About Me
My first day in Columbus, July 28th, 2014.
Manager, Data Science,
Aware
I was born and raised deep in the Ozarks in Springfield, Missouri. As a high school student at Parkview High School I took a liking to debate, wherein I found my love of interstate politics, science, and statistics.
Upon graduation in 2010, I moved to Carbondale, Illinois to attend Southern Illinois University. While there my love for International Relations consolidated and I became interested in network analysis and data science while working as Scott Comparato and Shane Gleason's research assistant collecting the state supreme court citation network.
In 2014 I graduated summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University with an honors degree in Political Science. I then started my doctoral program at The Ohio State University's Department of Political Science where I have specialized in Quantitative Methodology and International Relations. As time progressed, my interests diversified to how we can use machine learning to improve our understanding of a variety of phenomena, including substance use disorder treatment, alliance politics, interstate conflict, and the death penalty.
At OSU I have had the pleasure of working with Jan Box-Steffensmeier, Skyler Cranmer, Bear Braumoeller, and Christopher Gelpi. I completed my Ph.D. in 2019 and have since been appointed as a Visiting Scholar and then Visiting Fellow.
In June 2019, I started as a Data Scientist at CoverMyMeds, using the tools of computational statistics and machine learning to ensure patients get the medicine they need to live healthy lives. In July 2021, I joined Aware as a Senior Data Scientist where I fell in love with natural language processing, startups, and leadership. Since February 2022, I have led the data science team at Aware.
Outside of my data science work, I host an ever evolving set of hobbies, including home brewing, mead making, bread baking, fantasy football, cooking, and traveling with my partner and our dog Lucy.
I also continuously pursue the perfection of relatively simplistic things, such as roasted chicken, margaritas, and quiche.