Bio

I am a Masters student in the DACSS program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; anticipated graduation Summer 2022. The day job is Senior Systems and Analytics Engineer at the Gandara Center in West Springfield, MA.

This site contains my academic blog with ruminations on computational social science, my own learning processes and discoveries, and related technical topics and snippets.

Education

Hampshire College | Amherst, MA

BA, Social Science, 1990-3

University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Amherst, MA

M.S, Data Analytics and Computational Social Science | Anticipated graduation summer 2022

Experience

Gandara Center | Senior Systems and Analytics Engineer / CIO / IT Director | 2005 - Present

Silicon Goblin Technologies | Owner / Programmer | 1999 - 2015

National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education | Systems Programmer | 1997-1999

Holyoke Public Schools | Literacy and GED Instructor | 1994-1997

Unicom, Inc. | Systems Programmer and Technical Writer | 1983-1997

Interests

• Data analytics and statistics
• Programming languages
• The state of the world
• Drawing, painting, guitar, motorcycles, baking, gaming