1  Foreword

You are in for a treat. Whether you are thinking of teaching a course in beginning social network analysis,brushing up on some main ideas or taking a whole class, this text provides a fun, gentle, conversational introduction to social network analysis. As an applied mathematician, I appreciate this quantitative and visual approach to untangling some of the intricacies of human relationships. As a founder of the Data Science and AI Academy and the ADAPT teaching and learning model that you will learn about in this book, I am delighted by the practical student-centered and data-forward approach. In addition to the clear explanations of how to use the R programming language and various data repositories and tools, you will explore principles that can be applied to other programming environments, data sets and research questions. I hope that you have fun exploring these concepts and that the project-based ADAPT approach helps you reach your learning goals.

Happy networking!

Dr. Rachel Levy