Jake Bowers - Professor at Research4Impact

Jake Bowers

Professor at Research4Impact

Urbana, Illinois, United States

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Jake Bowers is a professor of political science and applied statistician with 18 years of experience translating rigorous research design, computational methods, and causal inference into evidence-based public policy and experimental practice. Based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he combines deep methodological expertise in political behavior and participation with leadership roles at EGAP and Research4Impact, helping bridge academic methods and real-world policy evaluation. His career spans academia, government fellowships (including the White House Social & Behavioral Sciences Team), and high-performance computing applications, reflecting a rare blend of technical, policy, and implementation experience. Known for making complex statistical tools usable for practitioners, he repeatedly helps teams design better experiments and analyze messy social data to inform decisions.

18 years of coding experience

20 years of employment as a software developer

Ph.D. Political Science, Ph.D. Political Science at University of California, Berkeley

HS, HS at McKinley Senior High

Bachelor's degree Ethics Politics and Economics, Bachelor's degree Ethics Politics and Economics at Yale University

HS, HS at Liceo La Asunción

Github Skills (58)

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Programming languages (11)

RC++CSSTeXSCSSVueJavaScriptLua

Github contributions (5)

bowers-illinois-edu/Research-Group-Bibliography

May 2011 - Mar 2022

Contributions:300 commits, 123 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 11 months

jwbowers/TestStatRIInterference

Dec 2013 - Jun 2016

Contributions:110 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months

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