Visualization Principles and Tools

2009 to present

As the Data Visualization Coordinator in Duke Libraries' Data and Visualization Services group, I developed instruction on a wide range of visualization-related topics.

Related Materials and Events:

Professional Service and Leadership Positions

  • Co-Principal Investigator, Visualizing the Future. December 2018 to November 2022.
    Additional team members: Justin Joque (Principal Investigator), Andy Rutkowski (Co-Principal Investigator), and project fellows Negeen Aghassibake, Delores Carlito, David Christensen, Ryan Clement, Sally Gore, Tess Grynoch, Jo Klein, Dorothy Ogdon, Megan Ozeran, Alisa Rod, Cass Wilkinson Saldaña, Matthew Sisk, Amy Sonnichsen.
  • Co-Organizer, Visualization Friday Forum weekly talk series. August 2012 to March 2020.
    Additional team members: Eric Monson.
  • Local Organizer, Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit. January 2015 to April 2015.
    Additional team members: Eric Monson, Meg Brown, Robert Calderbank, Larry Carin, Scott Huettel, Victoria Szabo, Julia Trimmer, along with additional support from Duke Libraries staff.

Projects

Book Chapters

  • Zoss, Angela M. (2022). A literacy-based approach to learning visualization with R’s ggplot2 package. In Getz, Kelly, and Brodsky, Meryl (Eds.), ACRL Data Literacy Cookbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, A division of the American Library Association.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (2016). Challenges and Solutions for Short-Form Data Visualization Instruction. In Joshi, Alark, Adar, Eytan, Engle, Sophie, Hearst, Marti and Keefe, Daniel (Eds.), Pedagogy of Data Visualization, Workshop at IEEE VIS 2016. Baltimore, MD
  • Zoss, Angela M. (2016). Designing Public Visualizations of Library Data. In Magnuson, L. (Eds.), Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Librarians (pp. 19-44). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.3811713.v1
  • Zoss, Angela M. (2014). Cognitive processes and traits related to graphic comprehension. In Huang, M. and Huang, W. (Eds.), Innovative Approaches of Data Visualization and Visual Analytics (pp. 94-110). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4309-3.ch005

Certifications

  • Tableau Desktop Specialist, June 2019

Semester-Length Teaching Experiences

  • Krishna, Anirudh, Zoss, Angela M. and Nolan, Sarah. (Fall 2017 to Spring 2018). Visualizing Social Mobility in the Developing World. Year-long research-based course and project at Duke University, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2012). Information Visualization. Semester-long course at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Extended Workshop Instruction Experiences

  • Zoss, Angela M. (September 26 and 27, 2019). Data visualization workshop. Half-day workshop for library data professionals at State Library of North Carolina – Library Data Users’ Group, Chapel Hill, NC and Statesville, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (July 1, 2018). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. One-day workshop for undergraduates at Duke University Marine Lab, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems, Beaufort, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (June 1, 2018). Introduction to data visualization. One-day course for library professionals at the Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians, sponsored by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (July 1, 2017). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. One-day workshop for undergraduates at Duke University Marine Lab, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems, Beaufort, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (May 1, 2017). Introduction to data and visualization for humanities scholars. Three-day course at the Digital Scholarship Bootcamp, hosted by University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 1, 2017). Introduction to data visualization. One-day course for library professionals at the Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians, sponsored by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (January 1, 2017). Visualization week. Week-long residency at Project VIS at Skidmore College, Sarasota Springs, NY.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and White, Russ. (September 1, 2016). Introduction to data visualization. One-day workshop at Special Libraries Association Southern California Chapter, Professional Development Day, Long Beach, CA.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (June 20-21, 2016). Introduction to information visualization. Two-day course at Data Matters Data Science Short Course Series, sponsored by the National Consortium for Data Science, The Odum Institute, and RENCI, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Joque, Justin, Rutkowski, Andy, and Zoss, Angela M. (June 1, 2016). Making sense of data through visualization. One-day pre-conference program at Annual meeting of the American Library Association, Orlando, FL.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (June 1, 2016). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. One-day workshop for undergraduates at Duke University Marine Lab, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems, Beaufort, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (May 1, 2016). Introduction to data visualization. One-day course for library professionals at the Data Science and Visualization Institute for Librarians, sponsored by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 1, 2015). Introduction to data visualization. One-day course for NCSU library staff at North Carolina State University Libraries’ week-long series of data science short courses, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (June 22-23, 2015). Introduction to information visualization. Two-day course at Data Matters Data Science Short Course Series, sponsored by the National Consortium for Data Science, The Odum Institute, and RENCI, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (June 1, 2015). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. One-day workshop for undergraduates at Duke University Marine Lab, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems, Beaufort, NC.
  • Joque, Justin and Zoss, Angela M. (June 1, 2015). Data visualization in the library: Collections, tools, and scalable services. Half-day conference program at Annual meeting of the American Library Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (June 1, 2014). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. One-day workshop for undergraduates at Duke University Marine Lab, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems, Beaufort, NC.

