Astro Scholar they/them
Computational social scientist and open-methods
I study how computational systems shape public knowledge and collective decision-making. My work combines open data, reproducible analysis, and human-centered evaluation.
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Career highlights
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Research Fellow @ Center for Digital Society, Example University · Example City
Studies how automated systems shape access to public information, with an emphasis on transparent evaluation and reproducible research.
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Graduate Research Assistant @ Open Methods Lab, Example University · Example City
Built documented data pipelines and evaluation tools for collaborative computational social science projects.
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Teaching Assistant, Responsible Computing @ Example University · Example City
Led discussion sections on data ethics, algorithmic accountability, and communicating uncertainty.
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M.S. in Computational Social Science @ Example University · Example City
Coursework included statistical modeling, machine learning, research design, and data visualization.
Latest updates
see all →Led a hands-on workshop about building research websites that keep publications, projects, and technical notes in portable Markdown.
Released an anonymized benchmark dataset with documentation, reproducible processing scripts, and baseline results.
Shared a new preprint on evaluating the accessibility and transparency of automated decision-support systems.
Selected publications
see all →Documenting Small Research Corpora for Reuse
Journal of Open Research Practice • 2026
Participatory Evaluation for Public-Interest Data Tools
Proceedings of the Example Conference on Responsible Computing • 2025
Latest posts
Services
I welcome conversations about:
- reproducible research workflows;
- accessible technical communication;
- teaching with open data; and
- maintaining small scholarly software projects.
Miscellaneous
- Member of an open-research methods working group.
- Reviewer for conferences in computational social science.
- Interested in maps, public libraries, and careful data visualization.