Conference Activity and Talks
INVITED TALKS
“Data science education and workforce planning,” World Bank, Washington, DC, 2026.
“U.S. data science education: Curriculum policy and administration,” Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden, October 18, 2023.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Panels Organized
“Realizing the potential of data science and digital technologies: Interdisciplinary perspectives,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 46th Annual Fall Conference, National Harbor, MD, November 21-23, 2024.
“Data science: Education policy and administration,” Academic Data Science Alliance Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 24-27, 2023. https://adsa.pubpub.org/pub/5ect620y/release/1?readingCollection=f40e27c7
“Ethics training and practices in data science and STEM: Overview, outlook, and policy implications,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 44th Annual Fall Conference, Washington, DC, November 17-19, 2022.
Roundtables Organized
“Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023: Implications for public policy and management,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 45th Annual Fall Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2023.
Papers
“Data science for higher education knowledge management: Who adopts new data science degrees?,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 47th Annual Fall Conference, Seattle, WA, November 13-15, 2025. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/appam/appam25/online_program_direct_link/view_session/2309271/
“Comparative data science education policy and management: United States and Europe,” Comparative and International Education Society 2025 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, March 22-26, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/25nzruun
“Data science and the educational intelligent economy: Curricula policy and administration,” Association for Education Finance and Policy 50th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March 13-15, 2025. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/42278/program?session=140689&program&date=%222025-3-
“Innovations in data science curriculum policy and management: Survey and interviews,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 46th Annual Fall Conference, National Harbor, MD, November 21-23, 2024.
“Undergraduate data science programs as a policy problem: Recommendations,” Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Portland, ME, October 31-November 2, 2024.
“Curricula and administration for ‘good’ data science,” Academic Data Science Alliance Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 24-27, 2023. https://adsa.pubpub.org/pub/5ect620y/release/1?readingCollection=f40e27c7
“Higher education organization and administration for ‘good’ data science,” w/ Oliver, J. C., International Conference on Public Policy, Toronto, Canada, June 27-29, 2023. https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/icpp6-toronto-2023/panel-list/17/panel/shaping-policies-through-for-knowledge-in-a-globalised-world-actors-systems-and-policymaking-dynamics/1315
“Comparative analysis of undergraduate data science degree programs’ curricula,” w/ Oliver, J. C., American Statistical Association Symposium on Data Science and Statistics, St. Louis, MO, May 23-26, 2023. https://ww3.aievolution.com/AMSTATevents/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=1854
“Comparative analysis of undergraduate data science degree programs’ curricula,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Association for Education Finance and Policy 48th Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 23-25, 2023. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/3308/session/59507
“Undergraduate data science degrees emphasize computer science and statistics but fall short in ethics training and domain-specific context,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 44th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 17-19, 2022.
“Comparative analysis of undergraduate data science degree programs’ curricula,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Computational Social Science Mini-Conference, Tucson, AZ, November 4, 2022.
“Using Lasswell’s problem orientation to identify institutional characteristics of adopters of data science degree programs through machine learning,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Los Angeles, CA, November 18- 20, 2021.
“Evaluating undergraduate data science curricula: What does a degree in data science actually mean?,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Student Research Seminar Series, May 26, 2021.
“Investigating institutional characteristics of adopters of data science undergraduate degree programs through machine learning,” Computational Social Science Mini-Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 16, 2021.
“Evaluating undergraduate data science curricula: What does a degree in data science actually mean?,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Association for Education Finance and Policy 46th Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 17-19, 2021. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/1690/session/16837
“Evaluating undergraduate data science curricula using the policy sciences perspective,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Los Angeles, CA, November 5-7, 2020.
Posters
“Identifying institutional characteristics of adopters of data science degreeprograms through machine learning,” w/ Oliver, J. C., Association for Education Finance and Policy 47th Annual Conference, Denver, CO, April 11-12, 2022. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/2298/session/33809
Roundtable Speaker
“Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023: Implications for public policy and management,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 45th Annual Fall Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2023. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19184
Meetings Organized
“Data science community,” w/ Schwabish, J. A., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 47th Annual Fall Conference, Seattle, WA, November 13-15, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/yrwvjvu6
“Data science community,” w/ Schwabish, J. A., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 46th Annual Fall Conference, National Harbor, MD, November 21-23, 2024.
“Data science community,” w/ Carter-Johnson, F. D., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 45th Annual Fall Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2023.
Discussant
“Government use of technology,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 45th Annual Fall Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2023.
Chair
“Drivers of educational attainment,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 47th Annual Fall Conference, Seattle, WA, November 13-15, 2025. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/appam/appam25/online_program_direct_link/view_session/2270187/
“AI and machine learning as analytic tools,” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 46th Annual Fall Conference, National Harbor, MD, November 21-23, 2024.
CAMPUS TALKS
“Data science education: Present and future,” Research Bazaar, University of Arizona, May 16, 2024.