Crystal Lee (she/她)

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I am an assistant professor in computational media and design at MIT. At MIT, I have a joint appointment between the Schwarzman College of Computing and Comparative Media Studies / Writing, where I am also the KDD Career Development Professor in Communications and Technology.

My work investigates what I call the "the life-cycle of data representations," or the process by which datasets are curated, cleaned, visualized, circulated, and manipulated. In other words, I think about a wide scope of things: from the history and practice of data visualizations to theories about designing graphical interfaces for data analysis. I am also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, where I co-lead the Ethical Tech Working Group.

I am currently at work on my new book on data visualization. There is another in the works about disability called "Crip Computation," but the viability of either of these projects feels like it changes by the day. I have no idea how people write a book, much less many books.

Here is my CV [PDF, HTML]. If you are looking for a bio, see here.

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