Anissa Tanweer

Anissa Tanweer is a research scientist at the eScience Institute focused on human-centered data science. She conducts ethnographic research on the practice and culture of data science, and brings a sociotechnical lens to bear on the design and implementation of data science training programs. She is passionate about leveraging action research to foster reflexive, ethical data science practices.

Dr. Tanweer serves as Program Chair for eScience’s Data Science Studies Special Interest Group, Program Chair for the UW Data Science for Social Good summer internship, and Associate Editor for the newly launched Data Analytics for Social Impact section of Frontiers in Big Data. She has published in journals such as Big Data, the Harvard Data Science Review, and Information, Communication & Society. Dr. Tanweer’s dissertation, “Data science of the social: How the field is responding to ethical crisis and spreading across sectors” won the University of Washington’s 2018 Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences.