Prior to VT, she worked at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio; received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 2006; and subsequently served as a post-doctoral research associate for two years in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom. Dr. House has authored or co-authored 25 journal papers and has been a strong statistical contributor to successful grant proposals including, "NRT-DESE: UrbComp: Data Science for Modeling, Understanding, and Advancing Urban Populations", “Usable Multiple Scale Big Data Analytics Through Interactive Visualization” , "Critical Thinking with Data Visualization", ``Examining the Taxonomic, Genetic, and Functional Diversity of Amphibian Skin Microbiota", and ``Bayesian Analysis and Visual Analytics''.