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Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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CeKTER / KT Academy Webinar w/ Alice Feng (Sept. 19th, 2024) – Equity in Data Visualization

September 3, 2024

“Equity in Data Visualization” In today’s increasingly diverse world, data communicators must ensure that the way they analyze and present their data upholds the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and avoids perpetuating stereotypes, biases, or other types of harm. Taking a DEI perspective means considering how the specific lived experiences and perspectives of the people and communities we are studying, as well as our readers, will perceive the way we communicate data and informations. This session will offer a set of starting points on how to apply an equity lens to the way we visualize data, covering topics such as: Principles for creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive data visualizations; Ways o use language, order data, and choose color palettes and icons that reflect sensitivity and inclusiveness; Strategies for demonstrating empathy in data-driven communications; Approaches for handling missing data in an inclusive manner. Alice Feng. Alice Feng is a data visualization designer and developer based in the Washington, DC area. She is passionate about using design to make data and information more accessible to broader audiences and has been exploring ways to bring equity and accessibility into the way data is visualized through her work on the Do No Harm Guide series. Alice previously worked as a data visualization developer at the Urban Institute and the United Nations Development Programme and is currently visualizing data at Axios.

This event has passed. View the recording on the CeKTER/KT Academy website, here.

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