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People

Graduate Students (Current)

Samuel Bestvater

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics
C-SoDA Student Affiliate

seb654@psu.edu

Yaoyao Dai

PhD Student, Political Science and Asian Studies
C-SoDA Predoctoral Research Associate (2018-19)

yud115@psu.edu

Matthew Denny

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics
BDSS-IGERT Fellow (2015-2017)
C-SoDA Student Affiliate
Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science (from Summer 2019).
Research Associate, Georgetown University, Massive Data Institute (from Summer 2019).

mdenny@psu.edu

Shipi Kankane Dhanorkar

PhD Student, Informatics (SoDA Graduate Minor)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 6 (2017-2018)

szk53@psu.edu

Nicholas Dietrich

PhD Student, Political Science
QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2017-18)

nmd184@psu.edu

Sara Francisco

PhD Student, Sociology & Social Data Analytics
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 6 (2017-2018)
C-SoDA Student Affiliate

scf7@psu.edu

Brittany Freelin

PhD Student, Criminology (SoDA Graduate Minor)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 6 (2017-2018)
C-SoDA Student Affiliate

bnf5@psu.edu

Mitchell Goist, (2015- )

PhD Student, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2016-17)

mlg307@psu.edu

Carolynne Hultquist, (2015-2017)

PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

cgh138@psu.edu

Claire Kelling, (2017-2018)

PhD Student, Statistics & Social Data Analytics

cek32@psu.edu

Taegyoon Kim

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics

txk90@psu.edu

Rachel Koffer, (2013-2015)

PhD Student, Human Development & Family Studies

rek183@psu.edu

Jungmin Lee

PhD Student, Human Development & Family Studies and Social Data Analytics

jzl95@psu.edu

Xi Liu, (2016-)

PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

xkl5045@psu.edu

Arif Masrur, (2017-)

PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

axm733@psu.edu

Cassie McMillan, (2015-2017)

PhD Student, Sociology and Demography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

clm453@psu.edu

Steven Morgan, (2017-2018)

PhD Student, Political Science & Social Data Analytics

sum410@psu.edu

Markus Neumann, (2016- )

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics

mvn5218@psu.edu

M. Rosemary Pang, (2017-)

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics

mzp36@psu.edu

Hyun Joon Park

PhD Student, Psychology (SoDA minor)

hup11@psu.edu

So Young Park, (2017-)

PhD Student, Recreation, Park, & Tourism Management (SoDA Graduate Minor)

sup97@psu.edu

Lulu Peng, (2017-)

PhD Student, Communication Arts & Sciences (SoDA Graduate Minor)

lup8@psu.edu

Sayali Phadke, (2015-2017)

PhD Student, Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor)

ssp5208@psu.edu

Michelle Pistner, (2016-2018)

PhD Candidate, Statistics & Social Data Analytics

map5672@psu.edu

Franziska Schmid

PhD Student, Marketing and Social Data Analytics

fks5029@psu.edu

John Schoeneman, (2016-2017)

PhD Candidate, Political Science & Social Data Analytics

jbs5686@psu.edu

Ben Sheng, (2015-2017)

PhD Student, Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor)

bxs416@psu.edu

Mark Simpson, (2016-2018)

PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

marksimpson@psu.edu

Xiaoran Sun

PhD Candidate, Human Development & Family Studies (SoDA Graduate Minor)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 6 (2017-2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, The Screenomics Lab (Aug. 2019-)

xbs5014@psu.edu

Zhanna Terechshenko, (2016- )

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics

zvt5048@psu.edu

Fangcao Xu, (2017-)

PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

fbx5002@psu.edu

Omer Faruk Yalcin, (2017-)

PhD Student, Political Science and Social Data Analytics

oxy4@psu.edu

Amy Zhang, (2016-2018)

PhD Candidate, Statistics & Social Data Analytics

akz5056@psu.edu

Robert Zuchowski, (2016-2018)

PhD Student, Sociology & Demography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

rxz155@psu.edu

Graduate Students (Alumni)

