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You’ll learn to transform raw data into meaningful information through a combination of statistics, technology, research, and design.
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Type
Graduate, MS
School
School of Information
Credits
36
Duration
2 years (typically)
Courses Plan of Study
Yield Curve

Data Analytics and Visualization, MS

The Master of Science in Data Analytics and Visualization (DAV) program addresses the growing need for analysts, researchers, developers, designers, mapmakers, usability experts, and other data professionals. Drawing on the School of Information’s strengths in information science and human-computer interaction, the program prepares students for work across the full life cycle of data, from data acquisition, manipulation, and storage to statistical analysis and interpretation, and dissemination of data artifacts through visual and narrative means.

Chris Sula class

Our Faculty

Our faculty comprises full-time faculty, who are researchers and scholars holding doctoral degrees, and our part-time faculty, who are accomplished professionals holding a range of roles in New York City institutions and companies. Full-time faculty members act as advisors to students, help connect career goals with the program curriculum, and teach over half of the courses.

Faculty List and Bios

Select faculty teaching courses in the Data Analytics & Visualization program include:

John Lauermann

Associate Professor

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Chris Alen Sula

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

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Rachel Daniell

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Matthew Miller

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Student Work

Pratt’s School of Information

We empower people to improve lives and communities through information, knowledge, and culture. Motivated by our vision and mission, we are not only the oldest information school in North America, we are a forward-looking and data-driven school, committed to the success of our students and furthering diversity, equity and inclusion

More about Pratt’s iSchool

Location and Facilities

Located at the crossroads of the Greenwich Village and Chelsea neighborhoods, our home at Pratt Manhattan Center offers an excellent environment that provides easy access to all that New York City has to offer. Our specialized facilities facilitate our hands-on curriculum: from usability eye-tracking studies to archival reformatting projects and beyond.

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  • Join us for School of Information Open Forum on Friday, December 8th at 4:45p-5:30p in PMC 610 or Zoom. If joining via Zoom, please register for the link (available via the link in our bio). The semi-annual Open Forum includes Dean Cocciolo providing updates from across the school to the SI community, and taking in feedback from the community. And stick around for the holiday party right after!
  • We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '24 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on the archival appraisal and selection of part of the institutional records of The Drawing Center (@thedrawingcenter). The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is December 15th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page (very bottom); link available in our bio.
  • On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our fellowships that fund students to engage in significant work at NYC's cultural institutions. Give to the Fund for Pratt - School of Information. More on our giving and our fellowships via the link in our bio.
  • What library school did Mary eventually enroll in? There is only one correct answer. Priority admissions deadline for our Masters in Library & Information Science and other MS programs is January 5th! #PrattInstitute #ParkerPosey #PartyGirl1995.
  • Join us Friday, December 8th at 5:30pm for the School of Information Holiday Party on the 2nd floor of Pratt Manhattan Center.  Wine, hors d’oeuvres and karaoke will be served. Please RSVP via the email invitation; if you did not receive one please email Dean Cocciolo (acocciol@pratt.edu). Open to the School of Information community, friends and family.
  • MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
  • Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
  • It's the School of Information November newsletter with student, alumni, and faculty news and more! Link available in our bio.
  • Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
Join us for School of Information Open Forum on Friday, December 8th at 4:45p-5:30p in PMC 610 or Zoom. If joining via Zoom, please register for the link (available via the link in our bio). The semi-annual Open Forum includes Dean Cocciolo providing updates from across the school to the SI community, and taking in feedback from the community. And stick around for the holiday party right after!
Join us for School of Information Open Forum on Friday, December 8th at 4:45p-5:30p in PMC 610 or Zoom. If joining via Zoom, please register for the link (available via the link in our bio). The semi-annual Open Forum includes Dean Cocciolo providing updates from across the school to the SI community, and taking in feedback from the community. And stick around for the holiday party right after!
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We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '24 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on the archival appraisal and selection of part of the institutional records of The Drawing Center (@thedrawingcenter). The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is December 15th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page (very bottom); link available in our bio.
We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '24 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on the archival appraisal and selection of part of the institutional records of The Drawing Center (@thedrawingcenter). The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is December 15th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page (very bottom); link available in our bio.
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On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our fellowships that fund students to engage in significant work at NYC's cultural institutions. Give to the Fund for Pratt - School of Information. More on our giving and our fellowships via the link in our bio.
On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our fellowships that fund students to engage in significant work at NYC's cultural institutions. Give to the Fund for Pratt - School of Information. More on our giving and our fellowships via the link in our bio.
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What library school did Mary eventually enroll in? There is only one correct answer. Priority admissions deadline for our Masters in Library & Information Science and other MS programs is January 5th! #PrattInstitute #ParkerPosey #PartyGirl1995.
What library school did Mary eventually enroll in? There is only one correct answer. Priority admissions deadline for our Masters in Library & Information Science and other MS programs is January 5th! #PrattInstitute #ParkerPosey #PartyGirl1995.
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Join us Friday, December 8th at 5:30pm for the School of Information Holiday Party on the 2nd floor of Pratt Manhattan Center.  Wine, hors d’oeuvres and karaoke will be served. Please RSVP via the email invitation; if you did not receive one please email Dean Cocciolo (acocciol@pratt.edu). Open to the School of Information community, friends and family.
Join us Friday, December 8th at 5:30pm for the School of Information Holiday Party on the 2nd floor of Pratt Manhattan Center. Wine, hors d’oeuvres and karaoke will be served. Please RSVP via the email invitation; if you did not receive one please email Dean Cocciolo (acocciol@pratt.edu). Open to the School of Information community, friends and family.
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MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
MSLIS student Gabriella Evergreen's queer geography quilt projects are featured in a Pratt News article. Link available in our bio.
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Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice.

The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio.

If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you.

We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate!

#ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro

Regards,

The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
Hello! We present to you the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit for ethics in technology and design practice. The A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit provides technology practitioners with reflective tools to learn about their ethical awareness, responsibility, and trajectory from the perspectives of Artifacts (methods or designs created), Ecology (your company or team), Interactions (with other roles), Other Practitioners, and YOU (as individual practitioners). The vowels in the A.E.I.O.YOU toolkit describe flavors that evoke and surface various kinds of support needed by technology and design practitioners to investigate. You can interact with these toolkits on the website: https://shruthichivukula.com/aeiou-toolkit through printed materials or #miro boards. Link available in our bio. If you/ your team are a group of UX Designers/ Researchers, Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers interested in reflecting on ethical positions, responsibilities, dilemmas, and include ethics in your everyday work, this toolkit is for you. We would love to collaborate with you/your team/ firm to conduct workshops using these toolkits. Reach out to schivuku@pratt.edu/ smehta21@pratt.edu to collaborate! #ethics #technology #UXDesign #ux #community #values #ProductManagement #miro Regards, The A.E.I.O.YOU Team
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It's the School of Information November newsletter with student, alumni, and faculty news and more! Link available in our bio.
It's the School of Information November newsletter with student, alumni, and faculty news and more! Link available in our bio.
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Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
Do you dig physical computing? Checkout some photos from last Friday's micro:bit workshop with Prof. Chivukula.
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