategies, refining their academic writing, and connecting them with essential scholarly resources to enhance their academic success.

Seattle, Washington, United States

INFO 102: Gender and Information TechnologyINFO 300: Methods in Informatics

United States

United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

The Big Data Project: led by Dr. Ruby Mendnehall , The Big Data Project seeks to recover Black Womens lost history. The project is dedicated to recovering information about Black Women since 1746. By using LDA algorithms we have currently secured 800,000 documents about Black Women. Furthermore, by using web scraping algorithms, database design and relational database methodologies we plan on storing the recovered histories in an "open" platform so that both researchers and Black women in the community can access this information.

Ann Arbor

Worked with Dr. Oliver L. Haimson on developing social technologies for transgender and nonbinary communities using participatory design methods. I lead participatory design workshops in Ann Arbor and Philadelphia using community sketching and brainstorming activities and affinity diagramming to develop and design technologies around the lived experiences of transgender people.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

The Employer Relations Office at the School of Information Sciences provides support to employers in building their brand and meeting their talent pipeline needs as well as helping students in identifying and applying for experiential learning and career opportunities. In this role, I develop data solutions through data analysis and data visualization techniques. By using visualization software such as Tableau and Jupyter, I was able to communicate insights from our team's data exploration and analysis processes to the iSchools industry stakeholders.

Amherst, Ma

Helped students develop excellent research habits by teaching them how to navigate the five college databases, Interlibrary Loans and Hampshire College's catalog. Also, I helped develop resource guides, research skill workshops and study groups to provide seamless and accessible resources for the student body. Participated in Hampshire’s libguide developer migration process from V1 to V2.0.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

I created political pamphlets that talked about the historical legacy of slavery and queerness in black communities.

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Assisted former UNESCO Africanist Archaeologist, Dr. Rachel Engmann conduct research on the history of British castles throughout the African continent in effort to understand the geographical and material importance of Elmina Castle, before her archeological expedition.

Amherst, Ma

Greater Los Angeles Area

Healing Justice for Black Liberation; Examined systems of accountability, re-imagined Black futures, and researched 21st century Black Marronage and Radical Black Farming.Developed an elaborate presentation for Directors and lead Organizers at Dignity and Power Now that included recommendations on “moving forward” and the importance of healing justice in movement work!

Greater Los Angeles Area

Masters Of Science In Information Sciences, Data Science And Technology Design

Activities and Societies: Association for Information Science & Technology, Data Science Club, & iSchool of Color

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Technology, Food Justice, And History, 3.5

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), African Colonial History, Black Diasporic History, And Critical Race Theory, Narrative Evaluation System

Activities and Societies: Black Student Union (Umoja) Decolonize Media Collective (DMC) Queer People of Color Alliance