Presentations at Conferences, Professional Gatherings

  • Grynoch, Tess, Aghassibake, Negeen, Christensen, David, and Zoss, Angela. (June 6, 2022). Teaching data visualization: Adapting the Visualizing the Future data visualization modules for your institutional context. Workshop at IASSIST 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Aghassibake, Negeen, Joque, Justin, Ozeran, Megan, & Zoss, Angela. (November 03, 2021). Positioning Ourselves for Critical Data Work. Presentation at Visualizing the Future 2021 Public Symposium, virtual.
  • Ogdon, Dorothy, Rutkowski, Andy, & Zoss, Angela M. (November 17, 2020). Visualization in Library Assessment. Webinar at Visualizing the Future Viz and Tell monthly webinar series, virtual.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 18, 2019). Thinking (and teaching) critically for data visualization. Invited presentation at North Carolina State University Libraries’ Coffee and Viz series, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M., Nelson, Rob, Hall, Josh and Eily, Ariana. (April 6, 2019). SciArt & Multimedia. Invited panel presentation at 2019 ComSciCon – Triangle Communicating Science Workshop, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 6, 2019). Improving Stakeholder Communication with Data Visualizations. Accepted conference seminar at Designing for Digital (D4D) Conference 2019, Austin, TX.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (May 3, 2017). Visualization for Data Science. Webinar at DataBytes series, sponsored by the National Consortium for Data Science, offered online.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (December 14, 2016). Data Visualization Support. Invited webinar at Oklahoma State University Libraries, offered online.
  • Beyer, Johanna, Domik, Gitta, Johnson, Andrew and Zoss, Angela M. (October 23, 2016). Curriculum Design. Accepted member of panel at Pedagogy of Data Visualization Workshop at IEEE VIS 2016, Baltimore, MD.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (July 18, 2014). Design and support recommendations from data visualization research. Invited presentation at Science Boot Camp Southeast, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 28, 2014). From imagination to visualization: Getting comfortable with data representations. Presentation at THATCamp Digital Knowledge 2014, Raleigh, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 12, 2014). Visualization for exploration, communication, and inspiration. Presentation at the Duke Information Initiative at Duke (iiD) Data Seminar Series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 18, 2013). Approaches to Teaching (Data Visualization) Tools. Presentation at Duke Munch & Mull Digital Humanities weekly discussion group, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 29, 2012). Preparing to incorporate visualizations into a *metrics research project. Webinar at American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its Special Interest Group on Metrics (SIG/MET), offered online.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 23, 2011). Tools for Multivariate, Evolving Scientometric Visualizations. Presentation at 2011 Workshop on Mining the Digital Traces of Science, Paris, France.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 8, 2011). Analysis and Visualization of Science. Presentation at Workshop on Scholarly Communication and Bibliometrics, iConference 2011, Seattle, WA.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (July 8, 2010). Information Visualization and Network Workbench: Incorporating Cyberinfrastructure into Instruction. Presentation at 2010 HarambeeNet Workshop on Social Networks as an Introduction to Computer Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (August 12, 2009). Analyzing and Visualizing the Structure and Evolution of the World Wide Science. Presentation at Information Kinetics: Egoviz Workshop hosted by Arteleku, San Sebastián, Spain.

