Meet the Data Storytellers, Part 4
May 10, 2018
Patricia Eunji Kim
As part of Penn's first Teach-In since 1969, organized by the Faculty Senate, PPEH and Data Refuge Stories set up Stories Hubs across campus at central locations of interdisciplinary knowledge production and circulation. These sites included Penn Nursing, Annenberg School of Communication, Van Pelt Library, David Rittenhouse Labs. At each hub, teams comprised of PPEH student fellows gathered stories about data, research, and evidence-based practice, all of which will be entered into the Data Refuge storybank. Who are the people that generously gathered stories? Meet some of them here:
Sabrina Elkassas
Sabrina Elkassas grew in DuBois, PA, and studies Earth and Environmental Sciences with a concentration in geology at Penn. She loves how Data Refuge Stories brings together science and art. She cares most about geomicrobiology data, in the form of her cultures. Stories Hub: David Rittenhouse Labs. MOOD: mellow.
Ayodh Kamath
From New Delhi, India, Ayodh Kamath is a PhD Candidate in Architecture. Ayodh believes that storytelling helps to relate seemingly disparate parts of the world to each other. He wonders about what stories might look like if they aren't "told," and thinks that data is about making practices. Stories Hub: Van Pelt Library. MOOD: learning and absorbing.
Samuel Sanders
Sam Sanders studies German at Penn, and is originally from Bullhead City, AZ, part of the Colorado River Watershed. Sam believes that storytelling is the bridge we need between knowledge and meaningful action when it comes to public engagement, climate change, and everyday interactions. He wishes that he had more indoor and air quality data in cities like Philadelphia, and cares about information regarding public transit utilization and infrastructure spending. Stories Hub: David Rittenhouse Lab. MOOD: looking forward.
(Photographs by Patricia Eunji Kim)