Jordan Wirfs-Brock is a Ph.D. candidate in Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose research explores how to bring data into everyday lives as a creative material by developing data representations that are participatory and engage all of our senses, especially sound. She also has a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from MIT and a master’s in journalism from the University of Colorado.

Previously, she has worked as a data journalist covering the energy industry and as a civic technologist and data educator helping non-profit organizations understand their communities through data. Wirfs-Brock is also a competitive trail runner who specializes in ultra-distance races, relays and multi-day adventures.