Data Work and Experience

Research and Data Experience

• 2026–ESOC Lead, eEarth, Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) and International Crisis Group collaboration
  Liaising between Crisis Group’s eEarth team and ESOC researchers on resource-related conflict early warning
• 2025–Data Manager, Global PeaceHub: Mediation and Negotiators Database (MEND)
• 2023–2024Data and Modeling Research Consultant, University of Denver and World Wildlife Fund
  Forecasting future fisheries conflict; working with big data and running prediction models
• 2023Automation Research Consultant, University of St Andrews, School of International Relations
  Global Fragmentation and Peacemaking PeaceRep Consultancy and Database Building
• 2023Data Scientist, Chicago Public Schools, School Counseling and Postsecondary Advising
  Data science, empirical modeling, Google Apps Script, SQL, and SAS
• 2023Quantitative Research Associate, Institute for Racial Justice
  Transcribed and coded focus group recordings, synthesizing data on equity in gifted programming
• 2018–2023Research Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Political Science
  Worked with E. Hansen, K. Camarena, P. Boyle, S. Maxey, T. Maboudi, M. Melin, S. Kang, and J. Kao
• 2017Special Interest Groups Data Analyst, Project VoteSmart
  Web-scraping and cleaning of special interest groups data in R
• 2016Research Analyst, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
  Served under Alex Rowley, Member of the Scottish Parliament. Devolution of powers, taxation, and public well-being

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Computer and Technical Skills

• Data Skills: Querying (SQL, Google BigQuery); geospatial analysis; web scraping and data mining; machine learning (k-means); text analysis
• Software Proficiency: R, Python, SQL, Stata, QGIS, SAS, SPSS, JMP, Excel VBA, Google Apps Script, LaTeX
• Statistical Methods: Difference-in-Differences; Survey Experiments; Granger Causality; OLS; Multilevel Models; Logistic Regression; Survival Analysis (Weibull, Cox-PH); Random Forest; Generalized Additive Models; Change Point Analysis; Principal Component Analysis

Certifications

• 2023DataCamp Data Scientist Professional, R, SQL, and Python
• 2023Qualtrics XM Professional Certification
• 2022Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Certification

Ad Hoc Projects

• Stata templates for quasi-experimental projects
• Chicago crime and census data via R and APIs
• Interactive map of climate disasters and migration
• Qualtrics quizzes with complex grading schemes
• Merging climate law data with Excel VBA and Stata