The Just Tech program, a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) project, announced its second cohort of Just Tech Fellows today. These seven visionaries—Tawana Petty, Johann Diedrick, Danielle Blunt, Adrienne Williams, Fernanda Rosa, Jay Cunningham, and Jess Moore Matthews—will each receive two-year fellowships to tackle complex issues at the intersection of tech and social justice.The SSRC’s Just Tech program foregrounds questions of power, equity, and the public impact of new technologies, investigating evidence of bias and harm while centering the perspectives of historically marginalized communities. The Just Tech Fellowship provides unrestricted awards over two years for researchers and practitioners imagining radically different tech futures that embrace joy, hope, self-determination, and equity.

Awarded the 2023 OBAP/Boeing Dreams2Careers Scholarship for Private Pilot and Instrument Pilot Training.

Visiting Lecturer at the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for the Arts, Technology, & Business of Innovation.

USC Adjunct ProfessorVisiting Lecturer of Design StrategyTeaching Specialization Areas: Data for Collaborative Innovation; Design Strategy

The Board of Regents consists of eleven citizens appointed by the Governor. The Regents, in whom authority rests as a collective body, and not as individuals, govern the University of Washington, and select and evaluate its President. The administration of the University is delegated, with certain exceptions, to the University President and the faculty, of which the President is a member. As guardians of the public trust, and as a body, the Regents set institutional missions, establish policies, and ensure the financial stability and academic quality of the University. Since 1998 the tenth seat on the Board has been filled by a student, chosen by the Governor from among three to five students nominated by a committee made up of student leaders across all three UW campuses.The Student Regent is not a student representative, a function filled by representatives of the various student governments to the Board, but an independent guardian of the public trust responsible to the citizens of the State of Washington. The Student Regent brings the perspective of students past, present, and future to difficult decisions that may involve balancing the interests of current and future students, faculty and staff.By custom, the Student Regent helps to plan agendas of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee; helps to ensure the integration of all campuses of the University by regularly convening student leaders to discuss issues before the Board and issues of particular and common concern to students on the different campuses; and, each year, is invited to present a student-focused information item to the Board in May or June.

Doctoral Advising TeamDr. Julie Kientz , Professor & Chair - UW HCDE - Director of Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab (CHiLL)Dr. Daniela Rosner, Associate Professor - UW HCDE - Director of Tactile and Tactical Design Lab (TAT Lab)The CHILL at the University of Washington consists of researchers interested in designing, developing, and evaluating applications of computing technology that aim to promote healthy lifestyles and education. We design and develop mobile, persuasive, and collaborative technologies with the goal of helping with record-keeping, review, and motivation to pursue health and educational goals of individuals, families, and teachers. The lab functions as a design and development environment, a place to run usability studies of our new technologies, and a student work space.The TAT Lab seeks to open new opportunities for sustainable technology development, broaden the diversity of design and engineering education, and extend theoretical frameworks that further our understanding of design and social change.

Fall 2022 Visiting Student Researcher with the Google PAIR (People + AI) Group. UX Researcher on the Responsible AI and Human-Centered Technology - The group conducts foundational technical and socio-technical research, works closely with product teams to integrate tools and best practices, and builds the tools and platforms Google, the broader industry, and academia use to build ML and AI more responsibly.Supporting and developing a research agenda to help advance racial justice in the analysis, production, and deployment of new technologies. This work will help to identify and mitigate technologies that codify and amplify existing forms of racial inequality, discrimination, and bias and design interventions that help avoid harm and advance racial justice.

The Human Centered Machine Intelligence (HCMI) group in Apple’s AI/ML organization designs, studies, and builds interactive technologies that enable people to benefit from machine learning.We are a close-knit team of research scientists and engineers in a unique position to work closely with product teams throughout Apple, enabling our research to have direct impact built from a foundation of cutting-edge industry practice. We focus on Accessibility, Data Visualization, Educational Technologies, and User Interface Tools/Technologies. Our team makes research and product contributions in both those domains and in cross-cutting human-centered areas like Design & ML and Responsible AI. The groundbreaking technologies shipped by our team have impacted millions of people.https://machinelearning.apple.com/work-with-us

(Summer 2021) Interning with the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, & Ethics in AI (FATE) Research Group.Continued collaboration with the MSR FATE Group on Inclusive Language Technology Project.

