About
Nick is a political science and dual-title social data analytics student at Penn State with an interest in everything data science.
Moreover, his current research focuses on mental health policy in schools and the effects depression has on voter turnout, policy preferences, and political behavior in general. In addition to studying politics, he has a strong interest in statistical methods and data science, with a particular affinity for natural language processing, classification, and prediction.
Current Works
Hemauer & Warner, Work in Progress. “Analyzing Public Support for School-Based Mental Health Services.”
Hemauer, Thesis. “Looking to the Aggregate: The Effect of Depression on Voting.”
Skills
My Experience
Fall 2024 - Present
Penn State
Data Analyst & Research assistant
Advised by Dr. Cyanne Loyle. Tasked with analyzing and finding patterns within police accountability data with the final goal to be publishing a paper on the findings.
Fall 2023 - Fall 2024
Mood of the Nation
Polling Assistant
Tasked with leading the coding of the poll and managing several undergraduate research assistants.
Fall 2022 - Summer 2023
Public Opinion Quarterly
Assistant editor
Tasked with ensuring submitted manuscripts follow the guidelines detailed by the American Association on Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Furthermore, tasked with R coding with the goal of developing a weekly report on the journal's workload.