About Dr. Koehler

Katrina Koehler received her PhD and MA in physics from Western Michigan University and did her undergraduate studies in mathematics and physics at Houghton University. She teaches physics, programming, and data science classes at Houghton University in Houghton, NY during the academic year and conducts research in nuclear safeguards at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM. She has a passion for reaching the unreached people groups and has adopted the Tamajeq as her primary focus. In her free time she enjoys cooking ethnic foods, reading about pedagogy and learning, and serving in the church.

A Data-Driven Approach to the Great Commission

Following in the footsteps of data-driven missionary William Carey and data-driven mobilizer Hudson Taylor, we identify our current development and missions strategies and look at how new tools can be used to prioritize scarce human and monetary resources. The author’s approach to her own work is presented as a case study in using research-based approaches and 21st century technology to missions and development work.