Kiegan Rice

Senior Statistician at NORC at the University of Chicago

Join us with Kiegan Rice at NORC to chat about creating public-facing interactive data explorers, researching visual communication, and what it's like to be the bridge between technical and non-technical groups on a data science project.

Kiegan Rice

Senior Statistician at NORC at the University of Chicago

Kiegan Rice is a Senior Statistician at NORC at the University of Chicago who specializes in static and interactive data visualization, science communication, and reproducible data processes. She leads the analytic design and development of public-facing data explorers in Shiny, manages data processing pipelines, and researches viewer understanding of data visualizations. Her greatest passion is annoying her colleagues by suggesting that every document, slide deck, and meeting needs "more visuals".

Kiegan holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University and is an active member of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistical Graphics.

Libby Heeren - Host

Data Community Manager at Posit, PBC

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

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Rachael Dempsey - Co-host

Community Manager at Posit, PBC

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.