Michael Lee

Developer living in the Washington, DC area specializing in the creation of graphics, web applications, and other data-driven projects. I teach workshops on R programming and data visualization and also enjoy baking baklava, biking, and playing word games.

Web App Development

  • Experience leading data teams and delivering compelling web products.
  • 5+ years of R package and web app development with experience. 1+ years of part-time tooling in Svelte and React.
  • Familar coordinating development tasks, performing task management, reviewing feature requests, and facilitating collaborative development.

Data Visualization

  • Developed over 20 unique animations for social media distribution at twitter.com/EdNCES.
  • Advanced knowledge of R data analysis and graphics packages. Experienced in all phases of the development process, including design, data manipulation, production, and automation.
  • Experienced building interactive graphics using D3.js. See my contributions to the TALIS, TIMSS, ICILS, and PISA summary releases.

Take a look at my work

Bar Chart - Parent Educational Attainment

Bar Chart Race - Changing Demographics in K–12 Public School Enrollment

Bar Chart Race - Changing Demographics in Postsecondary Enrollment

State Map - Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (2020 update)

Line Chart - Master's Degrees Conferred

Line Chart - College Enrollment Rate (2020 update)

Bar Chart - Median Annual Earnings (2020 update)

Bar Chart Race - States With the Highest Public School Enrollment

State Map - Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (2020 update)

State Map - Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate

Bar Chart - Median Annual Earnings

Line Chart - College Enrollment Rate

Line Chart - Percentage of Students Reporting Being Bullied

Line Chart - On Campus Crimes

Line Chart - Status Dropout Rate

State Map - Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate

Line Chart - Status Completion Rate

Stacked Area Chart - US Education Enrollment

Average cumulative student loan balance for doctorate degree completers, by degree program: Selected years, 2000–2016

Average cumulative student loan balance for master's degree completers, by degree program: Selected years, 2000–2016

Average cumulative student loan balance for graduate school completers, by degree type: Selected years, 2000-2016

Percentage of revenue for elementary and secondary public schools

Highest and lowest spending states per public education pupil

High School Attainment - Line Chart from COE 2017 Data Release

Percent of Borrowers by Cohort - Animated Bar Chart

Median Debt By Educational Attainment - Animated Bar Chart

Charter School Enrollment, 2005 to 2015 - Animated State Grid Map

Teacher-Pupil Ratio: Line Chart from COE 2017 Data Release

Educational Attainment - Line Chart from COE 2017 Data Release

Makeover Monday: WSJ Measles Vaccination Chart

Reproducing the WSJ Measles Vaccination Chart Using R Animation

School Bullying by Gender- Line Chart from COE 2017 Data Release

Measles Vaccination Chart D3 Replication

Genre Interactive - Visualizing Video Games Throughout History

Theme Interactive - Visualizing Video Games Throughout History

Recreate a FiveThirtyEight Chicklet Stacked Bar Chart in ggplot2

Quick ggplot2 Tip: Creating Duplicate Legends

Quick ggplot2 Tip: Left Align ggplot2 Titles, Subtitles, and Footnotes with Y-Axis Label

R Animation Tip: Creating Pauses

The Dominance of Jonathan Taylor: Wisconsin Rushers in Context

Seasonal Virgin River Narrows Discharge

Wisconsin State Hex Grid - Mapping 2016 Presidential Results

Makeover Monday: WSJ Measles Vaccination Chart

Reproducing the WSJ Measles Vaccination Chart Using R

Mapping Wisconsin Presidential Election Results

NBA Draft Odds Plot

mikelee.co: Powered by RMarkdown, knitr, and Jekyll

Visualizing Video Games Throughout History

Kris Bryant Performance Projection

Working with Minor League Similarity Scores

Let's Make a Minor League Baseball Database!

EdSurvey: A User's Guide Book

PERC Covid Data Story

International Activities Program Highlights - TIMSS

NCES Social Media Outreach - Animation

Automated Reports - Nevada Department of Education

International Activities Program Highlights - PISA

International Activities Program Highlights - ICILS

Insights on Diversifying the Educator Workforce - Teacher Diversity Tool

International Activities Program Highlights - TALIS

Automated Reports - Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Automated Reports - IMLS, Public Libraries Survey

EdSurvey - R package (CRAN)

NAEPprimer - R package (CRAN)

sabr - R package (GitHub)