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 —

Review: Making Sense of the Alt-Right

Making Sense of the Alt-Right was published right around the same time as Unite the Right in Charlottesville in 2017. George Hawley, writing from an academic’s lens, attempted to explain what was at the time a mostly-fringe phenomenon. With the benefit of hindsight, I finally read the book to see what we could learn from what was missed. ...

I lost my job for keeping Charlottesville police accountable. I'd do it again

My good friend Molly, aka socialistdogmom, wrote this incredible piece on how the Charlottesville police attacked her freedom of speech, and how the media failed her.

Fact-checking a joke of a lawsuit from a liar
Terry McAuliffe Still Doesn’t Understand What Happened in Charlottesville
Why the challenge being put forward at the White House's extremism discussion is no easy task
First Vigil's Tech Stack and the Limits of Static Sites
Charlottesville attacker's Twitter account included praise for Hitler (Daily Dot)
Calm Technology
The curse of the data lake monster
The feds need to up their game against domestic extremists, say critics

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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.

Azure

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

AZ-900, DP-900

Apache Airflow

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

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

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