Michael H. Crespin is Director and Curator of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2005 and served in the office of U.S. Representative Dan Lipinski as an APSA Congressional Fellow from 2005-06.
Bryce J. Dietrich is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and research scholar at the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement (CCSE). His research uses novel quantitative, automated, and machine learning methods to analyze non-traditional data sources such as audio (or speech) data and video data. These methods are used to understand the causes and consequences of non-verbal cues, such as vocal inflections and walking trajectories, especially as they relate to elite political behavior.
Kosuke Imai is Professor in the Department of Government and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his primary office is located. Before moving to Harvard in 2018, Imai taught at Princeton University for 15 years where he was the founding director of the Program in Statistics and Machine Learning. Imai specializes in the development of statistical methods and machine learning algorithms and their applications to social science research. His areas of expertise include causal inference, computational social science, and survey methodology.
Adam Breuer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth. Adam’s research is driven by the following questions: How can we leverage algorithms, AI, and the data revolution to learn about fundamental political and societal problems; how are these new technologies changing political and economic behaviors such as democratic elections and protests; and how can we design better algorithms with these problems in mind?
Matthew Butler is the Research Manager and Senior Developer at the University of Iowa's Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio. Butler has served the Studio and the Libraries as a whole for 13 years, during which he has worked closely with the university community to develop and disseminate dozens of scholarly research and digital humanities projects. His work is both creative and highly technical, embodying an interdisciplinary ethos.
JA Pryse is the Senior Archivist at the Carl Albert Center’s Congressional Archives. JA’s research and interests include Digital Content Management, Digital Archive Development, large-scale collection management, and information technology sciences. His specialties include archival preservation, conservation, and process policy management, audio engineering, and knowledge management.
