Slides

This repository holds the slides for the DS 20195 class held at UChicago in Spring 2026.

Unit 1: Censuses and geography

Lecture 1 (March 23) - Course intro

Lecture 2 (March 25) - Censuses and tabular data

Lecture 3 (March 30) - Kinds of people; Making up people

Lecture 4 (April 1) - From what to where

Lecture 5 (April 6) - Intro to geography and policy

Lecture 6 (April 8) - Maps and MAUPs

Unit 2: How things move

Lecture 7 (April 13) - Networks and flows

Lecture 8 (April 15) - Migration

Lecture 9 (April 20) - Health data and the case of organ donation

Lecture 10 (April 22) - Organs and planning tools

Lecture 11 (April 27) - Transit and infrastructure

Lecture 12 (April 29) - The parking problem

Unit 3: Where we live

Lecture 13 (May 4) - Policing and incarceration

Lecture 14 (May 6) - Space and measurement

Lecture 15 (May 11) - Housing policy

Lecture 16 (May 13) - Cities and suburbs

Lecture 17 (May 18) - Neighborhoods and policy power

Lecture 18 (May 20) - Communities and state power