Miriam McKinney Gray, Owner of McKinney Gray Analytics.
Miriam is an inquisitive data and research professional who studied psychology at Loyola University Maryland and quantitative methods at Columbia University (with an experiments concentration) — receiving Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees respectively. Miriam worked as a research data analyst at the Johns Hopkins University for several years before founding McKinney Gray Analytics LLC — an analytics firm that firmly aligns itself with socially impactful data and research projects. The firm’s recent partners have included Democracy and Power Innovation Fund collaborators Color of Change, New Georgia Project, and Power Coalition, as well as the consulting firm Odyssey Alliance.
In previous work, Miriam has assisted researchers at Columbia University, Howard University, and Morgan State University, created a new research framework for research and evaluation at The Kennedy Center, authored articles for major publications on the topics of data science, algorithmic bias, and analysis (recently: “Black and Latino voters are being erased from databases: Here’s how to fix it”), led online coding workshops and respective office hours, co-created a theoretical framework and resources for addressing algorithmic bias, and supported rigorous data collection for the now archived world-renowned Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
Outside of her developing career: Miriam is a proud member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is deeply interested in developing and advancing environmentally conscious products, businesses, and services, enjoys international travel (having studied in Thailand for 6 months and visited 12 countries thus far in her life), and loves to spend time with her family, friends, and energetic goldendoodle.
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