Bernard David Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

• Developed and employed statistical models (Cox proportional hazards, multinomial logistic regression, hierarchical linear modeling, and social network analysis) to analyze 17 years of educational data from Texas, each with ~5M student and 350K teacher records, to evaluate the effects of market-based education reforms upon students and teachers.• Leveraged principles from condensed matter physics to identify STEM course-offerings and course-taking patterns through network analysis and community detection.• Implemented a pipeline including dimensionality reduction (tSNE) and clustering (k-means) to categorize public schools in Texas and evaluate the demographic and programmatic characteristics of these schools.• Conducted survival analysis and built hierarchical models to evaluate teacher preparation program outcomes as a member of a research project initiated by the Dean of the College of Education.• Generated visualizations (alluvial diagrams and bubble plots) in Python, R, and Tableau to communicate results and highlight salient trends from analytic models.• Evaluated the implementation of a new project-based curriculum in an introductory civil-engineering course and prepared peer-reviewed journal articles describing students’ epistemological engagement in the course.• Collaborated with researchers and policy-makers to author policy reports and peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, including a report written for the Education Commission of the States.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Appointed instructor of record for PS303, inquiry-based, introductory-level physics course for non-science majors.• Authored laboratory manual for PS303 with units of study designed to provide students with hands-on opportunities to explore topics in kinematics, dynamics, energy, and fluids in a structured, inquiry-based manner.• Designed lessons and collected survey data to evaluate efficacy of curriculum in promoting student learning. • Supervised pre-service teachers enrolled in the UTeach program, providing feedback on lesson plans and on pre-service teachers’ engagement with students and lesson implementation during field experience.• Led discussion sessions for students enrolled in algebra- and calculus-based introductory E&M courses.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Created SimplifyIT, an app that reduces the complexity of informational text to increase accessibility (link: https://github.com/bernarddavid/SimplifyIT).• Employed a classification algorithm (Naive Bayes) to evaluate text complexity, vectorization (Doc2Vec) to quantify text similarity and a text generation algorithm (GPT2) to simplify sentences and passages.

• Prepared data and conducted exploratory analysis for the Pathways of Promise (PoP) project to identify common pathways into and out of the teaching profession to share with policy makers in central Texas.• Designed visualizations for the RaiseUp project to highlight student achievement in partner school districts.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Coordinated Annual Science Fair for 8th grade students by facilitating experimentation, creating and managing the Science Fair Budget, and communicating with partner organizations to recruit volunteers.• Facilitated inquiry-based projects aimed at engaging students in the Scientific Method and developing scientific reasoning.• Coached four students to the Washington, D.C. district-wide science fair, one of whom was subsequently invited to participate in the Aerospace Corporation science fair.• Served on committee supporting the Director of School Culture to implement policies and practices to increase positive student behavior and student accountability within the SEED Community.• Communicated regularly with parents regarding student’s effort, performance, and progress in class.• Designed and implemented units on Kinematics, Newton’s Laws, Energy, Electricity, Atomic Structure, the Periodic Table and Chemical Reactions for 9th Grade Conceptual Physics and 8th Grade Physical Science courses.

Dorchester, Massachusetts, Us

Full Practicum Experience (January - May 2012)• Taught one Engineering course with 22 students and one Tutorial section with 15 studentsCollaborated with other Engineering teachers to create lesson plans, assignments, and assessments used in courses.• Participated in weekly staff Professional Development meetings and STEAM; Team meetings to discuss various school-wide and departmental issues.• Communicated with parents regarding their student's individualized education plans (IEPs) and performance in class.• Facilitated inquiry-based projects aimed at engaging students in Engineering content and developing scientific inquiry skills through both group and individual work.• Attended student performances in various artistic disciplines.Pre-Practicum Experience (September - December 2011)• Observed teachers in a wide-range of departments, including science, humanities, math, music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.• Created and taught lessons on Photovoltaic Cells, the "Thick & Thin" Problem, Exercise and Nutrition, a discussion of In Defense of Food.

• Taught two, 5-week Pre-Algebra Classes for students entering grades 6-8.• Integrated SMART Board technology into lessons and activities to foster student understanding of and appreciation for math.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Stem Education

Master Of Arts - Ma, Physics

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Teaching In Physics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics