Summary
Kelly Mcconville is the inaugural Director of the Dominguez Center for Data Science at Bucknell University, bringing nine years of academic leadership and a research-driven approach to building inclusive, campus-wide data science programming. Previously a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard and a faculty member at Reed, Swarthmore, and Whitman, she is passionate about undergraduate research—having supervised nearly 50 student projects—and runs applied summer programs linking students to the US Forest Inventory and Analysis. A survey statistician by training (PhD, Colorado State University), Kelly develops methods that combine complex survey data with big data to produce actionable estimates across domains from canopy cover to public policy. She is an active R package author (mase, pdxTrees), blending practical software tools with methodological innovation to make statistics accessible and impactful.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at Colorado State University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics at St. Olaf College