Profile

Education, experience, research, leadership, awards, and selected coursework.

Profile

Learn more about me.

Explore my educational background, research projects, and leadership activities.

About

I work at the intersection of statistics, AI implementation, and organizational strategy. With a background in statistical consulting and collaboration, I use data to help teams quickly define and navigate their toughest problems. My natural curiosity lets me learn new domains quickly and implement solutions that are grounded in the client’s mission.

Maximizing and communicating impact is the central topic of my research. Learn more about the project here.

Education

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

M.S. in Statistics
2025 - 2026

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

B.S. in Statistics
2022 - 2025

Recent Experience

Research & Consulting

Statistical Practice

• Principal Investigator, Designed For Impact: The Statistical Collaborator’s Workflow (2025 - present).
• Lead Research Assistant, Authority Constructs in Data Science (2023 - 2025).
• Consulted on projects in agriculture, environmental science, public health, engineering, and higher education.

Leadership

Strategic Initiatives

• Chaired a joint task force responsible for developing governance recommendations and advising 26 student leaders through an eight-figure merger of registered nonprofits.
• Facilitated cross-campus collaboration among student leaders and stakeholders, building consensus around a unified governance framework. Learn more about the project here.

Service

Community Contributions

• Appointed to over fifteen committees and governing bodies at Cal Poly to advise executive administrators on institutional decisions.
• Designed and hosted workshops for students and local nonprofits on data literacy and statistical tools.

Scholarship

Publications

• Abrash, I., Canner, J., Geam, E., Kan, N., Kuebitz, C., Lopez, E., Palmer, J., Pfeiffer, I., Theobold, A., & Woodard, V. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Teaching Statistics, 2026). Status, equity, and collaboration: A pilot study of Complex Instruction-informed pair programming.

• Epstein, R., Newland, A., Palmer, J., Rajgarhia, A., & Wang, N. Testing a quantitative social pressure theory of sexual orientation with data obtained from 310,144 participants in 92 countries completing surveys in their native languages. Manuscript posted on SSRN, September 24, 2025. https://ssrn.com/abstract=5526418

• Chance, B., Kerr, A., & Palmer, J. (2024). Taking the next step in exploring the Literary Digest 1936 poll. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 32(4), 405-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/26939169.2024.2395505

In Progress

• Palmer, J., Smith, H., & Vance, E. Designed For Impact: The Statistical Collaborator’s Workflow. Learn more about the project here.

Conference Presentations

• Joint Statistical Meetings | Contributed Paper Presentation (2026).
• e-Conference on Teaching Statistics | Poster Presentation (2026).
• Bailey College of Science & Mathematics Research Conference | Research Talk (2026).
• Western Psychological Association | Paper Presentation (2025).
• e-Conference on Teaching Statistics | Poster Presentation (2024).

Leadership

Governance Work

As an elected representative on the Board of Directors of a student association, I authored and passed legislation connected to institutional policy, shared governance, and student experience.

• Resolution on Institutional Growth and “Learn By Doing” Ethos (Palmer & Ramage, 2026).
• Resolution to Amend ASI Articles of Incorporation (Palmer, 2025).
• Resolution Calling for Reform of the Course Evaluation Instrument and Processes (Reyes & Palmer, 2025).
• Resolution to Reaffirm Shared Governance (Palmer & Finch, 2025).
• Resolution to Recommend an Amendment to the Cal Poly Academic Senate Class Attendance Policy (Palmer & Prince, 2024).

Selected Committees

• ASI Cal Maritime Integration Ad Hoc Committee, Chair (2025-2026).
• Artificial Intelligence Student Success Advisory Group (2025-2026).
• Distinguished Teaching Award Committee (2024-2026).
• Academic Senate: Student Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness Ad Hoc Committee (2025-2026).
• Academic Senate and Academic Senate Executive Committee (2024-2025).
• Internal Review Committee, Chair (2023-2025).
• Campus Administrative Policy Committee (2023-2025).
• Student Success Fee Allocation Committee (2023-2024).

Awards

• Champion Award, ASI Board of Directors (2026).
• Michael Koehn Scholarship (Finalist), Cal Poly University Housing (2026).
• Best Use of External Data, ASA DataFest at Cal Poly (2025).
• Kathy Storelli “Use Your Voice” Scholarship, ASI Student Government (2024).
• Best Visualization, ASA DataFest at Cal Poly (2024).
• Joyce Curry-Daly and James Daly Scholarship, Cal Poly Statistics Department (2023).
• Outstanding Character and Communication Scholarship, North County Education Fund (2022).

Selected Coursework

Statistics

Advanced Statistical Computing with R; Advanced Design and Analysis of Experiments; Graduate Consulting Practicum; Statistical Machine Learning with R; Generalized Linear Models; Multilevel and Mixed Modeling; Statistical Consulting; Generalized Linear Models; Applied Multivariate Statistics; Survival Analysis Methods; Survey Sampling & Methodology; Statistical Communication; Statistics Education.

Computing & Data Science

Introduction to Data Science with Python; Statistical Computing with R; Statistical Computing with SAS; Introduction to Python; Data Structures.

Mathematical Foundations

Probability Theory; Estimation and Sampling Theory; Mathematical Statistics; Calculus I-IV; Linear Algebra; Methods of Proof.

Ethics & Philosophy

Meta Ethics; Science, Ethics, and Technology; Philosophy of Science.

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