Requests

For any of the following requests, please email me at grace <-at> stat.ubc.ca!

🌿 Mentoring

I am very eager to provide mentoring to undergraduate and graduate students! This will provide students with an opportunity to form meaningful connections and get advice on majors/minors, graduate school, careers, and more.

I prioritize students who are typically under-represented in Statistics and Data Science (including but not limited to; gender minorities, first generation students, and those living with disabilities).

I am happy to meet to discuss non-course related topics in statistics and data science. Please reach out and we can set a time to meet either in-person or over Zoom.

✉️ Invitations for Conference, Seminars, Workshops, and Talks

I am happy to give a talk on any of my projects or provide a workshop on R coding, GitHub, or any other statistics or data science topic that is relevant to my work (when time permits). Please send me an email with more information and we can chat!

👩🔬 Supervising

I am a Teaching Stream faculty member, so I am not currently supervising students. Please reach out to other Professors in the department who do not have “Of Teaching” in their job title.

🗂️ Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAAs - Masters, and PhD students only)

I am not actively looking for students, but if you’d like to be involved in my future Educational Leadership (teaching-related) projects, feel free to reach out. If a project comes up where a graduate student could be hired, I will let you know!

📝 Reference Requests

I am happy to provide reference letters for Graduate programs, internships, and employment for students that I know well. This includes:

  • Current and former students I’ve taught more than one time
  • Current and former students I’ve taught only once, but were active in class, attended office hours, or through my mentorship program.
  • Current and former students I’ve met through committees and can speak to their out-of-class activities

My Reference Letter Policy:

  1. I can write up to 5 references per student per term. These include reference letters for graduate schools, jobs, and scholarships.

  2. I need at least 3 weeks to write a reference letter.

  3. I need to agree to every reference request BEFORE you write my name down as a reference. Please do not assume!

  4. You must provide me with a list of reference letters you need, and details on each application, including the due date, where I submit, what the application is for, and any other information that I may need to write your reference letter. Please compile this into a clear email or document that I can reference.

For example, if you are applying to a graduate program I highly recommend sending:

  • information on where I submit to (online? via email?)

  • a link to the program/scholarship you are applying to, along with a brief description about the program

  • details about why you are applying to a particular school/program

  • your career goals or future plans

  • a CV

  • transcripts

  • any other information you may think is relevant.