I am a Professional Practice Associate Professor of Data Analytics and Information Systems in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. I focus on supporting students to become expert data scientists and analysts that are problem solvers and innovators using modern data analytic and statistical methods. As part of my role, I mentor students in the Analytics Solutions Center (ASC), where we give students real-world, hands-on experience solving the data and analytic needs of real companies, organizations, and academic partners.
Before returning to USU I led a team of researchers at Highmark Health, an integrated health system, working as a methodologist on population health, cost, and health equity. I hold a PhD in quantitative psychology.
I am the CRAN maintainer of data.table, one of the most-depended-on packages in the R ecosystem. I also serve as a methodologist on several NIDCD-funded research teams in speech and hearing sciences, and I keep a consulting practice alongside my academic work.
Research
Statistical modeling, causal inference, health analytics, and econometrics, plus method development in communication disorders.
Teaching
Undergraduate and graduate coursework in regression, machine learning, and applied statistics.
Software
data.table, furniture, tidyfast, biosketchr, dissertateUSU — tools built to make analysis faster and more legible.
Blog
Tutorials and notes on #rstats, data.table performance, regression, and reproducible workflows.