July Workshop: Mapping COVID-19 Vaccination Across the US

The goal of this workshop is to provide a hands-on introduction on how to display your data onto relevant geographic locations in a map (e.g. continent, state) using the ggplot2 package in R. Attendees will learn to create a mapped visualization of current up-to-date vaccination rates across states in the US.

Attendees with all skill levels are welcome to attend! We recommend that participants actively follow along on their computers. This will require having R and RStudio installed and basic knowledge of R commands and the RStudio IDE (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/). Several packages are required. Please install the following packages ahead of time or sign up for an RStudio Cloud account (https://login.rstudio.cloud/register). Packages that will be used: "tidyverse", "ggplot2", "reader", "maps", "viridis", "choroplethr", and "choroplethrMaps".

About the Speaker:
Michelle is a graduate student in the Cognition and Neuroscience PhD Program at Temple University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University in 2014 and continued to earn her master’s degree in Human Development at Cornell University in 2017. Her research broadly looks at digital media and risky decision making using a behavioral and neuroimaging approach. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the Philly food scene and practicing yoga!