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The Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS) on radiophoenix.org, Every Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
THIS IS AN ENCORE BROADCAST OF TAGS (JUNE 2, 2019), with Dr. Loretta Cheeks, an artificial intelligence expert, data science research consultant, and CEO of Strong TIES.
Join us as we discuss her journey as a scientist/engineer, her Strong TIES program, inspiring Black girls and other underserved and underrepresented individuals into STEAM careers and more.
During her tenure, Dr. Loretta H. Cheeks has helped organizations gain dynamic data insights serving enterprises, governments, and nonprofits.
Dr. Cheeks is on a mission to create a better world with technology. Before earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Arizona State University, the STEAM advocate was developing, deploying and leading various teams within the communications, avionics, instrumentation & control and chemical industries for Fortune 500 corporations. She is the first to identify a computational approach for the
discovery of news frames in unstructured text (e.g., online news articles).
She has demonstrated a unique ability to integrate communication theory and computer science methods to inform the fields of machine learning, psychology, and mass communication. But this Doctor of Philosophy isn’t just paving the way for up-and-coming engineers, Dr. Cheeks is also committed to improving higher education for underserved and underrepresented communities to follow in her scientific footsteps. To do that, Dr. Cheeks created “Strong TIES,” a non-profit.
She is listed among 10 Incredible Black Women In STEM, featured by Verizon on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, recognized as a Change Maker at the White House, and NASA Datanauts. She regularly appears among thought leaders in conferences, peer-review publications, workshops, and speaking engagements in the world. Dr. Cheeks holds a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Southern University, Master in Technology Management from University of Phoenix, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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