Shana Scogin
Postdoctoral Fellow at Perry World House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShana Scogin is a political scientist and postdoctoral fellow studying how citizens, communities, and institutions respond to disasters, with a nine-year track record combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Her scholarship centers on Nepal’s 2015 earthquakes and integrates social science with geohazards and early warning systems through an interdisciplinary role at The Kathmandu Geo Lab. She brings practical research leadership and mentorship experience, translating field-based insights into policy-relevant recommendations for disaster preparedness and governance. Previously trained at Notre Dame (PhD) and with a background spanning supply chain analysis and international teaching, she blends rigorous academic methods with real-world systems thinking. Starting as an assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington in 2026, she aims to shape how political participation and governance are incorporated into future disaster response efforts.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Government; Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Government; Molecular Biology at Kenyon CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government at University of Notre DameMaster of Arts (MA), Political Science and Government, Master of Arts (MA), Political Science and Government at Marquette University
Github Skills (12)
log-likelihood10
r-package10
quantities9
plot9
bayesian9
regression9
regression-models8
mcmc8
open-access8
journal8
academia7
creative-commons6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ShanaScogin/BayesPostEst
Jul 2019 - May 2022
An R package to generate and plot postestimation quantities after estimating Bayesian regression models using MCMC
Contributions:6 releases, 314 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 10 months
r-packageregressionregression-modelsplotbayesian-regression
ShanaScogin/ShanaScogin
Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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