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i am a civic data scientist and an AI professor.

Officially, I am a Professorial Lecturer in artificial intelligence and data science at American University’s Kogod School of Business, where I teach about democratizing innovation and new technologies.

I also co-teach Programming and Data for Policymakers at The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

I spent years spearheading consequential journalism with data-driven methods, and continue to be Data Editor at The Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University’s nonprofit and independent newsroom.

Off campus, I help modernize state courts with Pew Charitable Trusts and support data-driven work at Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.

I live in Washington, DC with my (life & writing) partner Katherine, a reporter at POLITICO.