Beatrice Abiero

Associate Research Scientist, Ipsos Public Affairs (2016-)
PhD, Health Policy & Administration and Demography (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2014)

baa15@psu.edu

Margaret (Molly) Ariotti

Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
PhD Student, Political Science (2018)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2013)

mariotti@psu.edu

Benjamin Bagozzi

Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Relations, University of Delaware (2015-)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota (2013-2015)
PhD, Political Science (2013)
BDSS-IGERT Affiliate and QuaSSI Predoctoral Fellow (2012-2013)

beb196@psu.edu

John Beieler

Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), 2017-
Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Human Language Technology Center for Excellence (2016-2017)
Data Scientist, Caerus Analytics (2015-2016)
PhD, Political Science (2016)
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

jub270@psu.edu

Christopher Boylan, (2015-2017)

Data Scientist, Verisk (Dublin)
PhD, Political Science
MS, Applied Statistics

cib117@psu.edu

Wanghuan Chu

Data Scientist, Google (2016-)
PhD 2016, Statistics
BDSS-IGERT Fellow, Cohort 2 (2013-2015)

wxc228@psu.edu

Cindy Cook, (2014-2016)

Data Scientist, SAIS
PhD Student, Statistics

cmcook22@gmail.com

Ben Fisher, (2014-2016)

Data Scientist, Verisk Maplecroft (London)
PhD, Political Science

Muhammed Idris

Resident, TED Conferences (2018-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University (2016-2018)
PhD, Political Science (2016)
BDSS Fellow, Cohort 1 (2012-2014)

midris@psu.edu

Christopher Inkpen, (2013-2015)

Data Scientist, RTI International
PhD, Sociology and Demography

csi105@psu.edu

Vishesh Karwa, (2012-2013)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Computation and Society, Harvard University
PhD, Statistics

vishesh@psu.edu

Michael Kenwick, (2015-2016)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Political Science

mrk245@psu.edu

Fridolin Jakob Linder, (2014-2016)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Media and Political Participation (SMAPP) Lab (Fall 2018-).
PhD Student, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor)

fridolin.linder@gmail.com

Jennifer (Smith) Mason, (2012-2014)

Instructor, UCLA
PhD, Geography

jms1186@psu.edu

Ryan McMahon, (2015-2017)

PhD Student, Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor)

rbm166@psu.edu

Jonathan Nelson, (2014-2015)

User Experience Designer, Strava
PhD Student, Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)

jkn128@psu.edu

Alex Ororbia, (2014-2016)

Assistant Professor, RIT (Fall 2018-)
PhD Student, Information Sciences & Technology

ago109@ist.psu.edu

Nathaniel Porter, (2013-2014)

Social Science Data Consultant & Data Education Coordinator, Virginia Tech
PhD, Sociology

nathanield.porter@gmail.com

Kevin Reuning, (2016-)

Assistant Professor (tenure track), Miami University (of Ohio), Fall 2018-
PhD Candidate, Political Science (PhD expected 2018)
Predoctoral Fellow, Quantitative Social Science Initiative (2016-17)

kevin.reuning@psu.edu

Joshua Snoke, (2014-2016)

Associate Statistician, RAND Corporation (August 2018-)
PhD Student, Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor)

snoke@psu.edu

Sam Stehle, (2013-2015)

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University
PhD, Geography (2017)

sks5122@psu.edu

Joshua Stevens, (2012-2014)

Scientific Visualization & Cartographic Quality Lead, NASA Earth Observatory
PhD Candidate, Geography

jes583@psu.edu

Stephanie Wilson, (2012-2014)

Pelatonia Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
PhD, Human Development & Family Studies

sjw5295@psu.edu

Peifeng Yin, (2012-2013)

Research Scientist, IBM Research
PhD, Computer Science & Engineering

pzy102@psu.edu

Jay Yonamine, (2012-2013)

Data Scientist, Google
PhD, Political Science

jxy190@psu.edu

Mo Yu, (2012-2014)

