Let me introduce myself...

 My name is Erika.  I have two little girls (9 and 11) and am very excited to be a part of the Computer Science – Big Data Analytics Doctorate program.  I started the program in Nov2019 and am currently working in data analytics.  I love programming!  I know VBA for Excel, Python, SQL, R, SAS, and a little bit of XLST, HTML, and CSS.  I also love riddles, forensics, abnormal psychology, and anything related to solving crime.  I have also been known to interpret dreams.  It seems I like anything that requires solving. :)

I expect this blog to be about my research interests such as anything related to crime analysis, crime prevention, and recidivism.  If there is a way that I can marry data science with crime data, I am all about it!  I would like a way to utilize my mathematical knowledge in forecasting and new techniques to better predict crime.  Making an impact like that would be a dream come true.  

The impact I can have on the criminal justice community and the knowledge I can gain from this research excites me about joining this Doctorate journey.  The prestige of being called “Dr.” will be the icing on the cake of my hard work.

I hope my current classes teach me a new way of thinking about future topics and other ways to use crime data for society’s benefit.  I also look forward to how these classes can enhance my dissertation.

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