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Multiple Views: Visualization Research Explained

Connecting data visualization researchers and practitioners

Learn about how to recruit research subjects through the Data Visualization Society

4 min readAug 1, 2022

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Connecting data visualization researchers and practitioners

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A Love Letter to New Loss Parents

A list of advice and resources that helped me in the weeks and months after losing a child

10 min readJul 18, 2022

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A Love Letter to New Loss Parents

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Another Mother’s Story in Support of Paid Family Leave

How paid leave created space for my recovery after birth and grief after loss

8 min readNov 19, 2021

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Woman with black and blue umbrella standing in front of US Capitol building holding a sign that reads “Paid Leave for All”

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Demystifying Vaccination Metrics

Nine considerations when reading or creating COVID-19 vaccination data charts

16 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Demystifying Vaccination Metrics

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Six Chart Design Lessons for Evaluators to Consider from Visualizations of COVID-19

Important reminders for social scientists when creating visualizations

10 min readDec 16, 2020

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Six Chart Design Lessons for Evaluators to Consider from Visualizations of COVID-19

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Enabling Data-Led Communications about Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices from 67 countries

5 min readNov 10, 2020

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Enabling Data-Led Communications about Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

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How Is COVID-19 Case Data Collected?

The journey from a test swab to a record in a database

12 min readJul 17, 2020

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10 step process for collecting COVID-19 case data in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States

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Demystifying COVID-19 Models With Open Source Tools at Galois

Viz Responsibly is a new video series hosted by the Data Visualization Society

3 min readMay 20, 2020

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Demystifying COVID-19 Models With Open Source Tools at Galois

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Breaking the Rules With Small Multiple Pie Charts

Data humanism, pizza, and baby photos through the lens of a data viz designer

6 min readMay 8, 2020

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Three by four grid of black and white photos, each with a pizza box with a baby on right and pizza slices on left.

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The Unpredictable Curve of COVID-19

Expanding our mental model of flattening the curve to make sense of the uncertain road ahead

9 min readMar 30, 2020

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The Unpredictable Curve of COVID-19

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Amanda Makulec

Amanda Makulec

Data viz designer and enthusiast for using data for social good and public health. MPH. Operations Director @datavizsociety and Data Viz Lead @excellaco.

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