Simon Heuberger

• Executed data replication of all conditionally accepted manuscripts • Headed code debugging and quality control in R, Python, Stata • Reviewed submissions on causal inference and survey experiments • Spearheaded the move from Dataverse to Docker-style Code Ocean capsules as the main replication vehicle • Streamlined editorial process to eliminate bureaucratic overhead and re- duce publication delays

• Developed statistical rank-response models to increase price calculation accuracy for energy providers • Refined R shiny back-end development of customer tools • Analyzed pricing data in R and Python on AWS • Transformed complex statistical insights into precise strategy advice

• Investigated immigration framing as a focus of the 2016 elections • Conducted list experiments on social desirability bias with The Lab @ DC • Enhanced R package blockTools • Established Center for Data Science Repository • Measured MCMC state ideology with spatial variance co-matrices

• Explored the political economy of public dialogue practices • Evaluated the role of social media in in Sciencewise • Reviewed qualitative works on data management in the social sciences

• Assessed graduate and undergraduate language skills • Taught beginner, intermediate and advanced courses • Launched tailored business and law modules

• Examined nuclear disarmament in the UK and Middle East • Contributed to the BASIC UK Trident Commission Report • Covered the 2013 Egyptian protests and military intervention

Dissertation: “What the people think: Advances in public opinion measurement using ordinal variables” (Chair: Jeff Gill)

Thesis: “Fighting ‘socialism’: The Koch brothers, the Tea Party, and Obamacare”

Thesis: “From candidate to President: The use of metaphors and pronouns in speeches by Barack Obama”