{"id":9883,"date":"2021-04-27T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:06:39","slug":"mcdevitt-awarded-prestigious-policy-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2021\/04\/27\/mcdevitt-awarded-prestigious-policy-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"McDevitt Awarded Prestigious Policy Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Tim McDevitt was recently awarded the prestigious <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amstat.org\/ASA\/Your-Career\/ASA-Fellowships-and-Grants.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASA\/ACM\/AMS\/IMS\/MAA\/SIAM Science and Technology Policy Fellowship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fellowship, which is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, focuses on data science and related expertise such as machine learning, data visualization, and causal inference to meet legislative and policymaking challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am thrilled to be selected for the fellowship and it is a great honor,\u201d said McDevitt. \u201cIt is an exciting opportunity for me to apply my knowledge of statistics and data science to analyze and help shape important policies that will affect all of us.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fellows serve on the staff of a senator, representative, or congressional committee beginning September 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hope to have a positive impact on the development of public policies by supporting data-driven decisions on important issues, and I hope to deepen my knowledge of our country&#8217;s legislative processes,\u201d said McDevitt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This prestigious policy fellowship will also allow McDevitt to utilize his data science skills to service the entire United States, an aspect of the experience that accentuates the College\u2019s \u201cEducate for Service\u201d motto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis fellowship will also broaden my experience in non-academic areas and it will help me be of greater service to students and colleagues in a variety of disciplines, including political science, sociology, economics, business, and communications,\u201d said McDevitt. \u201cI also hope to learn from all of the talented people that I will meet.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Tim McDevitt was recently awarded the prestigious ASA\/ACM\/AMS\/IMS\/MAA\/SIAM Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in Washington, D.C. 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