Kainen Bell

Doctoral Student
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
MSW, Columbia University
BA, Business Administration, Social Work, University of Washington
Research focus
My research interests include computing for social good, data ethics & social justice, uncovering algorithmic bias, using community-based research practices, and reducing the digital divide for historically marginalized populations in Brazil and the U.S.
Honors and Awards
- 2021 Graduate College Fellowship recipient
- 2021 Foreign Language Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellow
- 2021 Summer Predoctoral Institute Fellow
- 2018 Fulbright Research Fellow in Brazil