Staff

  • Alden Bumstead

    Associate Director

    Alden Bumstead comes to the Data Science Initiative via a winding road through literary theory and gender studies, nonprofit consulting, and advocacy for mental health research. This has made her a jack of many trades and master of a few. She has a Ph.D. in American Literature from Duke University and a humanist’s fascination for science.  

  • Department Administrator

    401-863-6956

    A Providence native, Meg comes from a background in media arts, visual design, and event planning, earning her BA from Emerson College. She worked previously at the Brown/NSF Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), among other higher education institutions. She continues to have a passion for learning and plans to get her certificate in Project... Read More