Michael Rivera
Assistant Professor of Practice
305B South Hall
Office hours held online. See bCourses for most updated office hours information. Feel free to email me or send me a Slack message if you have any questions.
Biography
My research is focused on how to increase civic and political engagement. I am especially interested in how campaigns and non-partisan groups can use data science to increase turnout among minority and low propensity voters.
I teach the research design fundamentals class (Research Design and Applications for Data and Analysis, DATASCI 201 and INFO 201).
I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego. Before Berkeley, I taught at the University of Texas at Austin.
Read more about my journey as a first-generation college student here. You can learn other fun facts about me here.