OAI Thought Leadership Lecture Series

Spring 2025 Inclusive Growth & Racial Equity Thought Lecture

Announcement for Kendi Lecture

Fall 2024 Inclusive Growth and Racial Equity Thought Leadership Lecture

Spring 2024 Inclusive Growth and Racial Equity Thought Leadership Lecture

Spring 2024 Inclusive Growth and Racial Equity Thought Leadership Lecture Series featured a fireside chat with Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D, R.Ph and Safiya Umoja Noble, Ph.D., Professor, Gender Studies & African American Studies, UCLA, and author of the highly acclaimed Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.

Watch the 2023 Inaugural Lecture here.
Inaugural Lecture
Spring 2023: The inaugural Inclusive Growth and Racial Equity Thought Leadership Lecture Series focused on the theme Data Science for Social Justice. The speakers were Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D, R.Ph, Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Alissa "Dr. Jay" Abdullah, Ph.D, Mastercard's Deputy Chief Security Officer and SVP of Emerging Corporate Security Solutions discussed financial inclusion and embracing the power of data to tackle pressing social justice challenges.