Welcome! I have developed a portfolio site as part of my graduate training in Interactive Journalism at American University. I will use this Web site to showcase articles and other projects I complete as part of my studies.

The portfolio site includes a blog where I will post and discuss school projects as well as links to various reports and articles I develop in my role as a professional statistician/demographer with the U.S. Census Bureau.

“Homework!” reads a post on the internet. “I need to know what a Demographer is… for social studies.”

Demography is the scientific study of human populations. Demographers are especially interested in the size, distribution, and composition (e.g., age and sex) of populations and the processes that lead to change. These include births, deaths, and migration (both immigration and emigration).

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

Three statisticians are out hunting when they see a deer. The first statistician takes aim and shoots, but the bullet goes past the deer’s nose by 9 inches. Then, the second statistician takes aim and fires, but the bullet goes past the deer’s rump by 9 inches.

The third statistician exclaims: “We got him!”

Well, yes, on average…