Mine Doğucu

Contact Information
www.minedogucu.com
mdogucu@uci.edu
(949) 824-4496
Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, 2204 Donald Bren Hall Irvine, CA 92617
github.com/mdogucu
Education
Ph.D., Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University
2013 – 2017
M.S., Secondary School Science and Math Education, Bogazici University
2010 – 2013
B.A., Mathematics, Smith College
2005 - 2009
Certification
Graduate Statistician (GStat), American Statistical Association
2017 - 2021
Academic Appointments
University of California Irvine, Department of Statistics
Associate Professor of Teaching
2024–Present
Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies
2023–2025
2021 - 2022
Assistant Professor of Teaching
2019-2024
2022 - 2023 (On leave)
University College London, Department of Statistical Science
Lecturer (Teaching)
2022 - 2023
Denison University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics
2018 - 2019
New College of Florida
Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics
2017 - 2018
Publications: Preprints and Works in Progress
    Publications: Peer Reviewed
      Publications: Invited
        Publications: Book
          Publications: Book Chapter
            Publications: Software
              Publications: Other
                Grants and Sponsorship
                Collaborative Research: Advancing Bayesian Thinking in STEM
                Role: Lead PI
                PIs: Jingchen Hu (Vassar College), Amy Herring (Duke University)
                National Science Foundation
                $291,387
                UCI Share: $136,769
                2022–2025
                Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science
                Role: PI
                PIs: Dan Gillen, Volodymyr Minin, Babak Shahbaba
                National Institutes of Health
                $1,179,165
                2022–2027
                Collaborative Research: HDR DSC: Data Science Training and Practices: Preparing a Diverse Workforce via Academic and Industrial Partnership
                Role: Co-PI
                PI: Babak Shahbaba
                National Science Foundation
                $1,499,053
                UCI Share: $751,921
                2021–2025
                Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Introductory Data Science Instructors
                Role: Co-PI
                PI: Sinem Demirci
                University College London, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
                £750
                Winter 2023
                Accessibility in the Data Science Curriculum
                Role: PI
                Teach Access Curriculum Development
                $5,000
                2021-2022
                Undergraduate data science conference
                Role: PI
                UC Irvine, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Research Award (Inspiration)
                $10,000
                Spring 2020
                Guidelines for final projects in the data science classroom
                Role: PI
                UC Irvine, Academic Senate Council on Research, Computing and Libraries (CORCL) supported research fund
                $2,000
                Spring 2020
                Sponshorship for R Ladies Sarasota
                Role: Co-organizer
                Posit (née RStudio)
                $500
                October 2017
                Sponshorship for R Ladies Columbus
                Role: Co-organizer
                Posit (née RStudio)
                $500
                November 2016
                Computer Science for High School at Bogazici University
                Role: Co-organizer
                Google, Computer Science for High School
                $5,000
                Spring 2012
                Computer Science for High School at Bogazici University
                Role: Co-organizer
                Google, Computer Science for High School
                $5,000
                Spring 2013
                Awards & Scholarships
                Young Investigator Award, American Statistical Association, Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section
                2021
                Diversity Travel Scholarship, rstudio::conf
                2018
                Travel Award, Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference
                2017
                William E. and Gail P. Loadman Scholarship The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology
                2014-2017
                Student Research Award The Ohio State University, Educational Studies Department
                2014-2015
                Marilyn Ruth Hathaway Education Scholarship The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology
                2013-2014
                Teaching Experience
                University of California, Irvine
                STATS 6: Introduction to Data Science
                Also taught in Winter 2025, Fall 2024, Winter 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Winter 2021, Fall 2020
                Fall 2025
                STATS 67: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Computer Science
                Also taught in Fall 2025 (x2), Winter 2025 (x2), Fall 2024 (x2), Fall 2023 (x2), Summer II 2020, Fall 2019 (x2)
                Winter 2026 x2
                STATS 115: Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis
                Also taught in Winter 2024, Winter 2022, Summer II 2021, Winter 2021, Summer II 2020, Winter 2020
                Winter 2026
                STATS 5: Seminar in Data Science
                Winter 2022
                STATS 210P: Statistical Methods I
                Winter 2022
                STATS 68: Statistical Computing and Exploratory Data Analysis
                Spring 2021
                STATS 295: Scientific Computing with R (formerly: Advanced R)
                Also taught in Fall 2020
                Fall 2021
