Essays

Jason A. Heppler

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Essays

2020

Twitter Use at WHA2020

Analyzing Twitter during #WHA2020.

Superfund Package

I'm releasing my in-progress dataset on Superfunds as an R package.

Basecamp

2019

The IndieWeb

Doubling down on the Indie Web.

Paper notes

How I take and manage paper notes.

Twitter Use at WHA2019

Analyzing Twitter during #WHA2019.

Published at: Washington Post

How Silicon Valley Provides the Blueprint for Cleaning Up Our Drinking Water

The region's long history of industrial contamination — and the legal battles it spawned — offers a model for communities confronting polluted groundwater today.

2018

Twitter Use at WHA2018

Analyzing Twitter during #WHA2018.

Published at: Parameters

Advocacy, Training, and Awareness Through Endangered Data Week

An essay co-authored with Brandon Locke, Sarah Melton, and Rachel Mattson on data advocacy and the annual Endangered Data Week initiative.

2017

Published at: The Conversation

How Silicon Valley Industry Polluted the Sylvan California Dream

Long before Silicon Valley became synonymous with tech startups, it was orchards and aerospace — and the chemicals that came with both.