Teaching

I am a certified Carpentries instructor and have created and taught workshops and courses on R, Python, statistics, data visualization, the Unix shell, and Git/GitHub for researchers — at GWU and at institutions across the U.S. and internationally.

Courses & Workshops

  • 2026 — Instructor, Data Carpentry Genomics workshop (University of Utah)
  • 2017–2026 — Creator and Instructor, multiple workshop series at GWU: R for Data Analysis and Visualization, Python for Data Analysis, Statistical Inference in R, Data Visualization, Bash Shell for Researchers, Git/GitHub, and more
  • 2025 — Instructor and Organizer, Data Carpentry Metagenomics workshop (Tel Aviv University)
  • 2025 — Instructor and Organizer, Data Carpentry Genomics workshop (GWU)
  • 2024 — Instructor and Organizer, Data Carpentry Genomics workshop (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) — the first Data Carpentry workshop held in Israel
  • 2023 — Instructor and Organizer, Data Carpentry Metagenomics workshop (GWU)
  • 2023 — Instructor, Data Carpentry Genomics workshop (Rutgers University)
  • 2023 — Teaching Assistant, PUBH 6899, new 3-credit Data Visualization course (R, ggplot2, computational biology)
  • 2022 — Instructor and Organizer, Data Carpentry Genomics workshop (GWU)
  • 2022 — Instructor, workshops on Python for Data Analysis and R for Data Analysis; workshop series on Statistical Inference in R; Instructor, Python Camp
  • 2021 — Adjunct Instructor and creator, PUBH 6851 Introduction to R Programming in Public Health and Biomedical Research (GWU)
  • 2020 — Adjunct Instructor and creator, PUBH 6899 Fundamentals of R for Biomedical and Public Health Researchers (GWU)
  • 2018 — Instructor, Software Carpentry (Bash Shell, Git, R), Carnegie Mellon University
  • 1995 — Teaching Assistant, Decision Analysis, University of Virginia
  • 1994 — Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Engineering, University of Virginia
  • 1994 — Teaching Assistant, Data Structures and Algorithms, Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth

Mentorship

Mentored graduate students in software development at GWU:

  • Aditya Dharne (2017–2018)
  • Rithvik Mundra (2017–2018)
  • Victor Tan (2016–2018)
  • Mustafa Dasorwala (2014–2015)
  • Rajat Vij (2014–2015)
  • Ankushi Sharma (2013–2015)
  • Darshan Pandhi (2013–2014)

Community & Volunteer Roles

  • 2025, 2026 — Conference session proposal reviewer, US Research Software Engineering Association
  • 2025 — Conference organizing committee, GW Open Source Conference
  • 2020 — CarpentryCon 2020 conference planning committee and budget subcommittee member; planned budget, scholarships, and scheduling of over 60 presentations
  • 2019 — CarpentryConnect DC task force lead
  • 2016 — Code4Lib Conference Diversity Scholarship committee member; created framework for application review and awards