At Alumni Weekend back in April, the Hendrix College Alumni Association presented me with the Hendrix College Humanitarian Award. Given to “living alumni who have significantly improved the quality of life in the world through their service and dedication to humanity,” it’s one of the greatest honors I've ever received. Getting an award like this from my undergraduate alma mater, which has already given me so much, filled me with gratitude.

An occasional blog on human rights, data, and other things I can’t stop thinking about I am the co-founder and methodology research & design lead for the Human Rights Measurement Initiati…