Mena Whalen

Graduate Student

Northwestern University

Biography

I am a current graduate student in the fourth year of my PhD in statistics at Northwestern University. My research interests include social policy statistics, survey sampling, and changepoint analysis methods. I am advised by Prof. Bruce Spencer and Prof. Noelle Samia. I am the current President of Women in Statistics at Northwestern (WIST) for the 2019-2020 year.

Interests

Social Policy
Survey Sampling
Changepoint Analysis

Education

BS Mathematics Emphasis in Statistics, 2012
Missouri State University
PhD Statistics, 4th Year
Northwestern University

Skills

R

85%

Statistics

100%

Gluten

Teaching Assistant Courses

Stat 302 Data Visualization

Northwestern University Apr 2019 – Jun 2019

Stat 202 Introduction to Statistics

Northwestern University Sep 2018 – Jun 2018

Stat 325 Survey Sampling

Northwestern University Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

Projects

WiDS Data Dive NU 2019

WiDS NU is a region conference at Northwestern University in partnership with Women in Data Science at Stanford. The annual event aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field.