SOC 301: Homelessness in the United States
Undergraduate course, University of Washington, Department of Sociology, 2025
Teaching
Up coming & current courses
SOC 225: Data and Society
Undergraduate course, The University of Washington, Department of Sociology, 2025
Syllabi and other information on my teaching
My objectives as an educator of social science, data science, and methods courses, in particular, are to expose students to empirical research through data collection (e.g., survey research or sensors) and data analysis (e.g., linear models and descriptive statistics) and to provide ample opportunity for data presentation and interpretation. Students learn methods and statistics best through examples and hands-on experience, including written reports, problem sets, and presentations.
My teaching focuses on data science, demography, social network methods, and homelessness-related issues. I have also taught courses in statistics and sociology at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Below is a list of courses I have taught and other teaching-related activities.
Data Science at the University of Washington
- 2021 - 2024: Training Director for a NIH funded T32 Program in Data Science and Demography Training at the University of Washington.
- 2020 - present: Curriculum committee for the university-wide Data Science minor.
- Graduate Courses
- SOC 538: Data Science, Population Processes and Health
- Undergraduate Courses
- SOC 225: Data and Society (Data Science Minor)
- SOC 325: Quantified Self: An Introduction to the Societal implications of self-tracking (Data Science Minor)
Demography at the University of Washington
- Graduate Courses
- SOC 538: Data Science, Population Processes and Health
- SOC 533: Research Methods in Demography
- Undergraduate Courses
- SOC 331: Population and Society
Sociology
University of Washington
- SOC 538: Data Science, Population Processes and Health
- Syllabus
- Spring 2022
- SOC 506/CSSS 507: Quantitative Techniques in Sociology
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- Spring 2020
- SOC 504: Introduction to Applied Social Statistics
- Syllabus
- Fall 2020
- SOC 401: Housing and Homelessness in the United States
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- Fall 2023
- SOC 331: Population and Society
- Syllabus
- Spring 2025
- SOC 325: Quantified Self: An Introduction to the Societal implications of self-tracking (Data Science Minor)
- Syllabus
- Spring 2021; Winter 2023; Fall 2023
- SOC 301: Homelessness in the United States
- Syllabus
- Winter 2025
- SOC 225: Data and Society (Data Science Minor)
University of Minnesota
- SOC 8811: Advanced Social Statistics (Major requirement, PhD)
- Syllabus
- Spring 2014, 2015
- SOC 8412: Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (Graduate, elective, PhD)
- Syllabus
- Fall 2015
- SOC 3811: Social Statistics (Major Requirement, BA/BS)
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- Spring 2018
- SOC 3412/3412H: Social Networking (Undergraduate, elective, honors, BA/BS)
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- Spring 2018
- SOC 3090: The Sociology of Neighborhoods (Undergraduate, elective, online, BA/BS)
- Syllabus
- Spring 2017
Statistics
University of Washington
- CSSS 533: Research Methods in Demography
- Syllabus
- Winter 2023
- CSSS 507: Quantitative Techniques in Sociology
- Syllabus
- Spring 2020
University of Minnesota
- STAT 5931: Topics: Predictive Modeling of Spatial, Textual and Network Data (Undergraduate/Graduate, elective, BS/MS)
- Syllabus
- Fall 2017
- STAT 5201: Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations (Undergraduate/Graduate, elective, BS/MS)
- Syllabus
- Fall 2014, 2015
- STAT 3701: Introduction to Statistical Computing (Major requirement, BA/BS)
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- Spring 2018
- STAT 3022: Data Analysis (Major requirement, BA/BS)
- Syllabus
- Fall 2013