Professor of Psychology Aileen Bailey and Associate Professor of Psychology James Mantell recently had their article “Undergraduate Psychology Programs Should Teach Advanced Data Science Skills” featured in the American Psychological Association’s Psychology Teacher Network. Mantell and Bailey, principal investigators on a 2023–2026 National Science Foundation grant, "Developing Modernized Data Science Instruction in Psychology Curricula" (NSF IUSE 2235645), maintain that as demand for data science skills continues to grow it is prudent for psychology programs to be on the forefront of enhancing data science skill instruction including data management, data visualization using data science toolkits and coding of statistical analyses in a variety of their courses. Building in the time to teach data science skills, of course, requires a tradeoff of presenting content, but the payoff is better preparing students for a future where data science skills are increasingly important.
