William R. Buchanan Adjunct Professorial Lect School of Education
- Degrees
- PhD K-12 Educational Leadership, TUI University
M.A.Ed Teaching and Instruction, TUI University
A.M. Urban Education Policy, Brown University
B.M. Jazz Composition, Berklee College of Music - Bio
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Dr. William Buchanan is the Director of the Office of Grants, Research, Accountability, & Data (GRAD) at Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS), the second largest school district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (approximately 42,000 students and growing). He and his team lead the district's on-going efforts to integrate data assets across the enterprise into a robust enterprise class data warehouse and integrated business intelligence solution, provide psychometric support to the district, and lead the district's program evaluation, machine learning, and predictive analytics efforts. Prior to FCPS, Dr Buchanan worked as a Data Scientist at Minneapolis Public Schools, a Strategic Data Project Data Fellow at the Mississippi Department of Education (where he programmed the state's school and district accountability system), and statistical methodology consultant.
Dr Buchanan is also a regular presenter at the North American Stata User's Group annual conferences, an avid open-source contributor, and a regular presenter on topics related to data visualization, programming practies, and data analysis at workshops and annual convenings of the Strategic Data Project, part of the Center for Education Policy Research at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr Buchanan holds a PhD in K-12 Educational Leadership from TUI University, an AM in Urban Education Policy from Brown University, an MAEd in Teaching and Instruction from TUI University, and a BM in Jazz Composition from the Berklee College of Music. Dr Buchanan is also a combat veteran who served in the 1st Armored Division Band and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he premiered original compositions for the first lady of Iraq.
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Professional Presentations
| 2019 | 19th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Chicago, IL | Barrel aged software development: brewscheme as a four-year old |
| 2019 |
Strategic Data Project Annual Convening |
| Boston, MA |
Fighting the Good Fight: Organizing Market Forces for Data Interoperability, Integration, & Privacy |
| Presenters |
Amelia Vance, Erin Mote, Sean Casey, Mark Luetzelschwab, & William Buchanan |
| Role | Panel Organizer |
| 2018 | NCES STATS-DC Conference |
| Washington, D.C. | Identity: Let's Secure and Operationalize That! |
| Presenters | Shannon Kerlick & William Buchanan |
| 2018 | NCES STATS-DC Conference |
| Washington, D.C. | Link Violence & Crime Data with Student Outcomes at School |
| Presenters | Shanshan Wang & William Buchanan |
| 2018 | 18th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Columbus, OH | Automating Exploratory Data Analysis Tasks with eda |
| 2018 | Strategic Data Project Annual Convening |
| Boston, MA | How can we make our data talk to one another? The perils and promise of data integration efforts |
| Presenters | William Buchanan, Stephen Fedore, David Hersh, Christopher Leake, Alyssa Reinhart, & Bryan Shelly |
| Role | Panelist |
| 2017 | 17th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Baltimore, MD | Stata extensibility with the Java API: Tools, examples, and advice |
| 2017 | Strategic Data Project Annual Convening |
| Boston, MA | Using Git to Promote Collaboration and Reproducible Research |
| Presenters | Nathan Trenholm, Daphne Jenkins, William Buchanan, & Jason Becker |
| Role | Panel Organizer/Panelist |
| 2017 | Strategic Data Project Annual Convening |
| Boston, MA | Open Agenda: Developing a Research Agenda in Your Education Agency |
| Presenters | Cara Jackson, Bart Ligouri, & William Buchanan |
| 2016 | Scott Trimble Assessment Workshop |
| Louisville, KY | Intro to Item Response Theory Using Open Source Solutions |
| 2016 | 16th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Chicago, IL | Interactive Data Visualization for the web: Using jsonio, libd3, and libhtml to create reusable D3js graphs |
| 2016 | Strategic Data Project Annual Convening |
| Boston, MA | Becoming a Better Data Communicator: Stata Data Visualization |
| 2015 | 15th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Columbus, OH | Brewing color schemes in Stata: Making it easier for end users to customize Stata graphics |
| 2014 | 14th Annual North American Stata User's Group Conference |
| Boston, MA | Using Stata for Educational Accountability and Compliance Reporting |
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2013 Strategic Data Project Data Fellow (Center for Education Policy Research at
Harvard Graduate School of Education)
2010 Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi International Honors Society in Education
2010 Inducted into Pi Lambda Theta International Honors Society in Education
2009 Urban Education Fellow in Urban Education Policy (Brown University)
2009 Good Conduct Medal (US Army)
2008 Combat Action Badge (US Army)
2008 Personal Recognition from US Ambassador to Iraq (US Army)
2008 Army Commendation Medal 3rd Award (US Army)
2008 Army Achievement Medal (US Army)
2006 Berklee Achievement Scholarship (Berklee College of Music)
2005 Berklee Achievement Scholarship (Berklee College of Music)
2004 Berklee Achievement Scholarship (Berklee College of Music)