                STATS 7: Basic Statistics
                Spring 2020
                STATS 112/203: Statistical Methods for Data Analysis III
                Spring 2020
                University College London
                STATS 0024: Social Statistics | Module Leader
                Term 2 (Winter) 2023
                STATS 0006: Linear Models and the Analysis of Variance | Computer Practical Leader
                Term 1 (Fall) 2022
                Denison University
                Math 220: Applied Statistics
                Spring 2019 (x2)
                DA 101: Introduction to Data Analytics
                Fall 2018 (x2)
                New College of Florida
                Statistical Inference for Data Science II (Graduate)
                Spring 2018
                Dealing with Data I (Undergraduate)
                Spring 2018
                Advanced Statistical Modeling (Undergraduate, Half Credit)
                Spring 2018
                Making Websites Using R Markdown (Undergraduate, Independent Study)
                January 2018
                Applied Bayesian Analysis (Graduate)
                Fall 2017
                Dealing with Data II (Undergraduate)
                Fall 2017
                DR (Undergraduate, Half Credit)
                Fall 2017
                Advanced R (Undergraduate, Half Credit)
                Fall 2017
                The Ohio State University
                ESQREM 3005: Learner Centered Classroom Assessment
                Also taught in Spring 2016, Fall 2015
                Fall 2016
                ESQREM 8658 Applied Multilevel Data Analysis | Grader & Substitute Instructor
                Spring 2016
                ESQREM 6641 Introduction to Educational Statistics | Lab Instructor
                Also taught in Spring 2015, Fall 2014
                Summer 2015
                Research Experience
                The Ohio State University
                Research Scientist, Food Innovation Center
                Summer 2018
                Graduate Research Associate (Statistical Consultant), Research Methodology Center
                Summer 2015 - Fall 2016 &
                Summer 2016 - Spring 2017
                Graduate Research Associate, Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy
                Summer 2014 &
                Summer 2017
                Graduate Research Associate, Department of Educational Studies
                2023 - 2024
                Workshops & Trainings
                1. Dogucu, M. along with other PIs. Summer Training Program at the Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science, Irvine, CA, July-August 2025.
                2. Dogucu, M. , Herring, A., & Hu, Monika. Summer Bootcamp as part of the Bayes BATS project, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 2024.
                3. Dogucu, M. along with other PIs. Summer Training Program at the Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science, Irvine, CA, July-August 2024.
                4. Dogucu, M. Introduction to Git and GitHub for RStudio Users. Workshop given at Cypress College, Cypress, CA, April 2024.
                5. Dogucu, M. , Herring, A., & Hu, Monika. Summer Bootcamp as part of the Bayes BATS project, Irvine, CA, July 2023.
                6. Dogucu, M. along with other PIs. Summer Training Program at the Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science, Irvine, CA, July-August 2023.
                7. Castro, A., Dogucu, M., Jaynes, J. & Pelayo, R. Summer Bootcamp at the Southern California Data Science Project, Irvine, CA, June 2023.
                8. Ricci, F.Z., Medina, C. & Dogucu, M. gradetools: a grading assistant in RStudio. Invited workshop given at the Researchers of Statistics Education (RoSE) conference, Online, May 2023.
                9. Dogucu, M. & Demirci, S. Disseminating Collaborative and Reproducible Research. Workshop given at the Department of Statistical Science, University College London. London, UK, Feb 2023.
                10. Dogucu, M. Teaching Bayesian Statistics at the Undergraduate Level. Workshop given at International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS). Rosario, Argentina, Sep 2022.
                11. Dogucu, M. & Shahbaba, B. Data Science in Health Science as part of the COSMOS UCI, Irvine, CA, July 2022.
                12. Dogucu, M. along with other PIs. Summer Training Program at the Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science, Irvine, CA, July 2022.
                13. Ricci, F.Z., Medina, C. M. & Dogucu, M. gradetools: An R package to Assist with Providing Grades and Personalized Feedback. Online Workshop. May 2022.  
                14. Dogucu, M. Teaching an Introductory Data Science course with tidyverse workshop. Workshop given at Cypress College. December 2021.  
                15. Dogucu, M., Johnson, A. and Ott, M. Teaching Bayesian Statistics at the Undergraduate Level. Workshop given at US Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS). May 2021.
                16. Dogucu, M. Sen de Yaz Yaz Yaz R Markdown ile her istediğini [Introduction to R Markdown]. Workshop given for R Ladies Ankara, Eskişehir, and İstanbul. June, 2020.    
                17. Dogucu, M.Introduction to ggplot as an entry way to R for beginners. Workshop given at Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: An ASCB Virtual Meeting. May, 2020.  
                18. Dogucu M., Introduction to R the Tidy Way. UC Irvine Center for Statistical Consulting. Irvine, CA. March, 2020.  
                19. Dogucu M., Data Visualization with ggplot2. R-Ladies Sarasota. Sarasota, FL. March, 2018.  
                20. Dogucu M., Introduction to R. R-Ladies Sarasota. Sarasota, FL. March, 2018.  
                21. Dogucu M., Fair and Efficient Grading. Training taught at Teaching Orientation for Graduate Teaching Assistants at the Ohio State University. Training Developed by University Center for Advancement of Teaching. Columbus, OH. August, 2015 & August, 2016.
