McVey Data Science projects span the academic disciplines, involving both curricular development and faculty-student research. Recent projects include:

• Hannen Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Computer Science: Touching Affectivity: an Interactive Installation (Anton Dimitrov ’23 and Changling Li ’22)

• Dave Angelini, Associate Professor of Biology: Functional Analysis of Genome Structure (Dylan Yang ’23 and Charis Li ’23); Landscape Metagenomics of Maine Bumblebees (Charis Li ’23 and Dylan Yang ’23); Evolutionary and Functional Genomics of Animal Weapons (Pilar Fuentes ’22)

• Cristel Kesler, Associate Professor of Sociology: Culturally Diverse Responses to Challenges of Work-Life Balance: Family Policies, Caregiving Responsibilities, and Employment Trajectories over the Life Course

• Carrie LeVan, Montgoris Family Assistant Professor of Government: Neighborhoods and Neighbors in Communities of Color (Isaac Lennon ’22, John Degraw ’22, and Kailey O’Neil ‘23)

• Tariq Ahmad, Associate Professor of Biology – Neuroscience: Characterization of modifiers of ethanol-induced behavior using automated tracking in Drosophila (Philipp Bogatyrev ’23, Esther Jeon ’24, and Henry Simonds ’24)

• Alison Bates, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies: Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy in Rural New England (Makaylah Cowan ’22 and Julia Cantor ’23)

• Jen Meredith, Assistant Professor of Economics: Fisheries Income Satellite Project (Giuseppe Stelluto ’23)

• Government Department: Professor Dan Shea, Assistant Professor Carrie LeVan, and Visiting Assistant Professor Nicholas Jacobs: 2020 Election Polling Project

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Culturally Diverse Responses to Challenges of Work-Life Balance: Family Policies, Caregiving Responsibilities, and Employment Trajectories over the Life CourseDylan Yang ’23 and Charis Li ‘2