This week we talk with Dr. Amy Hawn Nelson, Director of Training and Technical Assistance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy about AISP’s 2020 publication, “A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity throughout Data Integration.” The Toolkit, and Dr. Hawn Nelson’s discussion in this episode, give great guidance about ways that we can improve the design, governance, use, and quality of data integrations in ways that serve all community stakeholders. We also have a special guest host for this episode; Emily Oakes is the Data Steward for Learning Management and Learning Analytics Data at Indiana University and is also the Principal Unizin IT Consultant for IU. Emily works on similar topics in higher education, and her insights gave us a great perspective on how these issues are similar and different across levels.

Episode resources:

Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy at UPenn: https://aisp.upenn.edu

A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration: https://www.aisp.upenn.edu/centering-equity/

Finding a Way Forward: How to create a strong legal framework for data integration: https://aisp.upenn.edu/resource-article/finding-a-way-forward-how-to-create-a-strong-legal-framework-for-data-integration/

Equity in Practice Learning Community: https://aisp.upenn.edu/eiplc

Quality of Life Explorer (Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC): https://ui.charlotte.edu/our-work/quality-life-explorer