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Peer-Reviewed Reports

Akanegbu, Anuli. (404) Job Not Found: What Workforce Training Can’t Fix for Black Atlantans in the Age of AI. Data & Society Research and Policy Institute. February 4, 2026. https://datasociety.net/library/404-job-not-found/.

Policy Briefs

Serena Oduro, Akanegbu, Anuli. (404) Job Not Found: How Government Can Help AI Education Deliver Real Benefits for Workers. Data & Society Research and Policy Institute. February 4, 2026. https://datasociety.net/library/404-job-not-found/.

Op-Eds

Akanegbu, Anuli. Georgia Must Regulate AI in the Public Interest to Thrive in This Age. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 16, 2026. https://ajc-ajc-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/opinion/2026/02/georgia-must-regulate-ai-in-the-public-interest-to-thrive-in-this-age/.

Blog Posts & Essays

Akanegbu, Anuli. From Plantations to Platforms: Examining AI’s Relationship to Race and Labor. Data & Society Research and Policy Institute. February 17, 2026. https://datasociety.net/library/404-job-not-found/

Akanegbu, Anuli et al. Building Civic Strength for an AI Era. Points Blog. February 9, 2026. https://datasociety.net/points/building-civic-strength-for-an-ai-era/

Akanegbu, Anuli. “AI Can’t Do Nothing With Us!”: Inside One Atlanta Workforce Training Program. Points Blog. January 28, 2026. https://datasociety.net/points/ai-cant-do-nothing-with-us/.

Akanegbu, Anuli. “Why Atlanta is the Focus of My Sociotechnical Research.” Data & Society Research Institute Points Blog. June 18, 2025. https://datasociety.net/points/why-atlanta-is-the-focus-of-my-sociotechnical-research/

Akanegbu, Anuli. “Imagining Alternatives.” Data & Society Research Institute Points Blog. January 15, 2025. https://datasociety.net/points/imagining-alternatives/

Akanegbu, Anuli. “The Crux: How the MINT Gallery artists survived and thrived after eviction.” ARTSATL, November 27, 2024, https://www.artsatl.org/the-crux-how-the-mint-gallery-artists-survived-and-thrived-after-eviction/

Akanegbu, Anuli. “MINT Gallery closed suddenly, and the artists are pissed.” ARTSATL, August 19, 2024, https://www.artsatl.org/mint-gallery-closed-suddenly-and-the-artists-are-pissed/

Akanegbu, Anuli. “Podcasting as a Form of Scholarship.” American Anthropologist. April 2021. https://www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/podcasts-as-a-form-of-scholarship?rq=anuli%20akanegbu

Short-form Writing

Akanegbu, Anuli. “Data and Context: Redefining Art and Science in the data-verse (Event Recap).” Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network (AIAI) Monthly Digest. September 2025. https://mailchi.mp/1c45415329c3/aiai-february-newsletter-12750528?e=d1373d9c32