Dr. Nikko Stevens
drnikko.bsky.social
Dr. Nikko Stevens
@drnikko.bsky.social
Writing a book on abolition(ist +) tech. (open source) software engineer. I study how racial ideologies influence data structures. Assistant Professor of Data Science @ Smith College. a very happy trans 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)
Researcher friends: Has "transgender" always been a restricted search category on factiva? I'm (up too late) gathering cites for the anti-trans dorm ruling in Utah and any search I run with the word "transgender" is returning "no results" even when I know that's wrong.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Patsy was the foster name of my own black and white companion, Chicken. Truly a comrade for the hard times.
January 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
ah, thank you so much! sent! Here's a picture Norman, of one of ours. :)
November 7, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I'm giving a talk about how I use reverse engineering (aka, hacking into software) to make connections between social structures and data/code structures (useful for media studies, STS, crit data studies). Join us on ZOOM (or in person, at MIT) on Tuesday at 12p ET. Abstract ⬇️
September 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I’m away from home at a conference so this is right on time! Norman (brown and white): found him on the side of the road last year; chicken (lower left): her mom was picked up starving and pregnant by a rescue in Utah; Martin (lower right): adopted by my wife after he was returned by two other ppl.
February 9, 2024 at 4:02 PM