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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

-Applied predictive models to create targeted audiences for activation at scale, allowing commercial clients to advertise directly to high-propensity consumers -Conducted public opinion polling projects for commercial and political clients, managing survey questionnaire design, sampling, survey weighting, and predictive modeling to provide insights into target audiences -Built propensity models to predict likelihood respondents will answer and complete surveys, resulting in a 4% reduction in calls needed to reach desired survey completions

Chapel Hill, Nc

-Reviewed and lectured weekly presentations on complex political science research to an undergraduate audience of 30-40 students, with over 90% of students agreeing or strongly agreeing this course was very effective and informative-Facilitated group projects and discussions that allowed students to apply political science concepts to real world events

Chapel Hill, Nc

-Instructed on R programming and assisted student groups with drafting survey questionnaires and analyzing original survey data used to present research reports on American public opinion

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

-Assisted over 80 university researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students with statistical analysis and programming concerns related to their course assignments or independent research projects-Updated institute staff with reports on consulting services offered throughout the semester

Chapel Hill, Nc

-Collaborated with Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to build a comprehensive dataset of state-level tobacco policies and major donations from tobacco companies to state legislators -Provided regression analysis on relationships between donations and tobacco policy passage that was presented by Cancer Center faculty at a national research conference

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Compiled original dataset of 535 Congress members’ professional backgrounds, voting history on key legislation, and district demographic data -Drafted dataset codebook and prepared data analysis instructions used by staffers to target which specific Congress members were likely to vote against committee’s legislation and persuade their upcoming votes

College Park, Md

-Wrote substantive biweekly columns for University of Maryland's independent newspaper.-Provided commentary typically on political issues related to the campus and College Park.

Arlington, Va

-Geocoded start and end locations of Detroit’s Department of Public Works’ vehicle transportation routes and mapped these routes using ArcGIS-Used Network Analyst to optimize routes by distance and consulted the Department, which included these new routes in official recommendation reports sent to the city

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Political Science

American Politics and Quantitative Methods

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science

Bs, Information Systems; Government And Politics

Activities and Societies: University Honors; Primannum Honor Society (Vice President of Communications); Maryland Student Legislature.

Education record