I am a Technologist, Activist, and Writer based in Berlin, Germany and Charlottesville, Virginia. My background is in computational mathematics and research engineering. I also study far-right extremism and write often about the topic.
I am passionate about good technological citizenship and believe strongly in building an equitable internet that fosters collaboration, community, and autonomy. In this space you will find posts about math and technology, writings on politics, and whatever else I find reflects my view of the world. Thank you for stopping by.
-Emily

— latest reads —

— posts —

2023 Travelogue: Art and Science in Amsterdam & Mannheim

When I saw that the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam was having a once-in-never again Vermeer exhibition, I immediately bought tickets, and took the opportunity to explore a bit of a city I’ve only ever traveled to for conferences. ...

The Mythologies of Genocide

The horrific proposed anti-transgender legislation in the United States has a lot of people afraid, and the word “genocide” is being used like it’s going out of style. That’s both wrong and dangerous. ...

2023 Travelogue: Bucharest
2023 Travelogue: Stuttgart-Mannheim-Heidelberg
Book Report: Ethical Machines
2023 Travelogue: Hamburg-Harburg
Charlottesville neo-nazis and other white supremacists were on no-fly lists
2023 Travelogue: Back to Berlin
From Misogynist Incels to “One of the Shooters”: What Can Help College Sexual Violence Prevention Confront Male Supremacism?
2023 Travelogue: Boston and the Winter Classic

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— projects —

Advancing Data Justice

I am an advisory board member of the Advancing Data Justice project, a collaboration between the Alan Turing Institute, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), and individuals and communities across the globe.

Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab

I advise the Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab at Suffolk University, a research lab focused on promoting positive adolescent and young adult sexuality development; preventing sexual violence; and fighting fascism, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and white supremacy.

HowHateSleeps

A study of the daily lives of violent far-right actors using court records to peer inside their living spaces.

whentheycamedown

A people’s history of the removal of statues honoring racists, slave owners, and colonizers, largely during the Uprising in the Summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

I am an advisory board member of The Prosecution Project, a data-driven project studying the patterns of prosecution of extremism, terrorism, and political violence.

The opinions shared on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization listed above.

— key technologies —

python

Comfortable with many architectures and frameworks.

Apache Airflow

Can build complex dags and optimize workflows, familiar with metadata model.

Azure

I can set up most services with IaC and understand the basic concepts to a practical degree.

AZ-900 Certificate 2021

F#

denotes recent progress. For a more complete overview, see my CV.

— languages —

English

American, Mother Tongue

Deutsch

Can engage in daily conversation.

B2 Zertifikat 2022 (Goethe Institut)

Español

Lapsed

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