                22. Dogucu, M. & Uanhoro, J. R u Ready? Making the Switch to R. Methods Festival. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. July, 2017.
                23. Dogucu, M. Introduction to R. Research Methodology Center. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. November, 2015. February, 2016. October, 2016. February, 2017. March, 2017.
                24. Dogucu, M. Introduction to SAS. Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy. The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. February, 2015.
                25. Aslan, U. & Dogucu, M. Computer Science for High School (CS4HS) @ Bogazici: Workshop on Scratch taught to preservice STEM teachers. Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. May, 2012 & May, 2013.
                Invited Presentations
                  Other Presentations
                    Media Appearances
                      On Campus Presentations and Panels
                        Service to the Field:
                        Positions
                        Chair Elect, American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Data Science Education
                        Jan 2026 - present
                        Member, American Statistical Association Committee on International Relations in Statistics
                        Jan 2025 - present
                        Member, American Statistical Association / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ASA/NCTM) Joint Committee on K-12 Education in Statistics and Probability
                        Jan 2024 - present
                        Mentor, Section on Statistics and Data Science Education Mentorship Program, American Statistical Association
                        Aug 2025 - present
                        Program Chair, Section on Bayesian Education Research and Practice (BERaP), International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
                        Oct 2022 - December 2025
                        Co-chair, Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition and Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference
                        Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
                        Advisory Council Member, MetaDocencia
                        Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
                        Co-chair, Education Track of Symposium on Data Science and Statistics (SDSS) 2021
                        2020 - 2021
                        Convener, Isolated Statisticians Interest Group, American Statistical Association
                        2018 - 2020
                        Serving member, American Educational Research Association Division D Graduate Student Council
                        Apr 2015 - Apr 2017
                        Co-founder, R Ladies Sarasota
                        Nov 2017 - May 2018
                        Founder & Co-organizer, R Ladies Columbus
                        Oct 2016 – Jul 2017
                        Service to the Field:
                        Grant Review
                        National Science Foundation
                        2024
                        Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), pre-proposal review
                        2023
                        Service to the Field:
                        Manuscript Review
                        • Harvard Data Science Review
                        • Journal of Experimental Education
                        • Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (x9)
                        • Statistics Education Research Journal (x2)
                        • Teaching Statistics
                        • Technology Innovations in Statistics Education (x3)
                        • The American Statistician
                        Service to the Field:
                        Conference and Competition Review/Judge
                        Two-Year Colleges DataFest
                        Also in 2024 and 2025
                        2026
                        DataFest at University of California Los Angeles
                        Also in 2024
                        2025
                        International Conference on Teaching Statistics
                        2022
                        ACM SIGMOD Conference DataEd Workshop
                        2022
                        useR! Tutorials
                        2021
                        The International Science and Engineering Fair, American Statistical Association Special Awards in Statistics
                        2021
                        Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (national)
                        Also in Summer 2017
                        Summer 2019
                        Service to the Field:
                        Event Support
                        Organizer, Teaching Bayesian Methods to Undergraduate Learners, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science Roundtable Discussion, Joint Statistical Meetings, Nashville, TN.
                        2025
                        Organizer, Contributed Paper Session at Joint Statistical Meetings. Portland, OR
                        2024
                        Organizer, Invited Session at International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) World Meeting. Venice, Italy.
                        2024
                        Organizer, Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) Regional Conference at University of California Irvine.
