Marissa Kumar Gerchick
@mkgerchick
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she/her • current: Data Science Manager @ACLU, Affiliate @BKCHarvard. former @huggingface, @congressfellows, @comppolicylab. personal account.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined June 2013
One more call for folks to apply for our Algorithmic Justice Fellow role ahead of the priority deadline on December 16!
ACLU is hiring an Algorithmic Justice Fellow to work on cutting edge projects focused on digital rights — come work with us to interrogate how automated systems are being used in high stakes areas. Please share widely!
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RT @rajiinio: Work with Marissa! Genuinely one of the best people to learn from on how to translate data science work into legitimate impac…
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RT @Aaron_Horowitz: And Marissa (whos amazing) will be your manager too! A truly incredible opportuntity
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RT @mmitchell_ai: This looks like an amazing opportunity, and @mkgerchick is a dream to work with. Worth applying if you're on the job mark…
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ACLU is hiring an Algorithmic Justice Fellow to work on cutting edge projects focused on digital rights — come work with us to interrogate how automated systems are being used in high stakes areas. Please share widely!
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RT @ACLUaz: BREAKING: we asked the AZ Supreme Court to extend the ballot curing deadline, so every voter has time to make sure their vote g…
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Excited to share a new piece published in Tech Policy Press with my colleague Olga Akselrod about the importance of independent research in the fight for algorithmic accountability👇🏼
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RT @LeonYin: NEW INVESTIGATION: Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monit…
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RT @BKCHarvard: The new fellowship @TheLabBKC for social media professionals offers 6-wks or 4-mts + in 4 focus areas: 1. civil discourse…
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Brooklyn (+ NYC in general) folks! We are doing a workshop this week at the Brooklyn Public Library on knowing and using your digital rights when job searching online. Please share with any jobseekers + orgs that might be interested!
NEXT WEEK: NYCLU and @ACLU are proud to present a Know Your Rights workshop where participants will learn how automated screening tools are used in the hiring process and the impact this can have on job applicants. 📅 7/31, 1-2pm 📍 @BKLYNlibrary RSVP 👇
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RT @ACLU: BREAKING: We just reached a settlement with the Detroit Police Department over its wrongful arrest of Robert Williams, who was mi…
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RT @AspenDigital: Why does good writing on #AI matter? Hear from the 2023 #ReportingOnAI Hall of Fame honorees @mkgerchick, @thespivey, @Bu…
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RT @dasha_pruss: Excited to present with @MartaZiosi on the socially contested role of bias in a predictive policing algorithm in Chicago.…
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RT @allisonkoe: 🎷Excited to present our paper, “Careless Whisper: Speech-to-text Hallucination Harms” at @FAccTConference! 🎷We assess Whisp…
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Excited to share new work to push for algorithmic accountability around technology (including AI) in hiring — the product of many months of work with an awesome interdisciplinary team. Read more + the full complaint here!
NEW w/ @daveyalba: ACLU filed a FTC complaint against the consulting firm AON for selling "bias free" AI hiring tools that ask questions that overlap with medical evaluations for autism and other mental health conditions.
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RT @Matt_Cagle: For years, the ACLU has warned that the only way to stop the harms of face surveillance is to stop the police from using it…
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