Stephanie Besser

Stephanie Besser is an Adjunct Faculty member of the School of Computing, College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University, Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign iSchool, and as a Sr. Data Analyst at Massachusetts General Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Harvard Medical School. Previously, she worked at The University of Chicago as a Biostatistician II for the Department of Medicine-Section of Cardiology, where she assists doctors, fellows, and residents with clinical research. Previously, Stephanie worked in Chicago at Nielsen, a marketing research firm, as a Sr. Statistician, and at Navigant, a consulting firm, as a Consultant in Disputes and Investigations, where she assisted with data breaches and litigation support. Her research interests are in statistics, data analysis, and machine learning. Stephanie has completed a M.S. in Predictive Analytics - Computational Methods Concentration and Image Analysis Specialization from DePaul University, as well as a M.S. in Applied Statistics and a M.A. in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Loyola University Chicago. She also has a M.S. in Accountancy, a B.S.B.A. in Accountancy, a B.A. in English with a Humanities Minor, and a B.A. in Sociology with a Criminology Concentration from John Carroll University.