👋 Hi, I’m @aftonsteps (full name Afton Coombs). I’m a data scientist, developer, and dancer with an interest in archival technology, digital humanities, and anti-surveillance movement practices. As a dancer, my background is in tap, flatfoot, and house. As a data scientist and developer, I have worked in analytics, experimentation, data visualization, and web development. I most enjoy using these technical skills for artists and educators. My research interests include adversarial designs, modeling of randomness and emergent patterns in art, and equity in higher education. I’m currently a graduate student at Georgia Tech, where I’m specializing in interactive intelligence. I'm also working on research at GT concerned with student opportunities and outcomes.

💻 You can find my website at https://aftonsteps.com

🌱 Some of my recent projects:

• I just finished a course in video game programming at Georgia Tech.
• I finished a dance residency through SEED where I choreographed a piece using anti-surveillance clothing.
• I'm maintainer of a blog/art project devoted to reviews of strange foods at snack-rooms.com.
• I'm the primary author and maintainer of an R package on CRAN. :) It's called {ggalignment} and it makes D&D alignment-style charts.

📫 How to reach me: Send me an email at aftoncoombs@gmail.com, or send a DM to @aftonsteps on Mastodon, BlueSky, Twitter, IG, etc.