Joan Mukogosi is a research analyst on the Trustworthy Infrastructures team, studying issues at the intersection of trust, health, and data with a focus on Black activism and expertise. As a social scientist, Joan is interested in understanding how data about race and health are used to inform on-the-ground action to ameliorate health disparities. She is also a fellow at the Black Beyond Data Lab.

Prior to joining Data & Society, Joan worked as a program manager for COVID Black, where she managed projects aimed at redefining Black health by marrying storytelling with data analytics. She received her bachelor’s degree in global liberal studies from New York University and her master’s in sociology from Columbia University, where she completed her thesis, “The Construction of Black Data Expertise: Black Data Activism During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”