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Dominique Duval-Diop

Dominique Duval-Diop

she/her
  • Adjunct Lecturer
  • Deputy Chief Data Officer

Contact

dominique.duval@northwestern.edu

Academic Area

Human Development and Social Policy
Technology, People and Policy

Research Interests

Data and Spatial Analytics; Data Governance, Ethics and AI; Public Policy

Biography

Dr. Dominique Duval-Diop currently serves as the Deputy Chief Data Officer for the Department of Commerce. A policy leader, data scientist, and economic geographer, she uses data to inform policy and build responsible AI. Before her current role, Dominique was the U.S. Chief Data Scientist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow, and an Associate Director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In these positions, she helped federal agencies use data and technology to drive impact both in the U.S. and internationally.

Education

  • PhD, Economic Geography and Mapping Sciences, Louisiana State University, 2006
  • MPA, Columbia University, School of Intl. & Public Affairs, 1997
  • BA, Economics, Northwestern University, 1993

Select Publications

2021. Duval-Diop, D, Heckert, J., Lee, J., Seymour, G., and Vaughn, K. Explaining the gender gap in profits among entrepreneurs in Malawi. IFPRI Discussion Paper 02014.

2014. Duval-Diop, D., Senhoury, A., Campredon, P. Governing through Networks: Working toward a sustainable management of West Africa’s coastal mangrove ecosystems. Chapter in eds. Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau, Cyr Descamps, Estuaries of the World: The land/sea interactions in the coastal zone of West and Central Africa. Springer, London

2010. Curtis, A., Duval-Diop, D. and Novak, J. 2010. Identifying Spatial Patterns of Recovery and Abandonment in the Post-Katrina Holy Cross Neighborhood of New Orleans. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. Vol. 37, No. 1: page 45.