                        2024
                        Organizer, Webinar on Teaching Bayesian Methods in Psychology for Section on Bayesian Education Research and Practice (BERaP), International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
                        Dec 2024
                        Session Chair, Introducing Bayesian methods in statistics and data science curriculum, Joint Statistical Meetings, Toronto, Canada
                        2023
                        Organizer, Invited Panel: Improving Data Science Education Infrastructure at Community Colleges, Teaching, and Research Universities, Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington DC
                        2022
                        Co-organizer (with Shu-Min Liao), Birds of a Feather: Integrating Inclusive Pedagogy into Statistics and Data Science Education, Section on Statistics and Data Science Education, Joint Statistical Meetings, Online
                        2022
                        Organizer, Bayesian Statistics in the Undergraduate Curriculum, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science Roundtable Discussion, Joint Statistical Meetings, Online
                        2021
                        Chair and Organizer, Birds of a Feather: Teaching (with) R, Section on Statistics and Data Science Education, Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, CO
                        2019
                        Co-organizer, Liberal Arts Data Science Workshop held at New College of Florida
                        2018
                        Service to University
                        University of California, Irvine
                        Faculty Advisor, Data @ UCI Student Club
                        Also in Winter 2022 - Spring 2022
                        Summer 2023 - Present
                        Member, Advisory Council, Data Science Initiative
                        Also in Winter 2021 - Spring 2022
                        2023 - present
                        Member, Affordable Advocacy Advisory Team at UCI Libraries
                        Summer 2025 - present
                        Member, Council on Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (CTLSE)
                        Fall 2020 - Spr 2022
                        Member, Professor of the Year Award Review Committee
                        Apr 2021
                        Denison University
                        Organizer, DataFest
                        Spr 2019
                        Ohio State University
                        Fulbright Review Panelist
                        Sep 2016
                        Reviewer, Fall Undergraduate Research Student Poster Forum
                        Fall 2016
                        Service to School
                        Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
                        Judge, Project Expo
                        Spr 2024
                        Member, Lecturer Review Board
                        Fall 2019 - Spr 2022
                        College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University
                        Reviewer for Undergraduate Scholarships Undergraduate Scholarships
                        Spr 2016
                        Student volunteer & reviewer, Student Research Forum
                        Fall 2015
                        Service to the Department
                        Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine
                        Chair, Merit Review Committee for a Lecturer
                        Fall 2025
                        Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee
                        2024-2025
                        Mentor to a Junior Faculty
                        2024-2025
                        Member, Merit Review Committee for Associate Professor
                        Fall 2024
                        Chair, Merit Review Committee for Assistant Professor
                        Fall 2024
                        Grader, Data Analysis Qualifying Exam
                        Also in Summer 2021
                        Summer 2024
                        Chair, MS Statistics Admissions Committee
                        Winter 2024
                        Member, Merit Review Committee for Continuing Lecturer
                        Also in Fall 2019
                        Winter 2022
                        Member, MS Statistics Admissions Committee
                        Also in Winter 2021, Winter 2020
                        Winter 2022
                        New College of Florida
                        Founding faculty advisor, Student Chapter of the American Statistical Association
                        2017-2018
                        Graduate Admissions Committee Member, Data Science Program
                        2017-208
                        Search Committee Member, Director of Data Science
                        Fall 2017
                        Ohio State University
                        Search Committee Member, Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement Faculty Search
                        2016-2017
                        President, Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement Student Group
                        2014 - 2015
                        Mentoring
                        Postdoctoral Scholars
                        1. Dr. Sinem Demirci (University College London), 2022 - 2023
                        Doctoral Students (as Adviser)
                        1. Dr. Catalina Medina , co-advised with Dr. Volodymyr Minin, 2025
                        Doctoral Students (as Other Mentorship)
                        1. Federica Zoe Ricci, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation Fellowship Mentor, Summer 2020; Independent Study, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
                        2. Harry Bendekgey, Independent Study, Fall 2023
                        3. Cadee Pinkerton, Independent Study, Fall 2023, Winter 2024
                        4. Wendy Rummerfield, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation Fellowship Mentor, Summer 2020
                        5. Alicia Becerra Romero, Competitive Edge Program Co-mentor, Summer 2020
                        Undergraduate Students
                        1. Yihao Ma, Independent Study, Spring 2025
                        2. Yuqian Ma, Independent Study, Winter 2024
                        3. Redford Hudson, Independent Study, Winter 2024
                        4. Ziyi Wei (University College London), Capstone Project, 2022-2023
                        5. Yuze Zhai 翟雨泽 (University College London), Capstone Project, 2022-2023
                        6. Feiyi Sun, Independent Study, Fall 2020
                        7. Jiawen Zhang, Independent Study, Fall 2020
                        8. Raina Zhang (Denison University). Early Experience Summer Research Mentor, Summer 2019
                        9. Jessy Niu (Denison University). Early Experience Summer Research Mentor, Summer 2019
                        Doctoral Committees
                        1. Luis Baroja (Cognitive Sciences), Advancement Proposal Committee, Spring 2025
                        2. Sebastian Rivera (Political Science), Advancement Proposal Committee, Fall 2021.
                        3. Melina Much (Political Science), Advancement Proposal Committee, Spring 2021.
                        Undergraduate Comittees
                        1. Lukas Heath (New College of Florida), Thesis Committee, Spring 2018
                        Professional Memberships
                        American Association for the Advancement of Science (January 2024 - present)
                        American Statistical Association (March 2016 - present)
                        Caucus for Women in Statistics (January 2024 - present)
                        International Association for Statistical Education (May 2016 - present)
                        International Society for Bayesian Analysis (November 2019 - present)
                        Mathematical Association of America (April 2024 - present)
                        Royal Statistical Society (May 2022 - May 2023)
                        American Computing Machinery (August 2019 - July 2022)
                        American Educational Research Association (February 2014 - December 2016)