Eric Feltham

Dr. Eric Feltham is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Columbia University's Data Science Institute (DSI), part of the 7th cohort of the DSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program. Previously, he served as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Institute for Network Science and Yale University's Department of Sociology. His work focuses on advancing methodologies for analyzing large-scale social networks, particularly through novel sampling algorithms to study perceived social ties.

Education

• PhD in Sociology (with distinction), Yale University
• MA in Statistics, Yale University
• B.A. Philosophy & Economics (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research explores social networks, causal inference, and political sociology. Under Professors Peter Bearman and Caleb Miles, he develops statistical frameworks to measure network cognition, aiming to establish new standards for large-scale network data collection.

Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa induction
• Distinction in PhD research

Labs/Teams Collaborates within the DSI and sociological research groups at Columbia, leveraging interdisciplinary approaches to social theory and computational methods.