Jacob Jameson
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Teaching

I began teaching in a Philadelphia summer credit-recovery program after undergrad and later spent two years as a middle school math teacher in New Haven, CT through Teach For America. During that time, I served as 8th Grade Chair and consulted on math curriculum for Achievement First. I love teaching and enjoy making quantitative and computational ideas accessible to a wide range of students.

I am fortunate to have been recognized with several teaching awards by the Harvard Kennedy School. While not confirmed, I believe I also hold the record for most courses taught as a teaching fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Teaching awards

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching
Harvard Kennedy School·2024 · 2026
Distinction in Student Teaching
Harvard Kennedy School·2024 · 2025 · 2026
Educational Innovation Scholar
Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard·2024

Instructor of record

Economics for Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School, PPIA Junior Summer Institute·2024 · 2025 · 2026instructor
Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students
Harvard Kennedy School·2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026instructor
Data, Quantitative Methods, and Applications in Health Services Research
UChicago · Center for Translational Science·2021 · 2022 · 2023co-instructor
Coding Lab for Public Policy
UChicago · Harris School of Public Policy·2021instructor
7th/8th Grade Mathematics
Teach For America · Amistad Academy, New Haven CT·2018 · 2019 · 2020teacher

Teaching fellow

Decision Science for Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health·2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics
Harvard Kennedy School·2023 · 2024 · 2025
Resources, Incentives, and Choices I: Markets and Market Failures
Harvard Kennedy School·2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
Game Theory and Strategic Decisions
Harvard Kennedy School·2023 · 2024 · 2026
Data and Programming for Policymakers
Harvard Kennedy School·2023
Machine Learning for Public Policy
UChicago · Computer Science·2022
Mathematics for Data Analysis and Computer Science
UChicago · Computer Science·2022
Introductory Finance
UChicago · Booth School of Business·2020 · 2021 · 2022
Data Analysis in R and Python
UChicago · Booth School of Business·2022
Introduction to Health Services Research
UChicago · Center for Translational Science·2021

Workshops

Short Courses Co-Chair
Society for Medical Decision Making·2026–2027
Build Your Own RA (Research Agent): Introduction to Agentic Coding and Custom Research Workflows
Society for Medical Decision Making·2026instructor
An Introduction to Reproducible Programming and Project Management
Society for Medical Decision Making · Annual Meeting·2024instructor
Transparent Programming: Important Habits for Reproducibility and Research Integrity
Society for Medical Decision Making · Annual Meeting·2023instructor

Open teaching materials

R
Introduction to R·9-module course for policy students new to programming view
git
Introduction to Git & GitHub·Version control for researchers and students view
ML
API 222 Section Materials·Machine learning section materials view

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