As of July 2015, I am a happily retired Data Science Librarian/Consultant, formerly working in the Center for Data & Visualization Sciences. My workshop series – AKA (Rfun) or R we having fun yet?! – offers practical tips in data analytics and reproducbile data workflows.
My presentations focused on using R as a data-first coding language via the Tidyverse, reproducibility with Quarto, and a love of tidy data. Topics include: Text mining and sentiment analysis, APIs, web scraping, data parsing, data cleaning, and data visualization. Check out my previously recorded video streaming.
After March 2026, contact me for side-hussle and gig opportunities.
- Data Science
- Reproducibility / Git
- Data Cleaning
- Tidyverse / Quarto / R / RStudio
MSLS Library & Information Science, 1992
UNC Chapel Hill
BA Sociology, 1990
UNC Greensboro
Skills
Data-first coding & analysis
Workshops and Consultations
Version control & data workflows
Workshops
Presented at Rfun.library.duke.edu
- quickStart with R
- Visualization with ggplot2
- Sentiment analysis
- Dashboards
- Web scraping
- Quarto slide decks
- and more
I host an R learning series, Rfun, or R we having fun yet‽ You can find code, guides, slides, video, practice data, and more.
Publications
Experience
Responsibilities include:
- Consulting
- Workshops & Instruction
- Data Analysis
Contact
- (919) 627-7795
- 411 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Walk-in hours in the Brandaleone Lab, 1st Floor. Bostock Library.
- Wednesday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Book an appointment
- YouTube
- GitHub