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---
title: "Sean Leader"
about:
  template: jolla
  image: SeanCropped.jpg
  links:
    - icon: envelope
      text: Contact
      href: https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&to=spleader13@gmail.com
    - icon: github
      text: Github
      href: https://github.com/SPLeader
    - icon: linkedin
      text: Linkedin
      href: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-leader
---

I am a Doctoral student at UC Irvine studying Statistics. I love using my domain knowledge and computational skills to better understand the world around me, in both a personal and professional context. Thank you for stopping by, please feel free to take a look around my website!

## Education

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo \| B.S. in Statistics \| Sep 2019 - Jun 2024

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo \| M.S. in Statistics \| Sep 2023 - Jun 2024

## Experience

Teaching Assistant \| UC Irvine \| September 2024 - present

Data Scientist \| [HomeOptions Inc.](https://www.homeoptions.com) \| Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

Biostatistics Researcher ([SIBS](https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/grants-and-training/summer-institute-biostatistics)) \| UC Irvine \| Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

Data Scientist \| [Global Emancipation Network](https://www.globalemancipation.ngo) \| Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

Textbook Contributor and Editor \| [Pearson](https://www.pearson.com) \| Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Statistics Tutor \| Cal Poly & Self-Employed \| Aug 2022 - present

Workshop Leader \| Cal Poly \| Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

[Frost Researcher](https://cosam.calpoly.edu/prospective-students/frost-fund) \| Cal Poly \| Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

## Skills

```{r}
#| echo: FALSE
#| message: FALSE

library(tidyverse)
library(kableExtra)

table <- data.frame(Skill_Cat = c("Data Collection", "Data Manipulation", "ML Modeling",
                              "Data Visualization", "Statistical Communication",
                              "Statistical Methodologies"),
                    Ex1 = c("Webscraping", "tidyverse", "scikit-learn",
                                    "ggplot", "Consulting", "Hypothesis Testing"),
                    Ex2 = c("API (REST & GraphQL)", "pandas", "tidymodels", "matplotlib", 
                            "Tutoring", "Mathematical Theory"),
                    Ex3 = c("Survey Design", "SQL", "Amazon SageMaker", "seaborn", "Research Presentations",
                            "Probability"))

table |> 
  rename("Skill" = Skill_Cat,
         "Example 1" = Ex1,
         "Example 2" = Ex2,
         "Example 3" = Ex3) |> 
  kbl() |> 
  kable_paper(full_width = FALSE) |> 
  column_spec(1, bold = T, border_right = T) |> 
  row_spec(0, bold = T, background = "grey", color = "white")
  
```

## Publications

Chance, B., Tintle, N., Reynolds, S., Patel, A., Chan, K., & [Leader, S.]{.underline} (2022). Student performance in curricula centered on simulation-based inference. *Statistics Education Research Journal, 21*(3). <https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v21i3.6>

Lu, T. V., Campos, P., [Leader, S.]{.underline}, Lee, X., Xu, H., Doran, E., Grill, J. D., & Lott, I. T. (2024). Comparing research attitudes in Down syndrome and non-Down syndrome research decision-makers. *Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions*, *10*(3). <https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12478>

## Selected Awards

Outstanding Scholarship Award \| Cal Poly Statistics Department \| 2023

Community Leadership \| Cal Poly Statistics Department \| 2023

Community Leadership \| Cal Poly College of Science and Mathematics \| 2023