Summary
Matthew Vaneseltine is an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan with nine years of applied quantitative research experience and over a decade working with large-scale social science and administrative data. He designs and manages complex data pipelines and metadata systems, combining Stata, Python, and SQL to support multi-agency data collection and reproducible team workflows. His work bridges academic publication and practical policy use—producing peer-reviewed articles, conference presentations, extensive project documentation, and reports for non-academic stakeholders. Trained as a sociologist with a Ph.D. from Penn State, he brings deep expertise in causal inference and longitudinal analysis from prior faculty and research roles. Colleagues rely on him for technical support, teaching-ready training materials, and operationalizing administrative datasets into usable research products.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology at Penn State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Sociology at Beloit College