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Hannah Xiaoyun Wu, Ph.D.

Research Data Scientist

Hannah Wu is a Research Data Scientist at the National Policing Institute. She has more than 7 years of experience applying modern statistics, data wrangling, data visualization, and advanced analytic techniques to complex problems in the public safety domain. During her time at the Institute, she developed a full-stack website that allows users to view, search, and download case files associated with federal litigations against local law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Hannah has a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania.

EDUCATION

Work Experience

Dates Work
Aug 2021 - Present. Research Data Scientist at National Policing Institute
Jan 2019 - Jul 2021. Post-doc research fellow/Data Analyst at George Mason University

Skills

Programming Languages Java
Web/Mobile Development HTML/CSS
Databases and Cloud PostgredSQL

RECENT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Wu, X., Lum, C., & Koper, C. (2021). Examining the impact of everyday police proactive activity on traffic accidents. Examining a commonly held law enforcement belief using a novel method. Journal of criminal justice, 76, 101846.
  2. Wu, X., Koper, C., & Lum, C. (2021). Measuring the Impacts of Everyday Police Proactive Activities: Tackling the Endogeneity Problem. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1-21.
  3. Lum, C., Koper, C. S., & Wu, X. (2021). Can We Really Defund the Police? A Nine-Agency Study of Police Response to Calls for Service. Police Quarterly, 10986111211035002.
  4. Koper, C. S., Lum, C., Wu, X., Johnson, W., & Stoltz, M. (2021). Do license plate readers enhance the initial and residual deterrent effects of police patrol? A quasi-randomized test. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1-22.

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