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. 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”. Accepted, Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports.
  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

  1. (Upcoming) Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference, Inivted Talk (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  2. (Upcoming) Cascadia Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Contributed Talk (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  3. (Upcoming) International Conference on Statistics, Data Science, and Computing for the Environment and Climate Change, Contributed Talk (2026) “Forecasting Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Movements on the Florida Gulf Coast”
  4. (Upcoming) The International Statistical Ecology Conference, Poster (2027) “Forecasting Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Movements on the Florida Gulf Coast”
  5. Joint Statistical Meetings, Contributed Talk (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  6. Conference for Texas Statisticians, Contributed Talk (2026) “Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Models for Pitcher Biomechanics”
  7. Symposium on Data Science and Statistics, Contributed Talk (2025) “Bayesian Multivariate Rank Regression Models for the Analysis of Sports Data”
  8. Conference for Texas Statisticians, Poster (2025) “Bayesian Multivariate Rank Regression Models for the Analysis of Sports Data”

Mentoring and Outreach

  1. Rice Sports Analytics Lab, Co-Director, January 2026- Present
  2. American Statistical Association Rice University Chapter, Co-President, August 2025- Present
  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. Future Faculty Fellowship, Rice University
  2. Ken Kennedy Recruitment Fellowship, Rice University
  3. Graduation with Highest Distinction, Duke University
  4. Forever Duke Student Leadership Award, Duke University
  5. Dean’s List 2016 & 2017, Duke University