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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.\nIn this episode you will learn:\u2022 What it\u2019s like to run the prestigious MIT Press [4:34]\u2022 How open access makes scholarly work more impactful [6:34]\u2022 How publishing outstanding STEM books for broader audiences, including for children, can help address STEM biases [19:28]\u2022 Amy's award-winning documentary Picture A Scientist [25:28]\u2022 What it's like to executive produce a documentary [37:24]\u2022 What can be done to change STEM to make it more welcoming to minorities [48:44]\u2022 The best open-source model going forward [58:26]\u2022 What fascinates Amy about natural language processing [1:01:30]\u2022 How author metadata in standardized taxonomies can help authors receive the credit they deserve [1:04:50]\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/567