Jacob Long
Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Long is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and practical journalism. He earned a PhD and MA in Communication from The Ohio State University and began his career as a staff writer and copywriter, giving him a rare blend of newsroom chops and scholarly rigor. At USC he teaches, publishes, and mentors students while drawing on prior roles as a graduate instructor and research assistant focused on media, race, and sports. His background includes hands-on reporting and assignment-desk experience, which informs applied research and classroom practice. Based in Columbia, SC, Jacob maintains an active public profile (jacob-long.com) that highlights both his research and storytelling interests.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Political Science, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Political Science at Rhodes CollegeMaster of Arts - MA, Communication, Master of Arts - MA, Communication at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (162)
hugo10
python10
anova10
regression10
typesetting10
r10
statistics10
panel-data10
linear-models10
bibtex10
regression-models10
mixed-models10
latex10
r-package10
huxtable10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jacob-long/SC-COVID-19-Dashboard
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2335 commits, 84 pushes in 2 years 6 months
jacob-long/interactions
Jan 2019 - Apr 2022
A comprehensive, user-friendly toolkit for visualizing and analyzing statistical interactions. A spinoff from the `jtools` package.
Contributions:168 commits, 5 PRs, 76 pushes in 3 years 3 months
analyzingpythonregression-modelslinear-modelsstatistical
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