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Beatrice Abiero

Associate Research Scientist, Ipsos Public Affairs (2016-)
PhD, Health Policy & Administration and Demography (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2014)

baa15@psu.edu

Francesco Acciai

Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
PhD, Sociology and Demography, 2016
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2014-15)

facciai@asu.edu

Margaret (Molly) Ariotti

Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
PhD, Political Science (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2013)

mariotti@uga.edu

Benjamin Bagozzi

Associate Professor of Political Science & International Relations, University of Delaware
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota (2013-2015)
PhD, Political Science (2013)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2012-2013)

bagozzib@udel.edu

Daehee Bak

Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University
PhD, Political Science (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2010-11)

daehee.bak@ttu.edu

Brett Beattie

Data Science Manager, Match.com
PhD, Sociology & Demography (2015)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2011-12)

bab421@psu.edu

John Beieler

Director of Science & Technology, Office of the Director for National Intelligence (2019-)
Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), 2017-2019
Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Human Language Technology Center for Excellence (2016-2017)
Data Scientist, Caerus Analytics (2015-2016)
PhD, Political Science (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

jub270@psu.edu

Jason José Bendezú

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Child Development, University of Minnesota
PhD, Psychology (2018)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2013-14)

jjb490@psu.edu

Christopher Boylan

Data Scientist, Verisk (Dublin)
PhD, Political Science (2017)
MS, Applied Statistics
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2015-16)

christopheriboylan@gmail.com

Satvika Chalasani

Technical Specialist & UNFPA Lead on Ending Child Marriage, United Nations Population Fund
Research Fellow, The Population Council (2010-12)
PhD, Sociology and Demography (2010)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2007-08)

satvika.chalasani@gmail.com

Wanghuan Chu

Data Scientist, Google (2016-)
PhD 2016, Statistics
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

dqchuwh@gmail.com

Cindy Cook

Data Scientist, SAIS
ABD, Statistics
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-2016)

cmcook22@gmail.com

Vito D'Orazio

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University (2014-2015)
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University (2013-2014)
PhD, Political Science (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2011-12)

dorazio@utdallas.edu

Yaoyao Dai

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2020-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU-Abu Dhabi (2019-20)
PhD, Political Science and Asian Studies (2019)
C-SoDA Predoctoral Research Associate (2018-19)

yud115@psu.edu

Matthew Denny

Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science (2019-).
Research Associate, Georgetown University, Massive Data Institute (2019-).
PhD, Political Science and Social Data Analytics (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow (2015-2017)

md1723@georgetown.edu

Simone Dietrich

Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Senior Lecturer and Director of ESSEXLab, University of Essex (2015-17)
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri (2012-15)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University (2011-12)
PhD, Political Science (2011)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2009-10)

dietrich.simone@gmail.com

Ben Fisher

Head of Data Science, Verisk Maplecroft (New York)
PhD, Political Science (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2014-15)

Mitchell Goist

PhD, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2016-17)
C-SoDA Student Affiliate

mlg307@psu.edu

Maggie Houchen

Senior Vice President for Research, Baylor College of Medicine
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2013-14)

meh342@psu.edu

Carolynne Hultquist

Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2020-)
PhD, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 4 (2015-2017)

cgh138@psu.edu

Timmy Huynh

Data Analyst, Eberly College of Science, Penn State
ABD, Sociology
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-16)

tnh133@psu.edu

Muhammed Idris

Director of Data, Product, and Technology, PLUS1
Fellow, Capria Ventures
Cofounder, Edel Technologies
Principle Data Scientist, TeraCrunch
Resident, TED Conferences (2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University (2016-2018)
PhD, Political Science (2016)
BDSS Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2014)

midris@psu.edu

Christopher Inkpen

Data Scientist, RTI International
PhD, Sociology and Demography (2017)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

csi105@psu.edu

Kyle Joyce

Lecturer, Government Analytics, Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs
Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California at Davis (2008-2016)
PhD, Political Science (2008)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2006-07)

kylejoyce@gmail.com

Vishesh Karwa

Assistant Professor, Statistical Science, Temple University
Assistant Professor, Statistics, Ohio State University (2017-19)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Computation and Society, Harvard University (2015-17)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University (2014-15)
PhD, Statistics (2014)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2012-13)

vishesh@temple.edu

Michael Kenwick

Assistant Professor, Political Science, Rutgers University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania (2017-2019)
PhD, Political Science (2017)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2015-2016)

