Ashley Jester Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

United States

• Provides data and statistical consulting on the full range of the research development lifecycle, from initial project planning and conception to data collection and empirical analysis through to publication.• Advises on statistical analysis plans, including model selection, operationalization of theoretical measures, and post-hoc analyses.• Explains statistical applications and tests, highlighting contrasts and trade-offs, including custom lectures focusing on specific topics or questions.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led the Research and Learning Division of Boston University Libraries, which includes departments and staff providing public services and research support across the BU Libraries branch locations, including the central branch at Mugar Library.• Coordinated with other campus stakeholders to advance Boston University goals and priorities, including collaborations with staff from Information Services & Technology, the Associate Provost for Research, and Boston University Medical Center.• Oversaw the liaison, subject specialist, and reference librarian programs, which provide research and instructional support for BU through materials selection, reference consultations, classroom and workshop instruction, and general outreach and engagement.• Provided strategic guidance and organizational leadership for collection development, overseeing the acquisitions process via the Research & Learning division and engaging in license negotiations and vendor management directly and through my management team.• Guided the management of access services and library experience, including all library service desks in all branch locations and the Library Experience program focused on early-career information literacy and library services targeting core undergraduate and graduate communities.• Directed the management of materials services, including the core library functions of circulation and stacks management, interlibrary loan and resource sharing, and course reserves. Worked with managers to set programmatic expectations and liaised with intramural partners (e.g., BU Hub, BU Virtual, Center for Teaching & Learning).• Provided leadership and expertise for Boston University and the wider campus community on issues related to data management and sharing, especially as related to extramural funding requirements and government mandates.• Actively involved in the professional research data community.

Stanford, Ca

• Head, Li & Ma Science Library• Head, Terman Engineering Library• Provided leadership and expertise on issues related to data services, research transparency, and instruction and outreach as part of the Libraries’ management team.• As the head of two large branch libraries with 15 regular staff, coordinated the work of these branches as a single unit, including implementing operational changes and new communication channels to enable more coordinated service provision across the branches.• Selected materials, including monographs, serials, software, and data, in support of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, managing a budget of ~$550K and providing donor relations for endowed funds.• Provided instructional and research support as the liaison to the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics.• Consulted on advanced research topics, including advising on research methodology, data selection, and statistical models and analysis, to all members of the university community, spanning the social science, science and engineering, health sciences, and humanities disciplines.• Worked with other campus stakeholders to advance support for computational research, collaborating closely with the Stanford Research Computing Center, the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs, and the Office of the Dean of Research.• Actively involved in the professional research data community, including committee service and advocacy for research transparency, data discovery and preservation, and repository interoperability.

Stanford, Ca

• Led Social Science Data and Software (SSDS), directing the research data and software services provided through workshops, training, and consultations, spearheading engagement and outreach activities for SSDS staff, and managing the lab space and software and hardware technologies.• Provided advanced research support to all members of the university community, advising on research methodology, data selection, and statistical models.• Supervised SSDS staff, including a team of three professional librarians and several graduate student software consultants, including planning quarterly staffing schedules and handling day-to-day operations.• As the Political Science Subject Specialist, managed the political science collections budget and served as the liaison for the Political Science Department.• Collaborated with colleagues within the Libraries and across the university to provide comprehensive research lifecycle support.• Actively involved in the professional research data community, including committee service and advocacy for research transparency, data discovery and preservation, and repository interoperability.• Stanford’s Designated Representative to the Inter-university Consortium for Political & Social Research(ICPSR).

Greater New York City Area

• Beginning April 2014, Head of Quantitative and Qualitative Data Services in the Digital Social Science Center; directs programming for quantitative and qualitative data services in the Digital Social Science Center.• Provided primary research support in the Digital Social Science Center, including assisting users with identifying and acquiring primary and secondary data sources, employing statistical software packages to manipulate and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, selecting appropriate research methods (including statistical models), and interpreting analytical results.• Managed the collections budget for the quantitative and qualitative data collection at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, making decisions about new and continuing acquisitions and overseeing ongoing access to this collection through the data catalog.• Actively participated in the university community engaged with the research lifecycle, coordinating research support services and participating in policy discussions and recommendations with colleagues in areas such as data management, open access, and reproducible research.• Supervised the Data Services Librarian

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Political Science

Dissertation: Interests Abroad and Actions at Home: The Politics of U.S. Bilateral Trade Balances

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government