Postdoctoral Research Associate

CSAFE, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2017

• PI: Alicia Carriquiry

Ph.D., Statistics; M.S. Statistics

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Dec. 2017 - Aug. 2012

• Dissertation: Graphical discovery in stochastic actor-oriented models for social network analysis
• Advisor: Heike Hofmann

B.A., Mathematics, Economics, French

Augustana College

Rock Island, IL

May 2012 - Aug. 2008

• Summa cum laude
• Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Dean’s List

Managing Director, Responsible AI

DLA Piper, LLP

Washington, D.C.

Present - Mar. 2023

• Evaluate clients’ AI governance programs against latest AI standards and regulations.
• Design ML tools for proactive compliance monitoring in a highly regulated industry.
• Lead attorney-client privileged bias audits of clients’ automated decision making systems.

Data Scientist

Tritura Information Governance, LLC

Washington, D.C.

Mar. 2023 - Sep. 2020

• Conduct algorithmic bias analyses for insurance company clients
• Design and implement an R shiny application to write patent applications for US PTO
• Develop R packages for improving internal eDiscovery processes

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Survey Methods Research

Washington, D.C.

Aug. 2020 - Sep. 2019

• Develop interactive visualization applications using R Shiny
• Utilize tweets as data to assess public perception of the Bureau and influence communications policy
• About the AAAS STPF program

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Center for Statistics & Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE), Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2017

• Coordinate the summer research experience for undergraduates (REU) from partner schools
• Mentor graduate students on their research projects
• Continue work from time as graduate research assistant

Graduate Research Assistant

CSAFE, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Dec.2017 - Aug. 2015

• Author educational materials for legal professionals on the use of statistics in forensic science
• Conduct research relating to human factors, statistical computing in forensic science

REU Graduate Student Advisor

CSAFE, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Aug. 2017 - May. 2017

• Instructed a group of ten students on R coding, statistics, and Github project management
• Supervised research projects on automated shoeprint matching and steganalysis

Graduate Student Fellow, Data Science for Public Good

Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory, Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Arlington, VA

Aug. 2016 - May. 2016

• Analyzed and combined data from a variety of administrative, census, and GIS sources
• Consulted with county staff on projects to improve government services in Arlington, VA
• Led groups of undergraduate researchers on data-driven policy projects

Graduate Research Assistant

NORC at the University of Chicago

Ames, IA

Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2015

• Developed a dynamic reporting system to adapt to changes in Illinois’ healthcare marketplace
• Continuation of my summer internship work part time as a consultant

Data Visualization Intern

NORC at the University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Aug. 2015 - May. 2015

• Designed a multi-use dashboard of education data in Washington state
• Developed a web app with public health, GIS data to uncover potential epidemic regions
• Led four hour-long internal seminars on the theory and best practices of data visualization

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Dept. of Statistics, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

May. 2015 - Aug. 2014

• Instructor for STAT 104: Introduction to Statistics
• Taught weekly lectures and labs
• Wrote and graded exams

Statistical Analyst Intern, Process Management Team

Kingland Systems Corporation

Ames, IA

Aug. 2014 - May. 2014

• Performed data analysis on project and product data to refine internal processes and tools
• Built predictive models used in planning and estimating time to complete sofware development
• Produced graphs and reports to support internal visibility of projects, products, and portfolios

Graduate Research Assistant

Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2013

• Modeled curve navigation on rural highways using large USDOT data sets

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Dept. of Statistics, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Jul. 2013 - Aug. 2012

• TA for STAT 104: Introduction to Statistics
• Graded weekly homework assignments
• Supervised lab sections twice weekly

Winner, 2018 rOpenSci Fellowship

For proposal, “Open Forensic Science in R”

Ames, IA

Feb. 2018

• Please see ropensci.org for more.

Winner, Student Paper Competition

Statistical Graphics Section of the American Statistical Association

Chicago, IL

Jul. 2016

• For “Using the geomnet Package”. See Publications
• Awarded at JSM 2016

Runner-up, Young Statisticians Writing Competition

Young Statisticians Section of the Royal Statistical Society

Exeter, Devon, UK

Sept. 2015

• For “The Joy of Clustering.” See publications.
• Awarded at RSS 2015

Alumni Fellowship

Dept. of Statistics, Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Aug. 2012

Ten Tips for Making the Most of a Virtual Conference

AmStat News, August 2020, Issue #518

Washington, D.C.

