Hi! πŸ‘‹ I’m Dr. Nikko Stevens - a technology researcher, software engineer, and open source community member. Here’s what I’m up to right now:

🏒 Work

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, where I work in Catherine D’Ignazio’s Data plus Feminism lab. In the Fall, I will join Smith College’s Statistical and Data Sciences department as an Assistant Professor.

πŸ“† Events

Upcoming:

  • March 10-13: I’m giving the closing keynote @ Code4Lib @ Princeton.
  • April 18-20: I’m joining the Black Sound Lab at Fort Valley State University to create and install another data-driven sound art piece
  • June 20-July 1: Princeton University Press Book Development Grant Writers’ Retreat

Recently:

πŸ“– Research

  • For/with the Data + Feminism Lab, writing about the social and political complexities of Participatory AI
  • Writing my first monograph about the role of software in social reform
  • Just finished a research project about US-based transgender activists and how they work with data in their activism

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Teaching

- Senior Data Science Capstone + "Data Science Goes To the Movies" @ Smith College (Fall 2025) - The Moviegoer's Guide To The Future at Arizona State University (Summer 2025) - Sociology of Databases at Hunter College (Fall 2024)