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ROADMAP

The Repurposing Of All Drugs, Mapping All Paths (ROADMAP) project was spearheaded by the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network. The online tool provides comprehensive information, in written and visual form, about the paths that a rare disease organization can take in pursuit of drug repurposing. Using real world data from organizations pursuing drug repurposing, the site offers both an interactive ROADMAP tool and a report with interactive visualizations from the project's survey data.

My role as Data Analyst involved cleaning and analyzing survey data, developing website designs and mockups, programming and testing live prototypes of the site, and coding final site pages (landing page, ROADMAP tool, survey data, and additional resources page) using HTML/CSS/JS, and implementing site hosting via GitHub Pages.

Skills: R/RStudio, HTML/CSS/JS, GitHub Pages, Jekyll, Liquid, Adobe Illustrator, GSuite, Data analysis, Website design, Data visualization, Survey data, Interview data

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End of Coursework

This internal document represents the culmination of my coursework at the Syracuse University iSchool, serving as an equivalent to a doctoral comprehensive exam. The sections included here demonstrate my fulfillment of Ph.D. requirements, describe my research/pedagogical goals, and showcase my expertise in technology/digital studies, where I use critical feminist theory as my guiding theoretical and epistemological framework.

Skills: Feminist theory, Queer theory, Communication theory, Information theory

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Writing
(Spanish writing sample) La influencia de la ubicación geográfica sobre el idiolecto: un caso práctico

Aunque lo escribí hace diez años, este ensayo todavía representa adecuadamente el nivel de español que hablo y escribo hoy. Para una clase sobre las variedades de español en las Américas, tuve que entrevistar a un hispanohablante que conocía, transcribir la entrevista y analizar las características sociolingüísticas del español de la entrevistada a nivel fonético, léxico y morfosintáctico. Entrevisté a una amiga puertorriqueña y el énfasis de mi análisis fue la influencia del inglés en su uso del español. IMPORTANTE: Este documento fue para un curso, no es formal, no es una publicación y nadie lo ha revisado aparte de mí.

Skills: Spanish (language), Sociolinguistic analysis, Interview data

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Illuminating

Illuminating is a computational journalism project that uses human content analysis and machine learning techniques to classify US political candidates' social media messaging and advertising; its goal is to empower journalists covering US political campaigns. Throughout my involvement with the Illuminating project, I made significant contributions to data analysis and website design. From coding social media messages of US political candidates and resolving coding disagreements, to training and overseeing undergraduate coders, to assisting with machine learning training, I played a crucial role in ensuring accurate collection and analysis of Illuminating data. Additionally, I actively participated in improving the project's website by developing mockups, incorporating new variables for analysis, creating intuitive visualizations of complex data, and publishing biweekly newsletters with website and blog updates.

Skills: Content analysis, Data collection, Website design, Facebok Ad Library API, Python, Adobe Illustrator, WordPress, MailChimp

Image of a poster titled 'Political Polarization on r/Politics and r/The_Donald.' The poster uses a red, white, and blue color theme. It contains a horizontal row at the top with contextual information about the projcet, as well as information about data and sources. Below this row are three columns. The first column features visualizations of statistical data; the second column features visualizations from textual analysis; and the third column features visualizes from network analysis.
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Political Polarization on r/Politics and r/The_Donald

This poster examines how partisan Reddit networks differed in their reactions to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s and Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on 27 September 2018. By analyzing live megathreads from r/Politics and r/The_Donald, this poster visualizes the distinct network practices and ideological differences within and between the subreddits, offering insights into ongoing concerns about polarization in online political communication.

Skills: Adobe Illustrator, R/Rstudio (tidyverse, stringr, igraph; redditextractor), Social network analysis, Text analysis

(Quoted excerpts are from Innovations' cover description): 'This image...was initially visualized in 3D in R, then ported over to the 3D modeling tool Blender to add lighting and materials.' Alongside the gold, 3D social network in the top-right quadrant of the image, in the remaining three quadrants, are bar charts that 'illustrate cities where high numbers of iSchool alumni reside, many of whom are using their information degrees to address social issues. The map has been stripped of its outline and tilted horizontally for interest.'
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Innovations Magazine

This magazine cover was developed in collaboration with iSchool Professor Dr. Jeff Hemsley and two fellow iSchool students, Tajanae Harris and Qiyi Wu. I assisted with the data collection, visualization, and design of the 3D network in the top-right quadrant of the cover. This network visualization represents a 2018 comment thread between members of the misogynistic men's rights subreddit r/MGOTW ('Men Going Their Own Way').

Skills: R/RStudio (redditextractor, igraph), Social network analysis, Data collection

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Unsettling Boundaries: (Pre-)Digital Fat Activism, Fatphobia, and Enclave Ambivalence

Grounded in public sphere and platform theory, this Master's thesis examines the nuances of networked fat activism on Tumblr. It argues that while the platform provides a secluded space for marginalized users, the persistence of fatphobic antagonism disrupts the platform's utopian image. By analyzing the interplay between the platform's affordances, fatphobia, and historical contexts, this thesis introduces the concept of 'enclave ambivalence' to help characterize these complex dynamics of digital activist engagement.

Skills: Feminist theory, Queer theory, Historical analysis, Archival analysis, Content analysis, Rhetorical criticism, Visual analysis

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Break the Internet: Gendered Image Manipulation and Political Subject Formation

This Undergraduate thesis tasks itself with answering the following: In an era where it is common-knowledge that images are digitally manipulated, why does gendered image manipulation continue to surface as a topic of controversy and scrutiny? Drawing on feminist and critical theoretical frameworks, it argues that the cultural impulse to condem image manipulation overlooks its role in shaping political subject formation within the constraints of capitalist, democratic society. Specifically, this thesis analyzes how the core values of authenticity, consumerism, spectacle, and apology surface in varied practices of gendered image manipulation, engaging and shaping producers and consumers alike as political subjects.

Skills: Feminist theory, Critical theory, Visual analysis

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Supporting inclusive mental health care

This poster was created for a job presentation using the following prompt: 'Using information you find our site, as well as information from other credible sources, please prepare a dynamic, compelling, and effective presentation on why it is important for (organization name) to focus on recruiting, hiring, and retaining additional Black/African American therapists.'

Skills: Data visualization, Graphic design, DEI competency, Critical pedagogy, Canva

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Supporting inclusive mental health care

This slideshow was created for a job presentation using the following prompt: 'Using information you find our site, as well as information from other credible sources, please prepare a dynamic, compelling, and effective presentation on why it is important for (organization name) to focus on recruiting, hiring, and retaining additional Black/African American therapists.'

Skills: Data visualization, Graphic design, DEI competency, Critical pedagogy, Google Slides