Azure Storage R&D - Azure Files Team- Owned cloud tiering product feature, managing initial planning, design, and specification of feature development.- Conducted user interaction and experience studies to gain insight of customer experience data and key engagement complexities.- Applied methods of the human centered design process to address and resolve feature design challenges.- Engaged in cross functional collaboration with PMs, developers, and product designers to deliver cohesive feature specification, while managing strategic implementation, feature delivery timeline, and effective project communication.

Org: Infrastructure FoundationTeam: Production Network TPM | Network Software• Lead the development of a network efficiency effort which protects the information shared by over 2 billion users through improvement of data quality and integrity to manage capacity turn up and network scalability. • Conducted audits of three internal data sources, identifying 300 valid and necessary metrics for a new dashboard. • Interfaced and managed a range of teams, tools, and end-to-end project plans to ensure on-time product delivery. • Provided hands on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.

Responsible for promoting a safe and welcoming environment on campus for all students regardless of age, race, ethnicity, creed, ancestry, color, religious beliefs, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ability status, national origin, military service, and language.Develops projects, programming, resources, and services that aim to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus by maximizing the student experience and fostering respect for all aspects of every student’s unique identity.Serves as a primary liaison to cultural minority students, international students, transfer students, LGBTQ+ students, non-traditional students, veteran students, marginalized students, and students with disabilities.Regularly promote discussions of issues that are important to encouraging diversity, equity, and inclusion among students on campus through various events and programs.

Focused on the creation and implementation of programs on UA's campus and assist in the strategic development and execution of the initiatives of both the executive council and the executive cabinet.

- Served as the third highest ranking member of the Vice President for Student Affairs' Office.- Worked in collaboration with VP, Deputy, and Associate. - Represented the Vice President for Student Affairs in his or her absence.- Assisted with all administrative functions of the Student Affairs department.- Ensured the department run efficiently.- Worked on Student Affairs programming as needed.

First Year Council consists of a diverse group of freshman student leaders striving to make the first-year experience at UA the best that it can be. Working hand in hand with SGA, FYC seeks to empower freshmen, help freshmen grow as leaders, and provide freshmen with a voice. Through FYC, members form lasting connections with key administration officials, SGA members, and fellow classmates. We were an active legislative body of 65 councilman who worked to ensure that the Freshman at UA had a happy, easy and enjoyable first year experience at the University of Alabama.

The mission of the National Society of Black Engineers is "to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community."Lead a body over 100 engineering, technical, and business students. - Presided over all official meetings of NSBE - Served as the official chapter representative of NSBE on campus - Oversaw the management of an annual budget of $15,000- Oversaw the duties of a 16 member executive board members- Organized professional branding meetings to equipment members with information on how to acquire co-op's, internships and full time offers

Human Technology Interaction Lab (HTIL) - https://htil.github.io/Advisor: Chris Crawford- Development and implementation of human centered social robot system.- Examination of adaptability, expressivity, and genuine interaction on human robot relationships.- Gather and analyze behavioral data of participants’ interaction with the Cozmo robot.

Oracle NetSuite | ERP Financials Division• Transposed test case simulation from groovy environment to Java interface in order to implement a strategic automation process which reduced testing time by half. • Executed official system testing procedure in accordance with quality assurance standards.

Software and Systems Engineering tasks while working on the S-97 Raider & JMR ProgramsS-97 Raider Program - Vehicle Management System (VMS)- Development of Software Test Procedures- Executed VMS Engineering Testing- Perform VMS Formal Qualification Testing- Software development for page symbology- Software development for modeling application- Lab implementation and checkoutJoint Multi Role Aircraft (JMR) - Architecture Implementation Process Demonstration (AIPD)- Designed modeling of test case scenarios to perform automated simulation of procedures. This allowed a faster and more efficient way of collecting data and obtaining results.http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/sb1-defiant.htmlTechnology:- AnyCASE; AnyCASE Simulators; Wind River VX Works 653; Microsoft Office Suite; Data Sims