Software
I build tools and packages related to my research on election administration, rural public policy, and political methodology. Most projects use R and are available on GitHub.
R/Stata Packages
rurality (R)
Rurality classification and scoring for U.S. counties and ZIP codes. Provides USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC 2023), Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes (RUCA 2020), and a composite rurality score for all 3,235 U.S. counties. Built to make rurality data easy to use in research without manually downloading and merging USDA spreadsheets. Now available on CRAN.
Install:
install.packages("rurality")
rurality (Stata)
Stata implementation of the rurality package. Merges USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC 2023) and a composite rurality score onto any dataset by county FIPS code. Includes optional variables for population density, metro distance, median income, and age composition.
Install:
net install rurality, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cwimpy/rurality-stata/main/")
rurality_installslxr (R)
Spatial-X (SLX) regression models for applied researchers. Provides a formula-based interface with first-class support for variable-specific weights matrices, higher-order spatial lags, temporally-lagged spatial variables, and tidy direct/indirect/total effects decomposition with no matrix inversion or simulation required. Built to center SLX rather than treat it as a consolation prize for SAR, and to make the variable-specific-W approach from Wimpy, Whitten, and Williams (2021) easy to actually use. modelsummary-compatible via tidy() and glance() methods. Now available on CRAN.
Install:
install.packages("slxr")
Applications
Rurality App
A web application for computing and exploring rurality scores across U.S. communities. Companion to the rurality R and Stata packages.
Stack: React
Typesetting & Bibliography
ab-annotate
Cross-format package for producing annotated bibliographies that display both abstracts and user-written annotations beneath each citation entry. Provides three independent implementations that share the same .bib file format: a LaTeX biblatex package (available on CTAN as biblatex-abs-annote, shipping with TeX Live and MiKTeX), a Typst module (published on Typst Universe as ab-annotate), and a Quarto extension (Lua filter targeting PDF, HTML, Typst, and Word). Reads standard abstract and annotation/annote BibTeX fields. No custom entry types are required to get started.
Install (LaTeX via CTAN):
tlmgr install biblatex-abs-annoteImport (Typst Universe):
#import "@preview/ab-annotate:0.1.0": annotated-bibInstall (Quarto extension):
quarto add cwimpy/ab-annotateA working Quarto example lives in examples/quarto/.
Templates
typst-templates
A collection of Quarto + Typst templates for common academic documents. Right now I have working papers, CVs, posters, policy briefs, reports, peer reviews, cover letters, and administrative documents. Each downloads as a Quarto extension you can install with one command.
astate-pres
Arkansas State University presentation templates for Beamer (LaTeX) and revealjs (Quarto), available with six installable Quarto extensions: a generic A-State pair plus unit-specific variants for GLP (Government, Law & Policy) and IRI (Institute for Rural Initiatives). All share Inter + Fraunces typography, A-State brand colors, ORCID/affiliation metadata handling, and a Makefile build workflow; variants differ only in logo and contact-slide content.
Install (generic A-State):
quarto use template cwimpy/astate-pres/astate-beamer
quarto use template cwimpy/astate-pres/astate-revealjsHave questions about any of these projects? Get in touch.