Guest Lectures

  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 8, 2019). Usability Studies for Data Visualization. Guest lecture and activity at graduate Interdisciplinary Data Science course on Data Visualization, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 11, 2018). Data Visualization, Information Design. Guest lecture at undergraduate course in Art, Art History & Visual Studies on Introduction to Architectural Design, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 21 and April 2, 2018). Introduction to Effective Data Visualization. Guest lecture and visualization contest at undergraduate Computer Science course called Everything Data, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 19, 2018). Network Visualizations. Guest lecture at undergraduate Sociology course on Managing Networks, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 20, 2018). Introduction to Effective Data Visualization. Guest lecture at graduate Public Policy course called Public Policy Presentation Practicum, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (January 29 and 31, 2018). Data Visualization & Exploration. Two-part guest lecture and activity at undergraduate Statistical Science course on Data Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 25, 2017). Visualizing Qualitative Data. Guest lecture at graduate Environment course on Applied Qualitative Research Methods, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 12 and 14, 2017). Data Visualization & Exploration. Two-part guest lecture and activity at undergraduate Statistical Science course on Data Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (March 23, 2017). Practical Data Visualization. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course called Energy Data Analytics Lab, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 4, 2016). Introduction to Data Visualization. Guest lecture at undergraduate course on Environment and Conflict, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (September 28 and October 3, 2016). Introduction to Tableau. Two-part guest lecture at graduate Environment course on Sustainable Systems, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 26 and 28, 2016). Data Visualization & Exploration. Two-part guest lecture and activity at graduate Statistical Science course on Programming for Statistical Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 13 and 15, 2016). Data Visualization & Exploration. Two-part guest lecture and activity at undergraduate Statistical Science course on Data Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 11, 2016). Data Visualization 2: Designing and Reworking. Guest lecture and activity at undergraduate Math course called Math Everywhere, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 2, 2016). Introduction to Data Visualization. Guest lecture at undergraduate course on Environment and Conflict, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (November 3, 2015). Data Visualization and Scientific Presentations. Guest lecture at Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 19, 2015). Data Visualization Tips and Tools. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course on Effects of Shale Gas Development, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 2, 2015). Information Visualization and Tableau. Guest lecture at graduate course on Historical and Cultural Visualization, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 29, 2015). Practical Data Visualization. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course called Energy Data Analytics Lab, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (September 22 and 24, 2015). Introduction to Tableau. Two-part guest lecture at graduate Environment course on Sustainable Systems, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 21, 2015). Practical Data Visualization. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course on North Carolina in the Global Economy: The Workforce Development Challenge, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 16, 2015). How to Lie with Data Visualizations. Guest lecture at undergraduate Math course called Math Everywhere, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 1, 2015). Basic Data Visualization. Guest lecture at undergraduate Economics course on Social Inequalities/Low-wage Work, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 18, 2015). Practical Data Visualization. Guest lecture and visualization contest at undergraduate Computer Science course called Everything Data, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 24, 2015). Introduction to Tableau Public. Guest lecture at graduate Environment course on Sustainable Systems, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 23, 2015). Tools for Data Visualization. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course on The University as a Laboratory for Smart Grid Data Analytics, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 29, 2014). Data Visualization for Energy and Peacebuilding. Guest lecture at Bass Connections course on Exploring the Intersection of Energy and Peace-building through Film, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 17, 2014). Information Visualization and Relational Data. Guest lecture at graduate course on Historical and Cultural Visualization, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 10, 2014). Practical Data Visualization. Guest lecture and visualization contest at undergraduate Computer Science course called Everything Data, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (January 31, 2014). Comparison in Visualization. Guest lecture at undergraduate course on Data Visualization, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (January 21, 2014). Data Visualization Tips for Cartographers. Guest lecture at graduate course on applications of GIS to conservation and land management, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 28 and November 4, 2013). Data Visualization for Stats 101. Two-part guest lecture at Statistics 101, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 31, 2013). Data Visualization for Drought & Cross Border Crisis. Guest lecture at First-Year FOCUS course on the refugee crisis, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (September 10, 2013). Data Visualization for Awareness and Engagement. Guest lecture at undergraduate course on Environment and Conflict, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 3, 2013). Data Visualization for Art Markets. Guest lecture at Art History course on Art Markets, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 1, 2013). Data Visualization for Wikipedia Articles. Guest lecture at Course on Wikipedia and Its Ancestors, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (January 10, 2013). Data Visualization for Historical Analyses. Guest lecture at Seminar on history of Rome, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (September 23, 2012). Data Visualization for Refugee Camp Security. Guest lecture at First-Year FOCUS course on Refugee Camp Security, Durham, NC.

