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Here are some posts about my ideas on life, academia, and research.

On Reading, Part 1

There are pictures we come across from other countries with people engaged in reading in public transportation. Having used different modes of public transportation in different states of the U.S., I have observations to share.
Reading
Life
Hobby
Jun 26, 2026
6 min

Typst Appendix Template

In line with the increasing adoption of Typst across academia and efforts to provide templates to produce the beautiful typeset documents we have been getting with LaTeX, I am presenting a ready to use template for appendices.
Quarto
Typst
Academic
Jun 26, 2026
2 min

Bivariate Map (Bimap) With Stata

Being able to see how two variables show variation together over space is an important addition to how we carry out exploratory analysis. Stata’s user contributed bimap command provides this capability.
Tutorial
Stata
Jun 17, 2023
3 min

Geographically-Weighted Regression (with Stata)

Despite the potential gains in interpretation from Geographically-Weighted Regression, this method is rarely used by political scientists. The theory behind the method and the application and interpretation with Stata are straightforward. It is also a valuable tool for exploratory analysis as part of spatial work.
Methods
Stata
May 7, 2023
15 min

ehh — A Useful Command Line Tool

This is an illustration of a useful command line tool to store commands.
Linux
Mac
Dec 23, 2022
2 min

Practical Introduction to Mapping with Stata

This is a relatively short, practical introduction to mapping with Stata designed to get the newcomer started in no time and provide a quick refresher as needed.
Tutorial
Stata
Jun 29, 2022
7 min
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