567: Open-Access Publishing

In this episode, the MIT Press Director and Publisher, Dr. Amy Brand, joins Jon Krohn to discuss open-access publishing in data science and how to address the inequalities that exist for women and minorities in STEM. In this episode you will learn: What it’s like to run the prestigious MIT Press [4:34] How open access makes scholarly work more impactful [6:34] How publishing outstanding STEM books for broader audiences, including for children, can help address STEM biases [19:28] Amy's award-winning documentary Picture A Scientist [25:28] What it's like to executive produce a documentary [37:24] What can be done to change STEM to make it more welcoming to minorities [48:44] The best open-source model going forward [58:26] What fascinates Amy about natural language processing [1:01:30] How author metadata in standardized taxonomies can help authors receive the credit they deserve [1:04:50] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/567