Mark Fredrickson received his Ph.D. (2018) in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He received a B.A. in Government and Computer Science from Claremont McKenna College. His research interests include causal inference, network analysis, computational methods, and statistical software. Mark also holds an M.A. in Political Science from UIUC and frequently draws inspiration for statistical applications from social science and public policy research questions.