Dr. Jurnell Cockhren joined us virtually to present as part of the Data Fluencies Speaker Series on October 4. Dr. Jurnell Cockhren has over a decade of experience in creating and contributing to open source software, Jurnell has worked in various fields, including neuroscience, optics and astronomy. Jurnell acts as the CTO of Black Science Network, and Instructor at the Nashville Software School. In 2012, Jurnell founded Sophicware, a Tech Firm and Think Tank. Its mission: to enable the general public with computing tools that enables them to contribute to solving problems they encounter in their communities everyday. The presentation was co- sponsored by Digital Democracies Institute, USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, Social Science Research Council, BlackTechFutures Research Institute.
