Courses

Without clear, concise, and persuasive communication, even the best laid plans won’t have the intended impact. Communication skills are vital. Understanding how to impact people and policies enables you to make the changes you want to see in the world. Persuasive...

This course focuses on building creative and technical skills to transform data into visual reports for the purpose of engendering a shared understanding. Students will learn to use software to ingest, organize, and visualize data, with an emphasis on applying design...

Data visualizations can inform, explain, and sway public opinion and policy decisions. For example, we rely on visual representations of dynamic trends throughout the pandemic as portrayed by charts, maps, and dashboards. This course imparts design thinking and data ethics...

Teaching Fellow for Professor Michael Sandel's class Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning. This course explores classical and contemporary theories of justice and applies them to the ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example: Should we...