Soubhik Barari
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Graduate Courses
GOV 2001: Quantitative Social Science I
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Fall 2021
)
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University.
An introduction to data science and social scientific research.
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GOV 2002: Quantitative Social Science II
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Spring 2021
)
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University.
Quantitative social science methods covering probability, frequentist inference, and linear models.
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Undergraduate Courses
POLS 3921: Media in U.S. Politics
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Spring 2024
)
Lecturer, Columbia University.
A seminar covering different topics, theories, and studies of political communication in American politics.
GOV 1759: Behavioral Insights for Public Policy
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Spring 2022
)
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University.
An introduction to behavioral science with applications including public health, finance, elections, and social policy.
GOV 1347: Election Analytics
(
Fall 2020
)
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University.
Using data science to analyze voting behavior and forecast presidential election outcomes in the United States.
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Online Courses
Deep Learning in Python
(
Fall 2018
)
Online Course Instructor, SAGE Research Methods.
Fundamentals of machine learning using deep neural networks with practical Python applications in thumbnail and text analysis.
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Principles of Data Science
(
Fall 2018
)
Online Course Instructor, SAGE Ocean.
A guide for social scientists to use advanced data science methods in their research.
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Workshops
Introduction to Data Science with Python
(
Spring 2018
)
Instructor, MIT Political Science Methods Workshop.
Fundamentals of the Python scientific computing stack with applications to political data science.
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R-Based High Performance Computing for Social Science
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Fall 2017
)
Instructor, MIT Political Science Methods Workshop.
Introduction to high performance computing in R with a focus on social science applications.
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Introduction to Python and Web Scraping
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Spring 2017
)
Instructor, MIT Political Science Methods Workshop.
Fundamentals of Python programming with a focus on web-scraping applications for political science (e.g. analyzing Congressional ideology).
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