Curriculum Vitae
Education
A.B., Political Science (2007), Davidson College
Experience
Davidson College
James B. Duke Assistant Professor of the Practice in Data Science (2024 - Present)
- Advising students majoring in Data Science
- Faculty mentor, Community Research Fellows program
- Developing extracurricular Data Science programs, including ASA DataFest and the Public Good Data Wrangle
- Developed Davidson’s first course with a DAT (Data Science) subject code, DAT-153 Database Programming
- Participated in interviewing and hiring Davidson’s first tenure-track Professor of Data Science
Director of Data CATS (2024 - Present)
- Managing a team of student tutors/consultants who provide data science services to students, faculty, staff, and community members
- Consulted on research project to identify significant drivers of donor giving in advance of new fundraising campaign
- Developed a dashboard visualizing planned courses for future years to aid departments in optimizing their schedules
Technology & Innovation Department
- Manager of Data Operations (2023 - 2024)
- Business Intelligence Developer (2017 - 2023)
Committee and Task Force Service
- Learning Spaces, Technology, and Design Committee (2025 - present)
- Strategic Planning:
- Working group member: “Discovering Passions, Developing Purpose” (2023 - 2024)
- Search Committees:
- Director of Institutional Research (Spring 2024)
- Assistant Director of Grants and Contracts (Fall 2019)
- Working group for proposed Policy Studies major (2025 - 2026)
- Data Governance Committee (2017 - 2024)
Other Service
- Holistic/pre-major advisor (2019 - Present)
- Davidson College Class of 2007 Class Secretary (2026 - present)
Garretson Resolution Group
- Director of Research & Analytics (2015 - 2017)
- Manager of Research & Analytics (2013 - 2015)
- Medical Review Associate (2012 - 2013)
Teaching
Classroom Instruction
- DAT 395: Independent Study: Data Engineering (Spring 2026)
- DAT 342: Data Engineering (Fall 2026 - Present)
- DAT 153: Database Programming (Spring 2025 - Present)
- DAT 110: Data Science & Society (Fall 2024 - Present)
Online Instruction (edX)
- Analyzing & Visualizing Data with Power BI (2020 - present)
- Introduction to SQL (2021 - present)
Software Development
R Packages/Projects
Data Engineering Projects
- Davidson College Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
Power BI Projects
- Davidson College Fact File: go.davidson.edu/factfile
- National Student Clearinghouse graduate outcomes
- Davidson College departmental finance reports
- COVID-19 campus contact-tracing report
- Tutorial Services Dashboard
Conferences & Presentations
“Modeling Further Education of Graduates with NSC Data in Power BI,” with L. Boyles:
- North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (April 2024)
- Southern Association for Institutional Research (October 2023)
- Association for Institutional Research (June 2023)
“Database DevOps in Azure: Prepare for Ludicrous Speed”
- PASS Data Community Summit (November 2022)
“Data Crunch: Using Your Data to Streamline Employer Engagements”
- Southern Association of Colleges and Employers, with B. Adams (June 2020)
“Automating the Enterprise Data Warehouse Using Azure DevOps”
- Higher Education Data World Conference (April 2019)
Professional Service
- Graduate, MOR Leaders Program for liberal arts colleges (2023-2024 cohort)
- Founder and co-organizer, Higher Education Power BI User Group (Aug 2023 - Jan 2025)
- Member, American Statistical Association (2024 - Present)
Honors and Awards
- 2023: First Place, Best Innovative Practice, Southern Association for Institutional Research annual conference (with L. Boyles)