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At 31 years old Shaundra Bryant Daily has already made an
impact on the lives of young girls around the world. Born in Nashville, TN,
Daily received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University
(2001), a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M (2003), S.M. in
Media Arts & Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005), and
Doctoral Degree from MIT working in the Affective Computing Group at MIT's
Media Laboratory.
Daily research interests include Computational tools for creative and
reflective learning, Engineering Education, Learning Sciences and Technology,
Affective Computing.
Daily has received multiple honors including awards from NSBE such as NSBE
Torchbearer and Chapter Member of the Year. She also served as National
Achiever's Plus Chair in 2005-2006.
Shaundra B. Daily was born in 1979 in
Nashville, Tennessee. but only lived there briefly before moving to Memphis. As a high
school student in Birmingham she developed an interest in being an agent for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation led her to major in electrical engineering at
Florida State University. After graduating with honors, she received a master's
in electrical engineering and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to attend the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She is now a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory working in the
Affective Computing Group. This group seeks to give machines skills of
emotional intelligence and to develop technologies to assist in the
development of human emotional intelligence. Intergroup
understanding spans groups
comprising human diversity ranging
from people of different gender, race, culture, ethnicity, age, economic class,
and disability status. Drawing from ideas in social neuroscience, intergroup
relations, and computer science, Shaundra's specific research endeavors focuses
on the design and implementation of computational technologies that support in human beings the development of empathic
capacities. Further, because empathy is rooted in emotional self-awareness,
much of her research is in the development of technologies to foster internal
reflection on feelings.
Her main
interests include interfaces that support affective (that is, emotional)
development and technologically supported reflective practice. Shaundra enjoys working with kids using technology, tutoring, and dance; however, she's most proud of being
mother to Layla.
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The mission of NSBE is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.
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