Community Data Fellowship
The Community Data Fellowship supports a small cohort of UVA graduate students who together develop their skills in community-engaged and equity-centered data science. Under the guidance of The Equity Center and Data Science staff and faculty, fellows work in small teams to apply this learning to a data project developed in collaboration with a local community partner. Over the course of the year, we explore the use of data to advance justice and equity, learn from and with our community experts, and leverage the talent within the University for the benefit of our local community. This fellowship is offered by The Equity Center’s Equitable Analysis Initiative and the UVA School of Data Science’s Office of Equity and Inclusion.
2024-2025
Community Data Fellows
Olivia Burke
Christopher Hu
Luz Melo
Gia Smith
Community Partner
Network2Work @PVCC
2023-2024
Community Data Fellows
Ethan Assefa
Silas Hayes
Lee LeBoeuf
Sanny Yang
Community Partners
United Way of Greater Charlottesville: Project building tools that pull data from the U.S. Census Bureau on the demographics of the region and subregions served by UWGC.
Piedmont CASA: Project work analyzing internal program data for exploratory and evaluative purposes.
The Equity Center Data Fellows
Equity Center Data Fellows work alongside the Equitable Analysis team on ongoing projects and reports.
People
Henry DeMarco
Equity Center Data Fellow
Christopher Hu
Doctoral Candidate of Social Foundations of Education; Community Data Fellow, 2024-2025
Sam Powers
Data Scientist at United States Digital Service, Former Equity Center Data Fellow
