Data Events: Upcoming Talks

#DataInTheATL is a speaker series hosted by Georgia State University Library that connects the university community with a variety of Atlanta-based professionals, highlighting how data analysis is being used successfully in their daily work while introducing students to potential careers working with data.

Location: CURVE, Library South 2nd Floor, Georgia State University Library, 100 Decatur Street SE, Atlanta, GA 30303

Coming Soon

Friday, Sept. 29 | 11:00-12:00

The Atlanta BeltLine: Visualizing Inequities & Programming for Improvement
with Layla Bellows, Community Data Analyst, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

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Layla supports the BeltLine's equity efforts by acquiring, analyzing, and ultimately visualizing information about neighborhoods and residents surrounding the BeltLine. Prior to this role, Layla was a senior data analyst at the Atlanta Regional Commission and Neighborhood Nexus, where she specialized in developing interactive community data explorers and data communication. Layla holds a master’s in geography from Georgia State University, where she examined environmental gentrification and displacement; she also holds a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s in psychology from Oglethorpe University.

Past Speakers, 2017-present

Series Objectives

• Introduce students to possible careers in data science

• Increase connections and partnerships with the Atlanta data community

• Promote University Library efforts in supporting research and data services

• Share expertise and promote knowledge
  
  

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