michael.kenwick@rutgers.edu

Rachel Koffer

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
PhD, Human Development & Family Studies (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-15)

rek183@psu.edu

Fridolin Jakob Linder

Data Scientist, Siemens Mobility, Intelligent Traffic Systems Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Media and Political Participation (SMAPP) Lab (2018-19).
PhD, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-2016)

fridolin.linder@gmail.com

Xi Liu

Software Engineer, Google Cloud AI
PhD, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)

xkl5045@psu.edu

Jennifer Smith Mason

Professor of Practice, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA (2018-19)
PhD, Geography (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2014)

jennifermason@email.arizona.edu

Ryan McMahon

Data Scientist, Google, YouTube Data Science Team
Data Scientist, Verisk Maplecroft (2018-2019)
PhD, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 4 (2015-17)

rbm166@psu.edu

Claudia Nau

Research Scientist, Division of Behavioral Research, Kaiser Permanente
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
PhD, Sociology and Demography (2012)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2008-09)

Claudia.L.Nau@kp.org

Jonathan Nelson

Vermont Department of Transportation
User Experience Designer, Strava (2015-2018)
PhD, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-2015)

jkn128@psu.edu

Alex Ororbia, II

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, RIT
PhD, Informatics (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-2016)

ago@cs.rit.edu

Julianna Pacheco

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, University of Michigan (2010-12)
PhD, Political Science (2010)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2008-09)

julianna-pacheco@uiowa.edu

Anna Pechenkina

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Utah State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Politics & Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University (2013-16)
PhD, Political Science (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2008-09)

anna.pechenkina@usu.edu

Nathaniel Porter

Social Science Data Consultant & Data Education Coordinator, Informatics Lab, Virginia Tech
PhD, Sociology (2017)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2013-14)

ndporter@vt.edu

Amanda Rebar

Senior Lecturer, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University
National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellow
PhD, Kinesiology (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2011-12)

a.rebar@cqu.edu.au

Kevin Reuning

Assistant Professor, Miami University (of Ohio), Fall 2018-
PhD, Political Science (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2016-17)

reunink@miamioh.edu

Doug Rice

Assistant Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
PhD, Political Science (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2011-12)

drrice@legal.umass.edu

John Schoeneman

Watkins Global Trade Scholars Supervisor, Oklahoma State University
PhD, Political Science & Social Data Analytics (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 5, 2016-2017

jbs5686@psu.edu

Mark Simpson

PhD, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 5 (2016-2018)

marksimpson@psu.edu

Joshua Snoke

Associate Statistician, RAND Corporation
PhD, Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 3 (2014-16)

snoke@psu.edu

Benjamin Soltoff

Assistant Instructional Professor in Computational Social Science, University of Chicago
Assistant Director, Masters in Computational Social Science, University of Chicago
PhD, Political Science (2014)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2013-14)

soltoffbc@uchicago.edu

Sam Stehle

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University
PhD, Geography (2017)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

sam.stehle@mu.ie

Joshua Stevens

Scientific Visualization & Cartographic Quality Lead, NASA Earth Observatory
ABD, Geography
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-14)

joshua.e.stevens@nasa.gov

Xiaoran Sun

Stanford University Data Science Scholar (2020-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, The Screenomics Lab (2019-)
PhD, Human Development & Family Studies (SoDA Graduate Minor) (2019)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 6 & QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2017-2018)

xbs5014@stanford.edu

Zhanna Terechshenko

Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University, Social Media and Political Participation (SMAPP) Lab
PhD, Political Science and Social Data Analytics (2019)

zvt5048@psu.edu

Eitan Tzelgov

Lecturer in Politics, University of East Anglia
Postdoctoral Fellow, Varieties of Democracy Project, University of Gothenburg (2013-15)
PhD, Political Science (2013)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2009-10)

E.Tzelgov@uea.ac.uk

Tatiana Vashchilko

Assistant Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
PhD, Political Science (2011)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2006-07)

tatiana.vashchilko@ucalgary.ca

Xiaozhou Wang

Assistant Professor, Hunan University of Humanities, Science, & Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, S4 - Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Brown University
PhD, Sociology and Demography (2012)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2010-11)

xwang@pop.psu.edu

Stephanie Wilson

Assistant Professor, Psychology, Southern Methodist University
Director, SHARE Lab
Pelatonia Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University (2016-19)
PhD, Human Development & Family Studies (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-14)

sjwilson@smu.edu