Abhinav K. Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

- One of three graduating seniors selected to receive $25,000 in funding to design a self-guided study of the effects different political systems and cultural norms have on the tactics of environmental activists and the effectiveness of environmental movements across the world.- Identifying effective strategies for environmental action in flawed democracies and documenting the power of religion in climate rhetoric by interviewing protestors, religious leaders, and policymakers in 16 countries.- Writing long-form, quarterly newsletters exploring trends in environmental activism and climate rhetoric. Recent issues explore alternative lifestyles at a permaculture project in Scotland, the relevance of climate change to Catholic pilgrims at the Vatican, and methods of direct action at a forest occupation beside Germany's largest coal mine- Volunteering with environmental nonprofits and community organizations to observe local action and understand how alternative economic and political models can inform more sustainable social models

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Published a front-page analysis of local heat impacts across the U.S. by analyzing climate projection data for over 3000 counties using R to illustrate how climate change may affect the health and economy of readers’ local communities.- Developing interactive maps using Mapbox and Javascript for readers to explore how average annual temperatures, days above 90F and summer heat will change in their counties.- Lauded by editors for effectively presenting highly complex climate projections to a general audience by collaborating with a team of climate scientists and graphics experts to design and develop two interactive visualizations.

- Achieved subject matter expertise across each of SkyTruth’s key project areas: methane monitoring, chronic oil pollution, and biodiversity commitments.- Catalyzed the reevaluation of the development strategy for a satellite-based oil monitoring tool by summarizing academic research and public data on the lack of port reception facilities in a six-page report on the sources of chronic oil pollution.- Published an assessment of blindspots in satellite-based methane detection by analyzing hundreds of super-emitting methane plumes in the Gulf of Mexico using QGIS to highlight an oversight in current methane monitoring programs.- Assessing the incidence of illegal fishing in Marine Protected Areas to investigate protected areas that exist on paper but are not meaningfully enforced.

Published a front-page investigation of Confederate monument protection legislation by analyzing 117 state bills and interviewing legal experts to illustrate how red states are taking control of Confederate monuments from blue cities.Maximized accuracy and minimized effort needed to update a Capitol riots arrest database by automating the scraping, processing and analysis of case data from pdfs and tables on the Department of Justice using a data pipeline in R.Published a comparison of the Titan submersible rescue attempt with other deep-sea rescues by assembling a novel dataset of deep sea rescues and interviewing a Navy rescue expert.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

- One of twelve students selected to participate in a semester-long series of seminars and workshops on Misinformation, Social Media, & the Effects on Society- Researched case studies, interviewed experts, and produced audio effects and music for a five-minute non-narrated audio story about how the media manipulation life cycle created and amplified #slapateacher misinformation online

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

- Saved hundreds of hours of analyst time by developing and introducing a simple, generalized code-based solution to back out suppressed education data and provide higher quality aggregate education metrics.- Presented a concise explanation of the technical foundation of the backing out function to the executive team and other analysts to encourage adoption of the new tool.- Reduced late-stage data processing errors and improved the quality of client-facing deliverables by developing and implementing an automated quality control check for clean datasets.- Balanced several long-term projects and continued to support senior analysts with ad hoc quality control checks, string manipulation for data extracted from PDFs, and producing clean datasets for statistical analysis.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

- Promoted to supervise an official podcast section and manage a team of ten- Attend Editorial Board meetings to participate in crisis resolution and long-term planning discussions

- Won first place in the Excellence in Podcasting competition and Society of Professional Journalist's Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards- Awarded Student Media Innovator, VSC Student Honors, and Best of SNO prizes for creating engaging audio stories that uncover untold stories of challenges faced by college students- Set long-term goals, outlined short-term tasks and led team meetings to meet internal deadlines and ultimately receive over 1,100 total downloads over the course of two semesters (avg 140 downloads per episode)- Published nine, 10-minute episodes and several five-minute bonus episodes on a biweekly basis, working with 10 student reporters, producers, and managers on Zoom and in-person--- Read articles, contacted experts, and pre-interviewed guests to assess the viability of our stories--- Recorded interviews on Zoom and edited auto-generated transcripts to draft episode scripts--- Taught myself to use Audacity and Adobe Audition to log tape, cut soundbites, and mix music--- Fact-checked stories and provided constructive feedback on draft episodes in team meetings- Currently designing and overseeing audience engagement campaigns online (Twitter and Instagram) and offline (posters and partner promotion)

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

- Supervise a team of twelve research assistants analyzing panel data in STATA and writing country reports about public opinion in Latin America and Caribbean countries- Advocated for research assistantships with more responsibility and negotiated a higher hourly pay rate for Advanced Research Assistants- Analyze sub-national survey data and write six bilingual Spotlight reports on topics like support for democracy, crime victimization in the Americas, and support for political parties

- Independently research and analyze the effect of question order on the biannual AmericasBarometer survey responses- Research and synthesize regional brief on the COVID-19 response and capacity of the healthcare system in Haiti that was used in a presentation to USAID and the US Ambassador to Haiti- Support research staff with Spanish report translations, interview auditing, and other administrative tasks

- One of 400 applicants selected for an 8-week intensive research program at the University of Southern California, funded by the National Science Foundation- Completed seven R data science trainings in cleaning, reshaping, visualizing, and modeling data using tidyverse packages (dplyr, tidyr, stringr, ggplot2, rvest, stargazer)- Worked virtually with a team of five over two months to analyze survey data about the creation of the LEWIS Registry: a national initiative to document police officers terminated by law enforcement agencies for misconduct- Created and coded 35 variables to categorize over 950 open-ended responses from law enforcement executives about the benefits and challenges of creating a national registry- Designed and wrote code for over two dozen graphs used in internal reports and external presentations to state legislators and Registry funders- Wrote, edited, and proofread a comprehensive report with key findings and recommendations from our analysis of survey data to inform legislation and the registry design- Taught myself how to scrape, clean, and merge stock market data from Wikipedia tables into a tidy database using rvest- Collected, reshaped, and produced disaggregated bilateral trade flow data from CEPII and migrant stock data from World Bank for original research on conflict and economic interdependence

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

- Collaborate with faculty on two semester-long projects about strategic wargames and organized crime- Used NexisUni database to collect, cleanse, and code a dataset on confrontations between organized crime groups and the state- Research case studies on policymakers to understand how and why they hold different beliefs about the bargaining model of war

- Researched, recorded, and produced five episodes for Season 2 of the Aapti Podcast- Covered relevant tech policy issues in India, including misinformation, intermediary liability, and data sovereignty- Worked closely with Aapti team to brainstorm story ideas and meet deadlines

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, Political Science, Spanish, 3.7/4.0

Activities and Societies: Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt Student Government, Undergraduate Political Science Association

Learning For Climate Action

International Baccalaureate: Diploma Programme, Economics Hl, Math Hl, Physics Hl, Chemistry Sl, Spanish Sl, English Sl