She is currently serving as Director of the PSM affiliated Master of Science in Data Science program at Saint Mary’s. Kristin has been a faculty member at Saint Mary’s since 2009. Her background is in probability theory, where she is specifically interested in understanding the properties and behavior of the random process known as Walsh’s Brownian motion. However, Kristin has also been involved in many diverse projects related to data and modeling, ranging from the collection and analysis of data on the health and education of girls in the state of Indiana, to modeling copper interactions with proteins in the human body. She received her BA in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, in 2003, and her PhD from the University of California – San Diego.