Tess Cherlin (2025–2026 Curriculum Committee Chair) ran the workshop. There were 14 attendees total, with 9 PA node members along with one member each from the Midwest, MN/IA/Dakotas, and PNW nodes and 1 non-member. Participants were oriented to the R programming language and Posit (Rstudio in the cloud). Through guided modules and sample data, participants gained hands-on experience using the Rstudio workspace and coding in R. Of note, participants used code to manipulate data, create tables, and generate customizable graphs.
A number of participants voiced they would like to continue working with R to develop curriculum for their classes. Tess has implemented weekly R Office Hours throughout the summer for faculty to come together to ask questions, share ideas, and create materials for their courses (everyone is welcome!).
Thank you to Jenni Kennell and Kellie Agrimson, the Regional Node organizers, and PA Node Leader Leming Zhou for helping to organize the event.
