Racial Bias in Higher Education

Dr. Shirley Hymon-Parker, Associate Dean for Research at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Services at NC A&T State University, will speak on the issues facing people of color in higher education. Her current research focuses on cyber-human systems, cognitive ergonomics, fairness and inclusion in data science, and mixed data modeling to develop systems that empower caregivers, older people and persons with disabilities, provide support for security and privacy, and protect the nation’s cyber infrastructure. She has over 160 peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary publications and $16.4 million in external research funding. She has advised to completion 20 doctoral students, 34 MS thesis students, 15 MS project students, 47 undergraduate researchers, and 4 high school researchers. Dr. Smith-Jackson has been employed in industry, government, and academia in North Carolina, New York, Virginia, and Germany. She chose academia because her passion is the development and success of future engineers and scientists.

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