Professionally, I am a professor of statistics and data science at Macalester College and R Studio certified instructor of tidyverse. I have used R since 2003 (whoa!) in many different roles: student, statistician/data scientist, and teacher. I have always enjoyed teaching people how to use R, but love it even more since the creation of R Markdown. If you are new to R and R Studio, you might find my tutorials from my introductory data science class helpful.
I am also a mom and spouse. I enjoy tending to my jungle garden (that’s how I fondly refer to my backyard garden) in the summers, cycling outdoors or indoors when necessary, and working on remodeling and restoring our house.
Education
PhD in Statistics, 2012
University of Minnesota, School of Statistics
BA in Mathematics and Spanish, 2003
Macalester College
Work Experience
Assistant Professor (NTT), 2021-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2012-2013 & 2017-2020
Macalester College
Statistics and Advanced Analytics Consultant, 2016-2017
Securian Financial
Senior Data Scientist, 2014-2016
Allina Health / Health Catalyst
Senior Biostatistician, 2013-2014
HealthEast
Data Analyst, 2003-2006
Target Corporation
Or peruse my more detailed resume.
Contact
The easiest way to contact me, is to tweet me @lisalendway! If you are interested in having me lead a training, feel free to email me.