Senior Fellow
Urban Institute
McLean, Virginia, United States
Dr. Jonathan Schwabish is founder of the data visualization and presentation skills firm, PolicyViz, and a Senior Fellow in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Dr. Schwabish is also a member of Urban’s Communications team where he specializes in data visualization and presentation design. His research agenda primarily includes nutrition policy and policies that affect people with disabilities.
Dr. Schwabish is considered a leader in the data visualization field and a leading advocate for clarity and accessibility in research. He has written extensively on ways to best visualize data including technical aspects of creation, design best practices, and accessible communication strategies for social science research.
Through all of his work, Dr. Schwabish helps nonprofits, research institutions, and governments at all levels improve how they communicate their work and findings to their partners, constituents, and citizens. He also teaches data visualization and presentation skills at Georgetown University, American University, and in public workshops.
Outside of his classes, Dr. Schwabish hosts the PolicyViz Podcast, which focuses on data, open data, and data visualization, and has written four books about data communications: Better Presentations coaches people through preparing, designing, and delivering data-rich content; Elevate the Debate helps people develop a strategic plan to communicating their work across multiple platforms and channels; and Better Data Visualizations details essential strategies to create more effective data visualizations. His most recent book, Data Visualization in Excel, hit bookshelves in May 2023 and helps readers create more effective graphs and charts in the Excel software tool. He is on Twitter @jschwabish.
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Equitable Communication – Don’t Let Equity End with Your Evaluation Report
Saturday, October 14, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM ET