Projects

These are my independent projects! They can be quick visualizations, full analyses with write-ups, and even interactive data exploration dashboards. Feel free to use the tags on the right side of the page to navigate, and reach out to me on Discord with any questions. Thanks!

Durham P.D. Reputational Changes Following BLM
Data Viz
Research
The nationwide Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests were widely attended in Durham, a disproportionately black city in North Carolina. Although initial responses by Durham PD…
Mitch Harrison
Jul 24, 2025

I built a PokeDex with R Shiny
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Dashboard
Shiny
Welcome to my favorite TidyTuesday so far! Click here to use the app on its own dedicated web page, or just interact with it below. See you next week!
Mitch Harrison
Apr 1, 2025

America’s Gates and the Fentanyl Crisis
Data Viz
Research
Geospatial
In 1887, steamship captain William “Billy” Moore and First Nation explorer “Skookum Jim” Mason hiked the White Pass route through what would become the Alaska-Canada border.…
Mitch Harrison
Mar 25, 2025

Death on the Mountains
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Hello all! Welcome to TidyTuesday! This week, journalist Elizabeth Hawley provides us with data that documents mountaineering expeditions in the Nepal Himalaya, the mountain…
Mitch Harrison
Jan 21, 2025

Posit::Conf 2023
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Hello all! This week’s TidyTuesday brings us the event schedule from the posit::conf events of 2023 and 2024. Although there isn’t always much in the way of data analysis…
Mitch Harrison
Jan 14, 2025

The Lethality of the American Gun Lobby
Data Viz
Research
Gun violence continues to be a staple of American politics, especially following a series of high-profile assassination attempts on President-Elect Trump and the recent…
Mitch Harrison
Dec 9, 2024

Cricket Crackers: A Bayesian Approach
Bayesian Statistics
Data Viz
Research
Like me, you probably eat too much meat. Many of us have heard of the negative consequences of meat consumption: high per-pound greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and…
Mitch Harrison
Oct 15, 2024

Campus Pride Index
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Happy pride month! On this fine TidyTuesday afternoon, we will see how different types of colleges and universities handle LGBTQ+ inclusion! The Campus Pride Index tracks…
Mitch Harrison
Jun 11, 2024

The Cheese Explorer
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Dashboard
Welcome to TidyTuesday! This is a quick demonstration of the new Quarto dashboard functionality, which allows for quick-and-easy construction of data visualization…
Mitch Harrison
Jun 4, 2024

Our World in Emissions
Data Viz
TidyTuesday
Hello, all! Welcome to TidyTuesday. This week, as climate analysts often do, we are going to get mildly depressing in pursuit of a pretty graph. This time, we will look at…
Mitch Harrison
May 21, 2024
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