Who am I?
Welcome to Foreign Figures. My name is Miles Williams, and I’m an academic researcher and visiting assistant professor of Data for Political Research at Denison University. I study international relations and teach about how to use data to research politics. Outside of my day job, I like using data to make figures about international relations to help you understand what’s going on in the world.
More importantly, I’m a husband and dad, a wannabe metal guitarist who gets by playing lead guitar at church, and a gym rat.
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