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Congrats to lab TA Jibek on his acceptance into Howard's PhD program in computer science!

Congrats to lab member Bibesh on his acceptance into UChiago's DSSI summer program!

Congrats to lab TA Amari on his acceptance into the Contributor Catalyst Program!

Congrats to lab TA Kade on his acceptance to the PhD program in sociology at Rice!

Congrats to lab members Angel, Emmanuel, Ethan, and Jahmere for presenting at the 2026 HU Research Symposium!

Dr. Alexander is an AFEE grant recipient with the Center for African Studies

We are very excited to welcome Dr. Terika Harris to our lab!

Our lab received funding from NEH to advance our archival research!

Dr. Alexander joins Editoral Board for Journal of Open Source Education

Dr. Jang and the Morehouse team travel to DC for the GWU-Morehouse-Taiwan Research Hub!

Congrats to lab member Kade who had his senior thesis accepted for publication!

Our lab received funding from ORCA (Open Research Community Accelerator)

Dr. Alexander attends ARCC Workshop: Impactful curriculum development in mathematics: open education resources for future research

Congrats to Jahmere, Jibek, and Zoe (BA/BS, Howard) who will present posters at HU Research Month!

Congrats to lab member Kyshan (BA, Morehouse) on acceptance into multiple PhD programs!

Congrats to lab members Amari (BA, Morehouse) and Jibek (BS, Howard) on their acceptance into UChicago’s DSSI Summer Program!

Dr. Alexander to Keynote at 2025 VA Council of Math Specialists Mtg

Our lab presented at the 2025 DC Open Data Showcase!

Congrats to lab member Qyana (PhD, Howard) on becoming a Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee!

Lab members Jahmere (BS, Howard), Brendan (BS, Howard), and Nicholas (BS, Howard) attend 2024 BMEC

Our lab presented work at the 2024 Bob Moses Conference!

Our lab received a grant from the Sloan Foundation in partnership with The Carpentries on Open Data Science!

QuantHistories Lab Manager and former MCDF fellow Maya Phillips is Spelman's 2023 Salutatorian! Congrats Maya!

Lab members Myles and Kyshan to present their research at the `23 AUC DS Student Symposium

Dr. Alexander is a Co-Editor of the recent Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Notes Volume on framing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Lab Members Amir Harris (Morehouse, c/o '26) and Myles Ndiritu (Morehouse, c/o '26) will join UChicago's 2023 DSI Summer Lab!

[Resource] Data Science for Social Impact in Higher Education

[Article] Data science and social justice in the mathematics community

Data Science for Social Justice Website

[Article] Dr. Hye Ryeon Jang (MCDF Board Member) co-authors research report on COVID-19 infection dashboards in FL schools

[Article] Beyond Ethics: Considerations for Centering Equity-Minded Data Science

[Book Chapter] Legacy of Literacy: Mathematics Teachers and Racial Justice

[Edited Volume] Justice through the lens of calculus: Framing new possibilities for diversity, equity, and inclusion

[Book Chapter] Daija's Awakening: Critical Race Theory and Afrofuturism in Mathematics Education

[Article] Critical Conversations on Social Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics

Dr. Alexander to speak at the 2023 National Numeracy Network Annual Meeting

Dr. Alexander to present at ICERM Workshop: Educating at the Intersection of Data Science and Social Justice

Dr. Alexander to serve as a keynote speaker at ICQCM 2023

Dr. Alexander to present at 2023 WA College Mathematics Conference

[Feature] Math for Racial Justice in Do the Work! by W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz

Dr. Alexander and Dr. Brian Garrett on W. Kamau Bell's #UnitedShades

Dr. Alexander's feature on Mathematically Gifted and Black

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