2020

• Available online

Estimating arthropod survival probability from field counts: a case study with monarch butterflies

Ecosphere 11(4):e03082. April 2020

Ames, IA

2020

• with Tyler J. Grant (1st), D. T. T. Flockhart , T. R. Blader, R. L. Hellmich G. M. Pitman, D. R. Norris, and S. P. Bradbury
• 

Evaluation and comparison of methods for forensic glass source conclusions

Forensic Science International, Volume 305, December 2019, 110003

Ames, IA

2019

• with Soyoung Park (1st)
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Open Forensic Science in R

Editor, published online

Ames, IA

2019

Network Visualization with ggplot2

The R Journal. 9(1): 27-59. June 2017

Ames, IA

2017

• with François Briatte and Heike Hofmann
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Using the R Package geomnet: Visualizing Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade of Africans, 1514-1866

CHANCE. Sep. 2016. 29(3)

Ames, IA

2016

The Joy of Clustering

Significance Magazine Online. 11 Nov. 2015

Ames, IA

2015

Evaluation of driving behavior on rural 2-lane curves using the SHRP 2 naturalistic driving study data

Journal of Safety Research. 2015. 54, 17-27.

Ames, IA

2015

• with Shauna Hallmark (1st), Nicole Oneyear, Cher Carney, and Dan McGehee
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Non-Contiguous Pattern Avoidance in Binary Trees

Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 2012. 19(3). #P22

Valparaiso, IN

2012

• with Michael Dairyko, Lara Pudwell, and Casey Wynn
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Co-organizer of R-Ladies D.C.

Co-organizer of the Washington D.C. chapter of the global organization R-Ladies, which promotes gender parity among R users, R package authors, and members of the R foundation and board of directors

Washington, D.C.

Present - Dec. 2020

• with Arati Krishnamoorthy

Founder & Co-organizer of the Uncoast Unconference

Hackathon-style event for R users and developers living in middle America.

Des Moines, IA

Apr. 2019

Iowa State University Postdoctoral Association

Elected as the postdoctoral representative to the University Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equity to voice the interests of women+-identifying postdocs on campus.

Ames, IA

Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2018

Webmaster, Iowa Chapter of the ASA

Maintain the online presence of the Iowa chapter of the American Statistical Association, the country’s top professional association for statisticians

Ames, IA

Apr. 2019 - Apr. 2018

Co-founder and co-organizer, R-Ladies Ames

Founded the Ames chapter of the global organization R-Ladies, which promotes gender parity among R users, R package authors, and members of the R foundation and board of directors

Ames, IA

Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2016

• with Natalia daSilva

Statistics Departmental Committees

Served alongside faculty and staff as the student member of ISU statistics departmental committees: the Social Committee (2014-15) and the Honors and Awards Committee (2015-16, 2016-17).

Ames, IA

May 2017 - Aug. 2014

The Iowa STAT-ers Club

Led this Statistics Department graduate student organization in multiple executive positions: Secretary (2013-14), Social Chair (2014-15), and President (2015-16).

Ames, IA

May 2016 - Aug. 2013

Creating Beautiful Data Visualizations in R

A virtual tutorial I taught as a part of useR!2020, which was also co-hosted by R-Ladies D.C. and R-Ladies NYC.

Virtual

Jul. 2020

Creating Beautiful Data Visualizations in R

A 4-hour, 2-day workshop given to Bureau of Labor Statistics and other federal employees on creating data visualizations in R with ggplot2. Teaching this course was a requirement of my fellowship role with the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program.

Washington, D.C.

Apr. 2020

R for Epidemiology

Intensive workshop on the basics of R, data cleaning, and visualization using R and RStudio with application to epidemiological data. Presented at the USDA’s National Animal Disease Center.

Ames, IA

May 2018

• with Haley Jeppson

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Data

Workshop on tidying messy data sets with the R packages dplyr, tidyr, and others. Presented to the R-Ladies Ames group.

Ames, IA

Dec. 2018

The Week of R

Intensive workshop on the basics of R, as well as data cleaning, webscraping, data visualization, and Shiny in R and RStudio.

Ames, IA

Jun 2017

Webscraping with tidyverse Packages

Workshop on scraping data from the web using the R packages rvest, xml, and others. Presented to the R-Ladies Ames group.

Ames, IA

Feb. 2017

• with Jo Papio, Haley Jeppson, and Heike Hofmann

The Week of R

Intensive workshop on the basics of R, as well as data cleaning, webscraping, data visualization, and Shiny in R and RStudio. Presented at Iowa State University.

Ames, IA

May 2016

• with Eric Hare, Andee Kaplan, and Heike Hofmann

Empowering Women with Self-defense Skills using R

Workshop on data cleaning, webscraping, and data visualization in R. Presented at the 2016 Women in Statistics and Data Science conference.

Charlotte, NC

Oct. 2016

• TA for Heike Hofmann