Visualization

Finley Golightly

IT Support & Helpdesk Supervisor
Applied Mathematics

Finley has been with D-Lab since Fall 2020, formerly as part of the UTech Management team before joining as full-time staff in Fall 2023. They love the learning environment of D-Lab and their favorite part of the job is their co-workers! In their free time, they enjoy reading, boxing, listening to music, and playing Dungeons & Dragons. Feel free to stop by the front desk to ask them any questions or just to chat!

Filtering, Visualizing, and Interpreting Spatial Time Series Data

December 17, 2025
by Maksymilian Jasiak. Spatial time series (consecutive measurements across space and time) are often difficult to interpret, especially when there are many overlapping signals. However, have no fear! Filtering and visualizing can help better interpret and understand the spatial time series data.

Digitization of Historical Maps in the Age of AI

December 3, 2025
by Elena Stacy. Researchers today increasingly have access to a wealth of tools to streamline or automate labor-intensive data processing and generation tasks. When it comes to mapping, progress has been slower. This blog details the author's experience tackling the digitization of a historical map in the age of AI.

Python Visualization

September 30, 2021, 10:00am
For this workshop, we'll provide an introduction to visualization with Python. We'll cover visualization theory and plotting with Matplotlib and Seaborn, working through examples in a Jupyter notebook.

R Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

October 25, 2021, 9:00am
This workshop is a four-part introductory series that will teach you R from scratch with clear introductions, concise examples, and support documents. You will learn how to download and install the open-sourced R Studio software, understand data and basic manipulations, import and subset data, explore and visualize data, and understand the basics of automation in the form of loops and functions. After completion of this workshop you will have a foundational understanding to create, organize, and utilize workflows for your personal research.

Python Visualization

October 22, 2021, 10:00am
For this workshop, we'll provide an introduction to visualization with Python. We'll cover visualization theory and plotting with Matplotlib and Seaborn, working through examples in a Jupyter notebook.

Python Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

October 4, 2021, 12:00pm
This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

Python Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

October 26, 2021, 2:30pm
This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

R Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

October 6, 2021, 11:00am
This workshop is a four-part introductory series that will teach you R from scratch with clear introductions, concise examples, and support documents. You will learn how to download and install the open-sourced R Studio software, understand data and basic manipulations, import and subset data, explore and visualize data, and understand the basics of automation in the form of loops and functions. After completion of this workshop you will have a foundational understanding to create, organize, and utilize workflows for your personal research.

Bee Lehman, Ph.D.

Literatures and Digital Humanities Librarian
UC Berkeley Library

Bee Lehman is a specialist in Information Literacy. They earned their MLIS from Simmons University in 2007 and their Ph.D. in History from UNC at Chapel Hill in 2017. They specialize in European migration, digital humanities, and travel literature.