Independent research is a key component of the undergraduate curriculum in the Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) at Dartmouth College. All students majoring in QSS complete independent research projects, which are presented in front of a faculty audience. Some QSS majors work on...
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Cleveland Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta visited Dartmouth to speak to the QSS 30.01 Sports Analytics class, taught by College...
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Antonio Sirianni, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program in Quantitative Social Science, received an award at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
The award for Best Graduate Student Paper from the Rationality and Society Section recognizes Tony’s paper, "The Specialization of Informal Social Control: Fighting in the...
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Genna Liu, who graduated in June 2019 with a major in Quantitative Social Science from Dartmouth College, recently presented her undergraduate thesis at the 2019 Conference of the Society for Political Methodology held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Genna's thesis, titled "Polarization or Consensus? Examining Immigration Policy...
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The Program in Quantitative Social Science is graduating its largest class ever, thirty-two majors and four minors. This is a remarkably large group of talented students, all of whom completed independent research projects during their fourth years on campus. QSS is a hands-on program, and student participation in research is a key aspect of the program's educational mission. Ten QSS majors in the Class of 2019 (approximately...
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With her advisor Yusaku Horiuchi, who is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and a member of the Steering Committee of the Program in Quantitative Social Science, Jennifer Wu '19 recently presented a paper at a Yale University workshop on Japanese Politics and...
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As part of their graduation requirements, all students majoring in Quantitative Social Science must complete and present an independent research project. These projects are either honors theses or one quarter projects. This year, ten QSS students have written theses, and they are defending their research this week and next. All QSS thesis defenses are public, and the presentation schedule for Spring 2019 is as follows.
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Genna Liu and Jennifer Wu, both members of the Class of 2019 at Dartmouth College who are writing honors theses in the Program in Quantitative Social Science recently presented their projects at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. This Chicago conference brings together faculty from across the country who are working on contemporary...
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With several other co-authors, QSS Steering Committee Members John Carey and Yusaku Horiuchi, along with a QSS pre-doctoral fellow Katie Clayton, recently published “Who wants to hire a more diverse faculty? A conjoint analysis of faculty and student preferences for...
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Jun Zhao, who has been a postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) since July 2017, recently accepted a tenure track position in the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University. Prior to joining QSS, where she teaches a class in network analysis, Jun completed her doctorate at the University of Georgia in 2017....
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