WiDS² 2024 Annual Event
Women in Data Science - Flagship Intro Video 2024
Women in Data Science
Data Science Lecture Series
Dr. Miriam McGaugh
Dr. Kayla Loper
Dr. Luo Xiao
Kim Strom
Panelist’s Bio:
- Dr. Miriam McGaugh
Business Domain Expertise: Healthcare and Public Health Analytics
Technical Expertise: Analytics and SAS programming
Professional Title: Professor of Professional Practice
Stillwater, OK USA
BIO:
Miriam McGaugh, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the School of Marketing and International Business at Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business. She teaches in the Business Analytics and Data Science graduate program.
Dr. McGaugh is the former Director of Community Epidemiology and Evaluation at the Oklahoma State Department of Health where she led a team of analysts who focused on community-based public health initiatives and worked with county health departments across the state on staffing, patient flow, and project planning.
Dr. McGaugh received her B.S. in Biology from Oklahoma City University, her M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include healthcare analytics, public health marketing, and social network analysis. Her current courses emphasize descriptive and predictive analytics and several programming languages including SAS, R, and Python.
- Dr. Kayla Loper
Business Domain Expertise: Educational Psychology - Higher Education Data Analytics and Assessment
Technical Expertise: factor analysis, SPSS, data interpretation & reporting, construct measurement
Professional Title: College of Education & Human Sciences Director of Data Analytics
Stillwater, OK, USA
Bio:
Dr. Kayla Loper currently works at Oklahoma State University as the Director of Data Analytics in the College of Education and Human Sciences. She is a graduate of the PhD in Educational Psychology: Research, Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics program here at Oklahoma State University. Her career in higher education began in Student Affairs advising students involved in leadership development and event planning. Through this work she developed a passion for utilizing big data in higher education to encourage decisions that would have the greatest impact on student success.
Accomplishments:
- Serve as a data consultant for Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Incorporated and the National Association of Campus Activities
- Faculty for the Educational Psychology: Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics and Higher Education programs
- Served as the Research and Scholarship Group Chair for the National Association of Campus Activities for two years
- 3MT Finalist for the OSU Graduate College in 2021 and People's Choice Award Recipient
- 2022 Women's Faculty Council Student Research Award