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Practices and initiatives aimed at ensuring equal opportunities, creating an inclusive environment within the technology industry and limiting algorthmic bias that impacts race relations and policing.

Oliver Haimson smiling and wearing a blue and white scarf with a photo of his new book "Trans Technologies."

New book by Oliver Haimson explores how transgender people create new possibilities with technology

02/24/2025

Haimson’s book explores the rise of "trans technology" — from apps and augmented reality to mutual aid platforms — offering solutions to the unique challenges transgender people face, and highlighting the potential of self-created technologies for marginalized communities.

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Nazanin Andalibi

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Denise Anthony

Rubin Department Chair of Health Management and Policy, Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Information, School of Information

Kathryn Brewster

Research Fellow, School of Information and Lecturer I in Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Matthew Bui

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Patricia Garcia

Associate Professor of Information, School of Information and Associate Professor of Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Kishonna Gray

Professor of Information, School of Information

Oliver Haimson

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Julie Hui

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Dhruv Jain

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Jesse Johnston

Clinical Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Mustafa Naseem

Clinical Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Steve Oney

Associate Professor of Information, School of Information

Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Michaelanne Thomas

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Megan Threats

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Kentaro Toyama

W K Kellogg Professor of Community Information and Professor of Information, School of Information

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