Due to COVID-19, the Empirical Reasoning Center is physically closed, but will be running virtually until further notice. See the Visit Us page for more details on both walk-in hours and appointments!

Visit Us

Due to COVID-19, the ERC lab (Milstein 102) will be holding walk-in hours and appointments virtually for the Spring semester. They will be starting from Tuesday, January 19th. See below for more details on both walk-in hours and appointments!

Staff and Skills

View a list of our staff, organized by skill.

Walk-In Hours

The walk-in hours below will take place over zoom. To join, use the Meeting ID 703-886-1924. When you join, you will see a message asking you to wait. Fellows will admit you into the zoom call as soon as they are done with a student.

Please check fellow skillsets above to make sure you attend when a fellow who is familiar with the software you are using is working If you are not able to attend our walk-in hours, please email erc@barnard.edu to set up an appointment.

Appointments

To make an appointment with a fellow in the times listed below, please click on the name of the fellow you'd like to meet with:

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Denise

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Availability: Monday 1:30-3PM

Specialties: Excel, ArcMap, QGIS, Stata, Python

Schedule a meeting with Denise!

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Neeti

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Availability: Monday 4-5:30PM

Specialties: Excel, Stata, Python

Schedule a meeting with Neeti!

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Fina

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Availability: Wednesday 12-1:30PM

Specialties: Excel, Stata, Python

Schedule a meeting with Fina!

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Maddy

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Availability: Thursday 1:30-3PM

Specialties: Excel, ArcMap, QGIS, R

Schedule a meeting with Maddy!

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Rhea

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Specialties: Excel, R, Python

Availability: Wednesday 2:30-4PM

Schedule a meeting with Rhea!

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Lara

Title: Undergrad Fellow

Availability: Sunday 2-3:30PM

Specialties: Excel, Stata, R

Schedule a meeting with Lara!

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Amelia Marcantonio-Fields Title: Postbacc Fellow

Specialties: Excel, ArcMap, QGIS

Schedule a meeting with Amelia!

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Fatima Koli

Title: Associate Director

Specialties: Excel, R, Python, Stata, ArcMap, QGIS, GeoDa, survey methodology

Schedule a meeting with Fatima!

Location and Info

The Empirical Reasoning Center is located in Milstein 102. We also have a student staff office in Milstein 101 and our Associate Director's office is Milstein 101A.

Map of ERC location in Milstein 102. Next door to the DHC and across from Peet's.

More information about visiting the ERC:

If you’re coming for assistance with an assignment, please bring a copy of the assignment as written by your instructor.
If you need help with a dataset, please bring the dataset along with you. You can bring it on a flash drive or email it to yourself.
We have computers in the ERC with all of the software we support, so you don’t need to bring your own laptop - but if you want to, that’s fine too!
Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, Columbia School of General Studies, graduate students, faculty members, staff, and alumnae are all welcome to come by and use our help! At times our walk in lab can become very busy. When there are long wait times, we may prioritize Barnard undergraduate students.
Members of the Barnard/CU/TC community are welcome to use the computers in the lab - you do not need to log in with a uni. However, when the walk in lab is busy, we reserve the right to ask those who just want to use a computer to come back at another time.