Research Data Services

We Help People Use Data!

We can help you analyze, map, visualize, and manage data. We can guide you to create compelling projects for your courses and research. We work with Northeastern faculty, staff, and students at all levels of experience and in any location.

We provide:

  • Consultations with specialists online or in person
  • Visits to classes, student or research groups, guest lectures, and workshops 
  • Online tutorials and resources

Learn more about us and the tools we support.

For more information, contact [email protected]

Data Management

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Support for data management and sharing plans, such as DMPs / DMSPs. (e.g. DMP Tool)

Data Analysis & Programming

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Support for cleaning, manipulating, and analyzing data. Also learning how to code. (e.g. Excel, Python, R / RStudio)

Data Visualization

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Support for creating and improving data visualizations such as graphs. (e.g. D3.js, Flourish, Tableau)

Posters, Presentations, & Diagrams

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Support for creating and refining posters, presentations, diagrams and other graphics. (e.g. Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, PowerPoint)

Geospatial Analysis & GIS

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Support for creating maps, conducting geospatial analysis, and learning GIS tools. (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, Simply Analytics)

Text Analysis

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Support for conducting text analysis and using text analysis resources. (e.g. Constellate, HathiTrust Research Center, ProQuest TDM)

About the RDS Team

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Lawrence Evalyn (he/him)

Text Mining Specialist

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Peter Fan (he/him)

‪Collaborative Research Data Specialist

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Jen Ferguson (she/her)

Head, Research Data Services

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Justin Guthrie (he/him)

GIS Co-op

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Kate Kryder (she/her)

Data Analysis & Visualization Specialist

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Bahare Sanaie-Movahed (she/her)

Geospatial & GIS Specialist