Molly Offer-westort
Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMolly Offer-westort is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago specializing in quantitative methods for social science research, with nine years of experience spanning academia, policy, and applied fieldwork. She holds a PhD blending political science with statistics and data science from Yale and has translated rigorous methods into practice through roles at Stanford GSB, Facebook’s core data science internship, and evaluations for the World Bank, Mercy Corps, and UN initiatives. Her work focuses on causal inference and experimental design—particularly experiments with interference—bringing technical depth to questions of development, finance, and public policy. She pairs statistical consulting experience with field coordination and Peace Corps service, a combination that grounds advanced modeling in real-world implementation and stakeholder engagement.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Cultural Anthropology, B.A., Cultural Anthropology at Grinnell CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Statistics & Data Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Statistics & Data Science at Yale UniversityMaster of Public Affairs, Economics of Public Policy, Master of Public Affairs, Economics of Public Policy at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Github Skills (30)
causal-inference9
tidymodels9
random-forest9
tidy8
statistics8
econometrics7
machine-learning7
csv5
inference5
kernel4
data-science4
desktop-application4
procedures4
quantitative4
python3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
UChicago-pol-methods/banditsCI
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
packages setup for adaptively weighted confidence intervals
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 2 PRs in 10 months
UChicago-pol-methods/SOSC13200-W23
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:26 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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