Data Visualization

Projects using visualization to explore complex social phenomena, from classroom teaching to policing practices to community data literacy.

Classroom Visualization

Classroom Visualization

A 2-minute kindergarten activity visualized five different ways, showcasing multiple visualization techniques to explore classroom interaction in a bilingual kindergarten-first grade classroom.

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NYC Stop-and-Frisk

NYC Stop-and-Frisk

Interactive visualizations exploring patterns of street stop-and-frisk practices in New York City, revealing spatial and temporal patterns in police activity data.

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Bettering Data

Bettering Data

A collaborative project telling the story of Atlanta arrests through visualization, partnering criminologists and educators with underrepresented youth in computing.

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Ben Rydal Shapiro

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

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