I launched the most popular dataviz TikTok account

I coded, animated, & edited The Pudding’s first 5 TikTok videos — taking the dataviz firm from 0 to over 120,000 views in a few weeks. I used a custom-built 3D map animation tool — and several hundred red Solo cups.

An interactive, data-driven exploration of COVID & Rural economics

How did the onset of COVID impact Rural economics?

As the lead software engineer & designer at the Center on Rural Innovation, I wrote, designed, & coded up this interactive piece.

It combines 3D maps, images, & data visualization.

Upgrading Periscopic’s 3D Mapping capabilities

As a contractor, I added the ability to create & animate 3D maps to the reknowned dataviz firm’s core data platform.

My engineering work now powers advanced geo-spatial interactives like the one linked here.

A mapping and data storytelling platform

As the lead software engineer at the Center on Rural Innovation, I helped create a first-of-its-kind data and mapping platform to help democratize economic data in rural America.

I used code and human-centered design to iterate our product: from font-end architecture, to interactive data visualization & maps, to conduct user research and testing.

I helped present our platform at the National Governor’s Association conference, for the US Department of Health & Human Services, and at Mastercard’s Global Summit for Inclusive Growth.

Stanford Daily Data Visualizations

As a founding member of the newspaper’s dataviz team, I helped lead an investigative article into Stanford’s sexual assault judicial process.

We interviewed and gathered info from local law enforcement, university administrators, and students. As we worked, I iteratively prototyped numerous visualizations: from guided walk-throughs to timelines to flow-charts.

Here’s a final report of the data & findings.

Psychological Research Tool

The field of Positive Psychology has produced astounding insights into mental health, wellness, and happiness, but its diverse methods and focuses make it difficult to understand holistically.

I worked with mental health professionals, researchers, and educators to create a tool which allows practitioners to understand the growth and connection between the 19 highly influential researchers in Positive Psychology.

I used web-scraping, SemanticScholar’s API, and D3 to create this early prototype.

Here’s see the in-progress prototype.

Graph Visualization package

After conducting social-network analysis research at Stanford, I was curious: How can we better understand and communicate change in dynamic networks?

Somewhat surprisingly, coding this in the industry-standard D3.js is hundreds of lines of code.

So I created & published a package to make it easy.

You can now visualize dynamic, evolving networks with a single line of code.