Corporate Research Partnerships Helping Remove Bias in AI and Facial Recognition Technology

Facial recognition technology (FRT) is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) used to verify a person’s identity using their face through videos, photos, or real-time analysis. Law enforcement, education, and most recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have started using

Dr. Augustine Agwuele on African Languages: Black History Month in the Liberal Arts

African American folkways and culture have many roots in African culture and folkways. In 2018, Dr. Augustine Agwuele, professor in the Department of Anthropology, edited a collection about African languages entitled The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics. The collection covers

Dr. Dwonna Goldstone To Give the 2020 Alpha Chi Distinguished Lecture on Feb. 25: Black History Month in the Liberal Arts

From the University Calendar and Newsroom: “The 2020 Alpha Chi Distinguished Lecture will host Dr. Dwonna Goldstone, director of the African American Studies Minor and associate professor of history. Through discussion and conversation, she will address the challenge of speaking

Research on How Literacy Tests Suppressed the Black Vote Wins Technical Communication Award: Black History Month in the Liberal Arts

Voting interference and voter suppression is nothing new. Learning the history of tactics used to suppress the vote can help motivate us to exercise and protect our right to vote now. Dr. Miriam Williams, professor in the Department of English,