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Washington, Dc

Conduct all research, including field work, in-depth interviews, literature reviews, desk research, and case studies for project on the effect of national youth participatory mechanisms on youth civic and political engagement.Manage quantitative research, including exploratory analysis, principal component analysis, and predictive modeling to develop a forecasting tool for closing democratic space.Design and manage research, including analytical essays and case studies on twelve countries on resilience to foreign economic influence, soft power, and information manipulation.Write proposals and pursue funding opportunities to implement original research based on the institutional research and learning agenda.Provide research support and consulting on social science methodology to program teams for proposals and reports across regional and functional areas.Support monitoring and evaluation efforts by consulting on theories of change, indicator development, data collection, and evaluation research design.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Manage desk and field research on legal and political mechanisms to encourage youth political and civic engagement.Provide research support to regional and program teams, including proposal development, on anti-corruption, youth policy, political parties, closing space, and Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). Provide research consulting and concept papers on social science methodology, including predictive modeling and experiments.

Washington, Dc

Reviewed and analyze academic, policy, and area studies literature on economic interdependence, natural resource flows, foreign direct investment, development aid, labor migration, and remittances, with emphasis on Russia and the South Caucasus.Analyzed survey dataset of 1200 respondents and over 800 variables for MYPLACE project on youth political participation in Europe (http://www.fp7-myplace.eu); Developed statistical models and hypothesis tests, including multilevel model for 15 countries, 30 locations, and 16k respondents; Generated typology of political and social participation using hierarchical cluster analysis.Conducted organizational landscape analysis based on employee survey data for a DC-based health policy non-profit.Wrote funding proposals, business plans, and research briefs for several DC-area technology startups. Select client history and work products available upon request.

Washington, Dc

Design, implement, and analyze field experiments for civic engagement campaigns, including voter registration, GOTV, fundraising, issue advocacy, and membership recruitment and retention.Communicate social science theories, research design and methodological issues, and statistical analysis to partners.Share research findings by speaking at trainings, workshops, and conferences.Develop business prospects by building and maintaining relationships with partners and funding organizations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conduct data management and analysis of survey data for article on political participationProvide research support for conference on mass political mobilization, including Arab Spring and opposition protests in Russia.Compile and survey literature on mass political movements; democratic consolidation; and political values, attitudes, and participation, with emphasis on post-communist Europe and the former Soviet Union.Manage, edit, and index contributions to edited volume on Central and East European Politics.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Develop and adapt curriculum through consultation with students and professor.Design and lead weekly student discussions of course readings and lectures.Advise students to help them prepare written assignment.Assess written assignments to diagnose areas for student improvement in writing and concepts.Courses: Introduction to International Relations Theory (undergraduate and graduate level); Freedom and Equality in Anglo-American Political Theory; Introduction to Comparative Politics; Introduction to Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Investigate and code specific cases of United Nations intervention in international crises for a new dataset with 100+ variables and thousands of observations.Compile, code, and organize thousands of primary and secondary data sources.Advise principal investigators on data collection and conceptual issues.Assist principal investigators in preparing and delivering presentations of data.Recruit, train, and supervise team of up to eight research assistants.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Analyze open-source intelligence on regional political developments for intelligence reports for corporate clients.Provide research support for senior directors.Document over 100 terrorism incidents for database of worldwide attacks; maintain database of over 5000 entries.Compile media reports for newsletter with over 16,000 subscribers.

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

Activities and Societies: Hoffman Dissertation Fellowship (2014), Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) Advanced.

M.A., Security Policy Studies, 3.8

Activities and Societies: High Achievement Fellowship (2005-2006)Concentrations in Transnational Security Issues and Russian and Eurasian.

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa