Research

Overarching Research Interests

Sports Analytics

Environmental Protection

Political Security

Bayesian Methodologies

Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Pedagogy

In Progress

  1. Graves, R., Powers, S., Glazer, A., Vannucci, M. (2026+). "Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics". In preparation.
  2. Glazer, A., Graves, R., Powers, S., Vannucci, M. (2026+) "The Price of Velocity: A Causal Analysis of Pitcher Injury Risk". In preparation.
  4. Powers, S., Graves, R., Glazer, A., Buffi, J., Barrueco, D., D'angelo, J., Vannucci, M. (2026+). "A Large-Scale Study of Pitch-Tracking Risk Factors for Professional Baseball Pitcher Injuries". Submitted.

Publications

  1. Graves, R., Kowal, D., Vannucci, M. (2025), “Bayesian Multivariate Rank Regression Models for the Analysis of Sports Data”. Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports. https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2026-0012
  2. Sérgio Boggio, P., Gaudêncio Rêgo, G., AC Everett, J., Graziela Bonato Vieira, Graves, R., Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2023), “Who did it? Moral wrongness for us and them in the UK, US, and Brazil”, Philosophical Philosophy, pages 1-21, https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.
  3. McDonald, K.*, Graves, R.*, Yin, S., Weese, T., and Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2021), “Valence Framing Effects on Moral Judgements: A Meta Analysis”, Cognition, 212, 104703.
  4. Nadelhoffer, T., Graves, R., Skorburg, G., Leary, M., Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2020), “Partisanship, humility, and Epistemic Polarization”, Polarization, Arrogance, and Dogmatism: Philosophical Perspectives (1st ed.), London, UK: Routledge.
  5. Nadelhoffer, T., Yin, S., and Graves, R. (2020), “Folk Intuitions and the Conditional Ability to Do Otherwise”, Philosophical Psychology, 33, 968-996.

* Co-first author

Presentations and Conferences

Invited Talks

  1. (Upcoming) Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”

Contributed Talks

  1. (Upcoming) International Conference on Statistics, Data Science, and Computing for the Environment and Climate Change (2026) “Forecasting Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Movements on the Florida Gulf Coast”
  2. Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  3. Joint Statistical Meetings (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  4. Conference for Texas Statisticians (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  5. Symposium on Data Science and Statistics (2025) “Bayesian Multivariate Rank Regression Models for the Analysis of Sports Data”

Poster Presentations

  1. (Upcoming) The International Statistical Ecology Conference (2027) “Forecasting Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Movements on the Florida Gulf Coast”
  2. (Upcoming) ENVR Workshop (2026) “Forecasting Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Movements on the Florida Gulf Coast”
  3. Conference for Texas Statisticians (2025) “Bayesian Multivariate Rank Regression Models for the Analysis of Sports Data”

Seminars

  1. Sports Analytics Course at California Polytechnic State University (2026) "My Path into Sports and Advice for Breaking into the Sports Industry"
  2. Texas State University Department of Mathematics Seminar (2026) "Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics"

Mentoring and Outreach

  1. Rice Competetive Edge Sports Analytics Lab, Assistant Director, January 2026- Present
  2. American Statistical Association Rice University Chapter, Co-President, August 2025- August 2026
  3. Graduate Student Mentor for Statistics PhD Students, October 2025-Present
  4. American Soccer Insights Conference at Rice University, Organizer, October 2024-Present
  5. GSA Teaching Committee Representative, GSA Representative, August 2025- Present
  6. Coordinator, Research Experience for Undergraduates, Rice University Statistics, May 2023- August 2023

Awards

  1. James R. Thompson Student Award, Rice University (2026)
  2. Future Faculty Fellowship, Rice University (2026)
  3. Ken Kennedy Recruitment Fellowship, Rice University (2022)
  4. Graduation with Highest Distinction, Duke University (2020)
  5. Forever Duke Student Leadership Award, Duke University (2020)
  6. Dean’s List, Duke University (2016, 2017)