Ericka Menchen-trevino
Executive Director at BRIC (Behavioral Research Innovation Center)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEricka Menchen-Trevino is an executive, researcher, and builder who blends a Ph.D. in Media Technology & Society with 11 years of academic experience to lead the Behavioral Research Innovation Center (BRIC). She has taken research software from prototype to international deployment, publishing findings in top journals while also running a consultancy that delivers custom research tools and strategy to global clients. Known for thinking holistically about projects, she designs open-source platforms that make digital behavioral data collection accessible and reproducible for diverse researchers. Based in Chicago, she focuses on democratizing methodological innovation—navigating the technical, ethical, and operational hurdles that block novel social and behavioral science. An uncommon strength is her dual fluency in scholarly rigor and product-focused development, enabling partnerships that scale interdisciplinary research impact.
12 years of coding experience
B.S. Magna Cum Laude, B.S. Magna Cum Laude at Loyola University ChicagoM.A., M.A. at University of Illinois ChicagoPh.D., Ph.D. at Northwestern University
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Github Skills (23)
visualization10
browser-extension10
visualize10
chrome10
habits10
linked-open-data9
digital-humanities9
react9
data-visualization8
data-management8
javascript8
django7
historian6
statistics5
bayesian4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
erickaakcire/erickaakcire.github.io
Jul 2020 - Apr 2026
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 5 years 9 months
erickaakcire/webhistorian
May 2015 - Jul 2022
Visualize your web use to understand your habits
Contributions:156 commits, 12 PRs, 78 pushes in 7 years 3 months
reactvisualizejavascriptdata-visualizationhabits
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