Rashida S Kamal

Rashida Kamal is a programmer, researcher, and designer. She is interested in understanding how complex systems manage information, and the material, epistemic, and political realities made possible by differing configurations of formal and informal structures. To put more plainly: she likes to make sense of a mess. Her research has traversed libraries, the radio frequency spectrum, and landfills. She is also a founding member of Trash Club, a community platform for investigating waste and waste infrastructures through scholarship, community-driven action, and art.  

Rashida's prior work includes roles as a research fellow at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a data-journalist-in-residence at Enigma Technologies, and a political appointee of the Obama Administration. She previously studied computer science and journalism at Columbia University, and holds a B.A. in Language & Mind from New York University.

Her works have appeared in the 2018 Brown Institute Magic Grant Showcase, the 2019 NYC Media Lab Summit, Columbia Journalism Review, and the International Journalists' Network.