Catherine D’Ignazio is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. She is also the Director of the Data + Feminism Lab which uses data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial justice. D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer, and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology, data literacy, and civic engagement.

Catherine is interested in creative ways to democratize data science for social justice and have recently written the book Data Feminism together with Lauren F. Klein. Their book from MIT Press, Data Feminism, charts a course for more ethical and empowering data science practices. Catherine makes public art & design projects, write software code & research papers, teach urban planning and computer science students, and run data storytelling workshops and feminist hackathons. Catherine has also recently joined the board of directors of Indigenous Women Rising, an amazing group of Native women innovators who are working for equity in health care.