Lindsay Poirier
Assistant Professor, Statistical And Data Sciences
Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolLindsay Poirier is an Assistant Professor of Statistical and Data Sciences and a cultural anthropologist who studies data cultures, infrastructures, and expertise with ten years of interdisciplinary experience. Trained in ethnography and computer science (PhD and MS from RPI), she treats datasets and platforms as ethnographic artifacts while designing critical data practices and alternative data models. As lead platform architect for PECE, she has both architected and operationalized an open-source digital humanities platform that supports international collaborative research projects. Her work spans academic teaching—where she rethinks data curricula for STEM and liberal arts students—and civic technology advocacy, having advised New York City open data practices and policy. She blends hands-on technical craftsmanship (Drupal-based platform architecture, platform deployments) with critical theory, making her equally at home coding infrastructures and theorizing their social implications.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Science and Technology Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (50)
nyc10
overlapping10
boundaries9
querying9
environmental7
searching7
open-data7
gis7
aggregates6
risk-assessment6
openstreetmap6
slam5
enforcement5
python5
r-package5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Carceral-Ecologies/Carceral-Proximity-Analysis
Mar 2020 - May 2021
Working version can be found at...
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 41 PRs in 1 year 2 months
SmithSDS-410-Capstone/github-practice
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years
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