Hi! I’m Sasha Richardson. I am currently pursuing an M.A. in Digital Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center. My academic roots are in Computer Science and Business Analytics which gave me a solid foundation in both the technical and analytical sides of data. This led to some great early experiences working in data roles at places like Madison Square Garden and ING Financial Services. Recently, I transitioned from the corporate industry into the academic research space. Now, I work as a Research Assistant for CUNY’s ICORP program at Medgar Evers College. There, I get to mentor students in quantitative data analysis, design data tracking tools for program evaluation, and help develop curriculum to prepare students for graduate school. My research interests center on public interest technology, critical AI studies, and using data visualization to explore systemic issues like gentrification and environmental equity.

On the AI “Hallucinations” Project, I am serving as both the Project Manager and the Technical/Dev Lead. As the project manager, my goal is to keep our vision consistent, translate our ideas into concrete next steps, and track our schedule. On the development side, I am responsible for our code architecture, managing the GitHub repository, and writing the technical documentation. I am also really excited to be building the interactive user interface and searchable database that will eventually serve as our project website.