Sociotechnical research dream team

just saw something on the TL that made me imagine (an initial version of) my sociotechnical research dream team:@sarahkendzior@nicolefv@nayafia @safiyanoble @histoftech

details in thread. also, who am I missing?

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020

Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) hosts @gaslitnation and is the bestselling author of The View from Flyover Country and Hiding in Plain Sight. Her research on authoritarianism allowed her to predict the rise of fascism in the US.https://t.co/eHFFpULB4s

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020

Nicole Forsgren (@nicolefv) was lead author for the annual State of DevOps reports and Accelerate, not only sharing critical findings on software team effectiveness but also schooling the tech industry on the importance of qualitative research. https://t.co/uUw6Ob6M2w

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020

Nadia Eghbal (@nayafia) is the author of Roads and Bridges (2016) and Working in Public (2020), two foundational texts exploring the importance and impact of open-source software, and the experiences of the people who work on it.https://t.co/HMpc1fkOHB

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020

Safiya Noble (@safiyanoble) is the bestselling author of Algorithms of Oppression. She covers how racist bias--especially bias against women of color--is programmed into the search tools we rely on every day, and how it touches every aspect of our lives.https://t.co/X80NgqB9vM

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020

Mar Hicks (@histoftech) is a historian of technology and the author of Programmed Inequality, which details how gender discrimination in early computing negatively impacted the British economy. They work to make academic history more accessible.https://t.co/eczHHRwcO2

— shelby reliability engineer (@shelbyspees) October 2, 2020