I’m Emily, a data viz enthusiast and practitioner. I’m passionate about the intersection of data and social sciences, making cool interactive visualizations, and using data as a tool to understand, explore, and illuminate new perspectives.
Selected Works
Presentation Design at Opportunity Insights
Establishing style guidelines and designing compelling slide decks for high-profile academics.
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Information Design
PowerPoint
Formative Films, Fallible Representation
Using the Bechdel Test to examine the representation of women in movies from my formative years.
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Data Viz
d3.js
The State of Abortion Access in Post-Roe America
A series visualizing the 2022 Roe v. Wade decision and its impact on the county, state, and national scale.
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Data Viz
d3.js
Illustrator
p5.js
ggplot2
Insurify Annual Reports
As the Data & Research Content Lead at Insurify, I coordinated the research, analysis, design, and press strategy for Insurify’s annual and specialized reports.
Insurify’s Insurance Literacy Report (2022)
Insuring the American Driver (2021)
Information Design
SEO
Media Strategy
R
Bigfoot lives in Massachusetts (!?)
Visually diagramming Massachusetts Bigfoot sightings from the past 30 years.
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Data Viz
d3.js
Illustrator
Predicting Friending Bias
Visualizing the process of testing factors to predict friending bias. This Streamlit app was made as part of my research with the Plural Connections Lab at Northeastern University.
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Data Viz
Machine Learning
python
streamlit
Wild Rides: The World’s Best Roller Coasters
A data-driven approach to picking your next ride.
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Data Viz
p5.js
R
Visualizing the American University
A visual illustration of the history of universities in America, specifically in their settler-colonial investments with indigenous populations.
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Data Viz
Leaflet
R Shiny
Hallyu 한류 / Korean Wave
This project explores the phenomenon of the recent “Korean Wave,” known as “Hallyu,” influenced by Korean digital aesthetics to pay homage to South Korea and its cultural influences that have captured the world.
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Information Design
Illustrator
all families for
A 4-part campaign using Yoko Ono’s artistic leanings and social activism for inspiration that advocates and spreads awareness for the urgent need for federally-mandated paid family leave in the United States.
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Information Design
Illustrator
Emily Leff 