Software Engineer, Google
PhD, Information Sciences and Technology

muy145@psu.edu

Faculty

Naomi Altman

Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Joshua Snoke, 2015-16)

nsa1@psu.edu

Duane Alwin

McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography
Director, Life Course Center
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

dfa2@psu.edu

Clio Andris

Assistant Professor of Geography
Director, Friendly Cities Lab @ Penn State
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee (2018-), Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Cindy Cook, 2014-15; Cassie McMillan, 2015-16; Michelle Pistner, 2016-2017 )

clio@psu.edu

Le Bao

Associate Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Ben Sheng, 2015-2016)

lebao@psu.edu

Rhonda BeLue

Associate Professor of Health Policy & Administration
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Beatrice Abiero, 2012-13)

rzb10@psu.edu

Timothy Brick

Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Josh Snoke, 2014-15; Rachel Koffer, 2014-15)

tbrick@psu.edu

Guoray Cai

Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Director, Spatial Information and Intelligence Laboratory
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

cai@ist.psu.edu

Guido Cervone

Associate Professor of Geography
Director, Geoinformatics and Earth Observation Laboratory
Associate Director, Institute for CyberScience
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

cervone@psu.edu

Guangqing Chi

Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
Director, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core, Population Research Institute
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

gchi@psu.edu

Chao-Hsien Chu

Professor, Information Sciences & Technology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
C-SoDA Faculty Affiliate

cfc4@psu.edu

Linda Collins

Distinguished Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, and Statistics
Director, The Methodology Center
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

LMcollins@psu.edu

Daniel DellaPosta

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

djd78@psu.edu

Bruce Desmarais

Associate Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies, Social Data Analytics
Acting Director, BDSS-IGERT (Fall 2016)
Director, IGaP Lab (Interdependence in Government and Policy)
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Matt Denny, 2015-16; Fridolin Linder, 2015-16; Sayali Phadke, 2015-16)

bbd5087@psu.edu

Diane Felmlee

Professor of Sociology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

dhf12@psu.edu

Christopher Fowler

Assistant Professor of Geography
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Timmy Huynh, 2014-2015)

csfowler@psu.edu

Lee Giles

David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Director, The Intelligent Information Systems Research Laboratory
Graduate Faculty, Computer Science and Engineering
Professor (by courtesy), Supply Chain and Information Systems
Co-PI, BDSS-IGERT
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee (2012-17), Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Muhammed Idris, 2013-14)

clg20@psu.edu

Rick Gilmore

Associate Professor of Psychology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

rog1@psu.edu

Corina Graif

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Research Associate, Population Research Institute
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Brittany Freelin, 2017-18; Claire Kelling, 2017-18)

cua4@psu.edu

Murali Haran

Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

mharan@stat.psu.edu

Melissa Hardy

Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography
Co-PI, BDSS-IGERT
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee (2012-2017), Social Data Analytics

mah38@psu.edu

Allison Harris

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

auh323@psu.edu

Peter Hatemi

Professor of Political Science
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

phatemi@gmail.com

Marie Hojnacki

Associate Professor of Political Science
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

marieh@psu.edu

Vasant Honavar

Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
Director, Center for Big Data Analytics and Discovery Informatics
Director, Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory
Associate Director, Institute for CyberScience
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

vhonavar@ist.psu.edu

Ting-Hao (Kenneth) Huang

Assistant Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
C-SoDA Faculty Affiliate

txh710@psu.edu

David Hunter

Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Stephanie Wilson, 2013-14; Cindy Cook, 2015-16)

dhunter@stat.psu.edu

Daniel Kifer

Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

dkifer@cse.psu.edu

Alexander Klippel

Associate Professor of Geography
Director, ChoroPhronesis
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Jenny Mason, 2012-13)

klippel@psu.edu

Derek Kreager

Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

dak27@psu.edu

Soundar Kumara

Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

u1o@psu.edu

Stephanie Lanza

Scientific Director, The Methodology Center
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

SLanza@psu.edu

James LeBreton

Professor, Psychology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Director, Measurement and Applied Psychology Laboratory (MAP Lab)

jml70@psu.edu

Wang-Chien Lee

Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Director, Intelligent Pervasive Data Access Group (iPDA)
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

wlee@cse.psu.edu

Jia Li

Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

jiali@psu.edu

Runze Li

Eberly Family Chair Professor of Statistics and Public Health Sciences
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Wanghuan Chu, 2014-15)

runzeli@psu.edu

Zhenhui (Jessie) Li

Assistant Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

jessieli@ist.psu.edu

Suzanna Linn

Professor of Political Science
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Ryan McMahon, 2015-16)

sld8@psu.edu

Alan MacEachren

Professor of Geography
Director, GeoVISTA Center
Co-PI, BDSS-IGERT
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Josh Stevens, 2012-13;
Jonathan Nelson, 2014-15; Robby Zuchowski, 2017-18)

maceachren@psu.edu

Kamesh Madduri

Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

(814) 865-0883

madduri@cse.psu.edu

Stephen Matthews

Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Demography
Director, Program in Demography
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Beatrice Abiero, Jenny Mason, Maggie Houchen, 2013-14)

matthews@psu.edu

Prasenjit Mitra

Professor of Information Sciences & Technology (On leave)
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

pmitra@ist.psu.edu

Peter Molenaar

Distinguished Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

pxm21@psu.edu

Burt Monroe

Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Graduate Faculty, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Director and Principal Investigator, BDSS-IGERT
Director, Center for Social Data Analytics [C-SoDA]
Head, Program in Social Data Analytics [SoDA]
Director, Quantitative Social Science Initiative [QuaSSI] (2006-2018)
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Molly Ariotti, 2012-13; Muhammed Idris, 2012-13;
Sam Stehle, 2014-15; Alex Ororbia, 2015-16)

burtmonroe@psu.edu

Kari Lock Morgan

Assistant Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

klm47@psu.edu

Kevin Munger

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University
Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting Fall 2019)
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics (starting Fall 2019)

km2713@nyu.edu

Michael Nelson

Associate Professor, Political Science
Affiliate Faculty, Penn State Law

mjn15@psu.edu

Xiaoyue (Maggie) Niu

Associate Research Professor of Statistics
Managing Director, Statistical Consulting Center
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

xiaoyue@psu.edu

Zita Oravecz

Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Fridolin Linder, 2014-15; Carolynne Hultquist, 2015-16)

zita@psu.edu

Bing Pan

Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

bup63@psu.edu

Rebecca Passonneau

Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

rjp49@psu.edu

Eric Plutzer

Professor of Political Science and Sociology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

plutzer@psu.edu

Sarah Rajtmajer

Assistant Professor, Information Sciences & Technology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
C-SoDA Faculty Affiliate

smr48@psu.edu

Nilam Ram

Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, and Psychology
Co-Director, StudioLab
Core Faculty, QuantDev (Quantitative Development Systems Methodology)
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Rachel Koffer, 2013-14)

nur5@psu.edu

David Reitter

Associate Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
Co-Director, Applied Cognitive Science Lab
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee (2017-), Social Data Analytics

reitter@psu.edu

Frank Ritter

Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, Psychology, and Computer Science & Engineering
Co-Director, Applied Cognitive Science Lab
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

ritter@ist.psu.edu

Anthony Robinson

Assistant Professor of Geography
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

arobinson@psu.edu

Charles Seguin

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Data Analytics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

czs792@psu.edu

Lijiang (L J) Shen

Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

lus32@psu.edu

Aleksandra (Sesa) Slavkovic

Professor of Statistics
Co-PI, BDSS-IGERT
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Joshua Snoke, 2014-15; Michelle Pistner, 2017-18)

sesa@psu.edu

Rachel Smith

Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Stephanie Wilson, 2013-2014)

ras57@psu.edu

Conrad Tucker

Assistant Professor of Engineering Design, Industrial Engineering, and Computer Science
Director, Design Analysis Technology Advancement (DATA) Lab
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Rachel Koffer, 2014-15)

ctucker4@psu.edu

Ashton M. Verdery

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Social Data Analytics
Graduate Faculty and Program Committee (2017-), Social Data Analytics

amv5430@psu.edu

James Wang

Professor of Information Sciences & Technology
Co-Director, Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

wang@ist.psu.edu

Shomir Wilson

Assistant Professor, Information Sciences & Technology
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
C-SoDA Faculty Affiliate

suw724@psu.edu

Lingzhou Xue

Assistant Professor of Statistics
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

lzxue@psu.edu

Scott Yabiku

Professor of Sociology and Demography
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics

sty105@psu.edu

John Yen

University Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, and Computer Science & Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Social Data Analytics
Research Rotation Host, BDSS-IGERT (Mo Yu, 2012-13)

jyen@ist.psu.edu