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“Any paper that I write, there is some sort of data science… and I noticed how even a little bit of coding knowledge goes a long way.”

In this episode, David Broockman, an associate professor of political science at UC Berkeley, shares his perspective on how the fields of data science and political science intersect within coursework. David shares his experiences with teaching PoliSci3, a course that introduces statistics and data science to political science students. He also discusses his team-based approach to teaching the course and expresses the importance of pushing students out of their comfort zone.

“I think there is no way to be a good data science educator unless you push students outside of their comfort zone. In fact, it’s especially important to take the students who start off being a little afraid of data science and coding, because once pushed, they realize they have these capabilities they didn’t know they had!”

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