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Founder & Director

Safiya Umoja Noble, Ph.D.

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Safiya Noble Ph.D.,

Co-Founder and Co-Director

UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

2019

 Co-Founder

UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

2022

Safiya Noble Ph.D.,

Co-Founder and Co-Director

Minderoo Initiative on Technology and Power

2020

@ UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

The UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry is home to the Minderoo Initiative on Technology and Power, an initiative that investigates the social impact of digital technologies on the broader public good

Safiya Noble Ph.D.,

Acting Director

UCLA DataX
Initiative

2022

Interim Director

UCLA DataX
Data Justice and Critical Data Studies

2024

Safiya Noble Ph.D.,

Founder and Director

Race & Digital Justice Initiative

2021

Incubated @ UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

Founder and Director

UCLA Center on Race and Digital Justice

2022 to present

our history

UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2)

 

Professors Safiya Noble and Sarah T. Roberts launch the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (also known as C2i2) at UCLA. “Our goal is to strengthen research at UCLA on digital social media platforms — from algorithmic discrimination to commercial content moderation, as they intersect with a variety of important social, political, and economic issues facing society today,” said Noble, associate professor of information studies and African American studies.


UCLA Newsroom | Nov 2019

Center for Critical Internet Inquiry receives Knight Foundation grant

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