Molly Offer-Westort
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at University of Chicago
Biography
University of Chicago
Molly Offer-Westort works on quantitative methodology for social science research, with a focus on causal inference and experimental design. Offer-Westort's PhD is joint in Political Science and Statistics & Data Science, conferred by Yale University in 2019; Offer-Westort also holds a Masters in Statistics, also from Yale, and a Masters in Public Affairs, from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
At Yale, Offer-Westort worked in collaborative research labs with Peter Aronow, Gregory Huber, and Forrest Crawford. In the summer of 2018, she interned with Facebook’s Core Data Science team.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Yale University
- Master of Arts - MA Yale University
- B.A. Grinnell College
- Master of Public Affairs Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Yale University
Companies
- Assistant Professor University of Chicago (2021)
- Postdoctoral Researcher Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2019 — 2021)
- PhD Student in Political Science and Statistics & Data Science Yale University (2014 — 2019)
- Statistical Consultant StatLab @ Yale University Library (2018 — 2019)
- Graduate Intern Facebook (2018 — 2018)
- Research Consultant United Nations Secretary General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (2011 — 2014)
- Research Consultant Mercy Corps (2013 — 2014)
- Field Coordinator World Bank, Development Impact Evaluation Initiative (2011 — 2013)
- Agricultural/Environment Volunteer Peace Corps (2007 — 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
- Molly Oer-Westort, Alexander Coppock, and Donald P. Green. “Adaptive experimental design: Prospects and applications in political science.” American Journal of Political Science, (2021).
- P. M. Aronow and Molly Oer-Westort. (2017) “Understanding Ding’s apparent paradox.” Statistical Science, 32(3): 346-348.
- P. M. Aronow, Lauren Pinson, Molly Oer-Westort, and Ana C. Perez-Gea. (2017) “Information and access to United Nations diplomatic missions: Results from a randomized eld experiment.” Applied Economics Leers, 24(9): 594-597
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