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Black & Brown Womxn Statisticians

Quianna Daniels-Smart, LSW

Doctoral Student

Sacred Heart University

Renewable Assignment

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Objective

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Welcome

More Diversity, More Innovation

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Please review,� https://www.thejuliagroup.com/blog/are-blacks-and-hispanics-too-lazy-to-be-statisticians/ ��What are your thoughts? ��What came up for you? ��Do you agree with the writer? �������

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Key Takeaways

More Diversity = More Innovation

Representation Matters in the Stats field & curriculum

Mentorship Matters

Advocate for more Diverse voices

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Current Black and Brown Womxn Statisticians

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Annie Mae Turner Taylor Randall�

  • Original “Government Girls”

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  • Ann was a statistician at the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH).

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  • Responsible for the Calculations of the Book Human Aging

- AMSTATNEWS, (2019)

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Ijeoma Opara�PhD, LMSW, MPH�

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health
  • Founder & Director of the SASH Lab (The Substance Abuse & Sexual Health Lab)
  • Her work includes HIV/AIDS, STI, and substance use prevention for urban youth, racial and gender specific prevention interventions for Black girls, and community-based participatory research with urban youth. 
  • Recent 2020 recipient of the NIH Director's Early Independence Award.

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Follow Dr. Opara’s work here:https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/ijeoma_opara/

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Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD�

  • Endowed Professor of Biostatistics at Drexel University
  •  Research interest include the development and innovative application of statistical methodology and the study of environmental determinants of health,
  • She currently leads methodological research to assess health impacts on the community levels

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Follow Dr. Sanchez's work here: https://drexel.edu/dornsife/academics/faculty/Brisa Sanchez/

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Desi Small-Rodriguez, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • Quantitative and Mixed Methods researcher.
  • Specialized in survey research with indigenous communities.
  • Director of The Data Warriors Lab at University of California, Los Angeles

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Follow Dr. Desi’s work here: https://www.drdrdesi.com/

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Alyasha Ali Sewell, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University
  • Social science research methodologist. 
  • Their research area of interest include; racial inequality, structural racism, health disparities, and social attitudes .
  • Executive Director of Race and Policing

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Follow Dr. Sewell’s work here: http://www.alyasahalisewell.com/

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Tanya P. Garcia, PhD�

  • Associate Professor of Biostatistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Focused research on practical and theoretical models in the biomedical fields.
  • Her work has contributed to four exciting areas: prediction models, model selection for high-dimensional data, regression models with measurement error, mean-covariance modeling for longitudinal data.
  • Director of the Garcia lab, which focuses on creating statistical modalities that can be used in clinical work.

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Follow Dr. Garcia’s work here:https://tpgarcia.github.io/about/

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​"we are the ones we have been waiting for"�- June Jordan, Poem for South African Woman, 1980

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References

  • A. Ali Sewell, ph.D.. ALYASAH ALI SEWELL, PH.D. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.abigailasewell.com/index.html.
  • American Statistical Association (ASA). (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.amstat.org/.
  • Are blacks and Hispanics too lazy to be statisticians? Are Blacks and Hispanics too Lazy to be Statisticians? : AnnMaria's Blog. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.thejuliagroup.com/blog/are-blacks-and-hispanics-too-lazy-to-be-statisticians.
  • Emma K Benn, Mount Sinai Health System. Mount Sinai Health System. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/emma-k-benn.
  • Murphy, M. (2019, March 18). Annie Mae Turner Taylor Randall: Amstat News. Amstat News | Monthly Membership Magazine of the American Statistical Association. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2019/02/28/annie-mae-turner-taylor-randall/.
  • Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH. Yale School of Public Health. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/ijeoma_opara/.
  • Small-Rodriguez, D. (n.d.). Desi small-rodriguez, ph.D.. DESI SMALL-RODRIGUEZ, Ph.D. Retrieved November 23, 2021, from https://www.drdrdesi.com/.

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