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Sarah T

- Research Program Mentor

MS candidate at Vanderbilt University

Expertise

data science, data analytics, statistics, data visualization, machine learning

Bio

I am a current graduate student at Vanderbilt pursuing an MS in Data Science. I graduated from Denison University in 2016 with a degree in Mathematics and minor in Economics. Over the last five years, I’ve had the opportunity to grow as a data science professional in various fields and industries including education, criminology, financial services, and digital advertising. I am inspired by the way we can apply analytics and creativity to the data of our past to gain insights and create a better future. When I am not working with data, I love being outside. I played tennis in college and have an affinity for athletics and exercise. I am also interested in nutrition and cooking.

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Predicting Customer Behavior

What factors influence consumer's interest or disinterest in a product? Many companies are moving more and more towards targeted ads to their customers, but how do they know what content to send to each individual? This project would involve an exploratory data analysis of customer past behavior ultimately clustering them into groups and predicting future consumer behavior.

Coding skills

Python, R, SQL, GitHub, LaTeX

Teaching experience

I have teaching experience as a Teacher's Assistant in undergraduate Calculus and Data Analytics courses as well as graduate courses in Introduction to Programming for Data Science and Data Science in Finance. I also have 2 years of experience as a private tutor for Calc 1, Calc 2, Calc 3 and Linear Algebra. In addition, I have also mentored two undergraduate students research utilizing statistical methods to make inferences within the criminology field as well as several high school students through Polygence. Additionally, I have assisted in creating curriculum, class materials and projects for several different data science courses and an introduction to R seminar.

Credentials

Work experience

EY (2017 - 2020)
Senior Data Analytics Analyst
Denison University (2016 - 2017)
Data Analytics Program Coordinator
Real Chemistry (2021 - 2021)
Data Science Intern
Cambridge Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University (2016 - 2016)
Visiting Scholar as a Data Analytics Consultant

Education

Denison University
BA Bachelor of Arts (2016)
Mathematics
Vanderbilt University
MS Master of Science candidate
Data Science

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