Short-form Instruction Experience

  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2019 to Spring 2021). Presenting Data Science Results to Stakeholders. Presentation at DataFest Workshop Series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (April 19, 2019). Ethics and Visualization. Presentation at Duke ASIST Responsible Conduct of Research Series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 8, 2019). Communicating data through visualization. Presentation at Duke Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance All-Staff Meeting, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Fall 2016 to Fall 2018). Visualizing Qualitative Data. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (Spring 2017 to Fall 2018). Ethics and Visualization. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (October 10, 2018). Communicating data through visualization. Presentation at Duke Communicators, Durham, NC.
  • Hirsh, Lauren and Zoss, Angela M. (April 11, 2018). UX of data visualization. Presentation at Duke Innovation Co-Lab Roots workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Fall 2017 to Spring 2018). Introduction to Effective Visualization. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (Fall 2013 to Spring 2018). Designing Academic Figures and Posters. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2018). Custom Interactive Diagrams in LucidChart. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Monson, Eric and Zoss, Angela M. (November 18, 2017). Data Visualization. Presentation at Duke University Library Advisory Board Fall 2017 Meeting, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Fall 2016 to Fall 2017). Data Visualization with Excel. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Fall 2012 to Spring 2017). Introduction to Tableau Public. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2016 to Spring 2017). Advanced Tableau (Data Structures). Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (February 7, 2017). Visual narratives: Storytelling with visuals for effective research presentations. Presentation at Duke Global Challenge, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2016 to Fall 2016). Making Data Visual. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (September 20, 2016). Basic principles for effective data visualization. Presentation at Duke Pratt School of Engineering – PhDPlus Series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (April 20, 2015). Practical data visualization. Presentation at Duke Science and Society’s Faculty SciComm Fellows Program, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2014 to Fall 2014). Data Visualization on the Web (Introduction). Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. and Monson, Eric. (Spring 2014 to Fall 2014). Using Gephi for Network Analysis and Visualization. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (August 21, 2014). Creating clean, effective charts and graphs. Workshop at MediaLab: A Research Translation Boot Camp, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 20, 2014). Practical data visualization. Presentation at Duke Science and Society’s Faculty SciComm Fellows Program, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (April 7, 2014). Better PowerPoint Presentations. Panel presentation at Duke Nicholas Institute, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2014). Data Visualization on the Web (Advanced). Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (March 31, 2014). Practical Data Visualization. Presentation at undergraduate residential course, Durham, NC.
  • Zoss, Angela M. (Spring 2013 to Fall 2013). Top Ten Dos and Don’ts For Charts and Graphs. Workshop at Duke University Libraries’ Data and Visualization Services department workshop series, Durham, NC.