Data, Democracy, and the Census: History and Genealogy in Conversation

With Pittsburgh Historian Tammy Hepps and Historian of Science Dan Bouk What kind of stories--what kind of lives--do census data reveal and hide from us? Historian Dan Bouk and genealogist Tammy Hepps will use the publication of Bouk's Democracy's Data: the Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them as an opportunity for a wide-ranging discussion of the ways seemingly bland statistics of the census bureau are actually a rich trove of research material for data scientists and everyday Americans alike.