Dean Knox

Dean Knox
  • Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions

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Research Interests: Statistics, speech analysis, policing, ethnic politics

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Dean Knox is a computational social scientist developing new methods for the study of complex and high-dimensional data. His research includes policing, speech analysis, ethnic politics, and political communication. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Science, the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Political Science Review. It has received the Gosnell Prize for excellence in political methodology, the John T. Williams dissertation prize, and the best poster award by the Society for Political Methodology. For details, see www.dcknox.com.

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Investing in ‘Rockstars’: How One Fund Is Building Businesses with Women of Color

Wharton’s Katherine Klein speaks with Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne and Pialy Aditya, who are using their early-stage investment fund to boost tech startups owned by women of color.

Knowledge @ Wharton - 2020/07/28
Leading Diversity: Why Listening and Learning Come Before Strategy

As part of a new series called “Leading Diversity at Work,” Wharton’s Stephanie Creary and global diversity expert Rohini Anand discuss what it takes to create an inclusive culture.

Knowledge @ Wharton - 2020/07/28
Taiwan’s Tech-savvy Citizens Helped Flatten Its COVID-19 Curve

Taiwan’s government cannot take sole credit for flattening the curve during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. A case study by Wharton’s Steven O. Kimbrough and Christine Chou of National Dong Hwa University explains how citizens banded together to help.

Knowledge @ Wharton - 2020/07/27