Data Science · Applied Mathematics · Social Justice

Professor · Author · Activist

Williams College · QSIDE Institute · CU Boulder

Confronting inequity across the criminal legal system, education and academia, environment, arts and media, and democratic institutions.

Unlocking Justice — Chad M. Topaz

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The Atlantic · The Guardian · MIT Technology Review · Mother Jones · Science · Smithsonian Magazine · Washington Post · Hyperallergic · Inside Higher Ed · People · Wired · Scientific American · The Atlantic · The Guardian · MIT Technology Review · Mother Jones · Science · Smithsonian Magazine · Washington Post · Hyperallergic · Inside Higher Ed · People · Wired · Scientific American ·

Unlocking Justice

How data can expose and challenge America's criminal legal system — and what it means for justice, accountability, and change.

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Research

Publications & presentations

Peer-reviewed papers and public scholarship, including work with 50+ undergraduate student co-authors.

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Speaking

Keynotes & public lectures

Available for public, corporate, nonprofit, and academic speaking engagements. Represented by PUP Speaks.

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Press

Writing & coverage

Op-eds in the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Inside Higher Ed, Undark, and more.

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100+

Publications

3,600+

Google Scholar citations

200+

Invited talks

130+

Students mentored