Alexander Clark

I'm an economist/data scientist in NYC. I like using math to answer questions and teaching others how to use math to answer questions. My academic research focused on persuasion, advocacy, and social pressure in network formation.

Best response zones for rock, paper, scissors. Made with matplotlib.

Best response zones for rock, paper, scissors. Made with matplotlib.

Industry

Data Scientist, Airbnb

Teaching

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

Introductory Statistics

Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Python for Data Analysis (Applied Analytics MS)

Research

Voting and Social Pressure Under Imperfect Information (with Nicholas Tenev)
International Economic Review, 2019

Education

PhD in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Links

Check out my work or contact me using the links below.

GitHub
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube

Here's a short article I wrote for aspiring data scientists, reflecting on my transition into data science after finishing an economics PhD.

Other Projects

Matplotlib for Storytellers (book)
StatWrap (Python package)
Microeconomics Python package

Tony Hawk's vertical loop. Made with matplotlib.