Liberal Arts and Sciences
Feminist Data Lab
Led by Hina Shaikh · Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
What we study
Dr. Shaikh's Feminist Data Lab works in critical data and algorithm studies: how data, algorithms and science are shaped by gender and race, along with feminist studies of space and place and critical Muslim studies. The lab is building a feminist data studies community at UF.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- Computational
- Human participants
- Coding required
- Project
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What we're looking for
“email hshaikh@ufl.edu for more information about how you can join us in building a feminist data studies community at UF!”
Current projects
Health Disparities in COVID-19
The study examines how gender and race affect COVID‑19 outcomes from 2020 to 2024 using CDC data, looking at ICU admissions, hospitalizations, and deaths. It uses HiperGator and Random Forest classifiers to test whether race, gender, and their intersection predict disease impact and longevity, and explores social determinants of health.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 209
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
How to reach out
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