Nicholas Horton
Beitzel Professor Of Statistics And Data Science
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Horton is a Beitzel Professor of Statistics and Data Science with over 14 years of academic leadership, bringing deep expertise in biostatistics, longitudinal and incomplete-data methods, and statistics education. He blends collaborative research in psychiatric epidemiology and substance use with hands-on statistical computing advocacy, having helped organize regional R user groups and pushed for stronger computing in curricula. A long-standing leader in the American Statistical Association, he has chaired national committees shaping K–12 and undergraduate statistics education and served on the ASA Board. Beyond academia he co-founded and led a community non-profit to expand rail-trails, reflecting a practical commitment to civic engagement and local infrastructure. Trained at Harvard (ScD, Biostatistics), he pairs rigorous methodological work with an appetite for public-facing outreach and teaching innovation.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
AB, Psychology, AB, Psychology at Harvard UniversityScD, Biostatistics, ScD, Biostatistics at Harvard University School of Public Health
Github Skills (113)
python10
spss10
r10
statistics10
mosaic10
unconf10
r-package10
data-visualisation10
grammar10
data-sharing10
data-visualization9
textbook9
tidyverse9
joint-statistical-meetings9
nyc9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Amherst-Statistics/IS5inR
Apr 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch, 58 comments in 6 years 11 months
nicholasjhorton/SDM4inR
Jan 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:95 commits, 86 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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