Joan Mukogosi

Joan Mukogosi, a Data & Society affiliate, is a social scientist conducting research, shaping strategy, and providing commentary at the intersection of technology, health, and identity. A sociologist by training and an Afrofuturist by vocation, Joan’s work interrogates how Black lives are represented in health data, how health experts contemplate digital documentations of race, and the relationship between anti-Black racism, artificial intelligence, and electronic health records. Joan is a sociology PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and a fellow at the Black Beyond Data Lab, where she helps to convene the Community Health Informatics advisory group.