[1][2] Starting in September 2019, Marshall is a faculty associate at Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

The book also calls for greater accountability and ethical considerations in data science, advocating for more inclusive and responsible technological practices.

[11] Analysis of the efficacy of the course itself was presented at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Frontiers in Education Conference as a way to teach data science concepts in a culturally relevant framework, since the course also wove in themes of black girlhood alongside computational approaches to data analysis.

[11][19] The project was informed by a 2016 NSF-funded workshop on "Planning a Dual Institution Research Center in Socially Relevant Computing.

"[20] Prior to the launch of DSX, Marshall was involved in similar programs geared at broadening participation of underrepresented groups.