Conference Activity and Talks

INVITED TALKS

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/20411

“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. https://theconversation.com/data-science-education-lacks-a-much-needed-focus-on-ethics-164372

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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19184

Papers

“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.

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/55024

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Session/16782

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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/sc21/meetingapp.cgi/Session/15192

“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

Discussant

“Government use of technology,” 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/18904

Chair

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/20812

Meetings Organized

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/20637

“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. https://appam.confex.com/appam/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19094

CAMPUS TALKS

“Data science education: Present and future,” Research Bazaar, University of Arizona, May 16, 2024.