Ellis Monk is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University
and Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google.
His research interests include: race/ethnicity in comparative perspective, colorism, health, race/ethnicity & technology (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision), sociology of the body, social psychology, and theory.
For info on his research on Colorism in AI & the Monk Skin Tone Scale: Skin Tone Research@Google AI
Professor Monk is a recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (2022-2027), which supports his research on skin tone and pulse oximetry.
Contact:
Ellis Monk
Harvard University
William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
email: emonk AT fas.harvard.edu // ellismonk AT google.com
