Christopher Farina Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Owns and leads project deliverables to ensure effective design, management, and execution of projects that are responsive to client interests and objectives and sensitive to their timing needs.
• Fosters successful business relationships with current and potential client partners by offering strategic support, resulting in long-term partnerships and enterprise contracts.
• Promotes professional growth by developing trainings and workshops to improve the quality of analysis and deliverables, and increases efficiency by innovating tools and optimizing processes.
• Conducts independent research to drive innovation and improve client satisfaction.
• Produces (peer-reviewed) publications to support inVibe’s integration into THREAD and to push the capabilities of both companies forward in a scientific and client-responsive manner.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Managed a small research team that produces qualitative and mixed methods projects throughout the project life-cycle from proposal development and feasibility through report delivery and presentation.
• Led the development of comprehensive, time-sensitive reports on doctor-patient dialogues, producing audience-appropriate deliverables with innovative analyses to address client needs.
• Presented actionable insights and recommendations to market researchers, marketers, sales trainers, and medical doctors, which directed research resources and encouraged patient-centric practices.
• Maintained relationships with client partners in order to ensure that expectations are consistent, resulting in project renewals and measurable progress toward long-term goals.
• Developed innovative processes and products that increase the quality and pace of research.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Employed qualitative and mixed research methodologies to illuminate meaningful patterns that emerge in moments of real dialogue between patients and physicians in order to generate actionable insights for clients.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Served as the instructor of record for 30+-student lecture- and activity-based courses in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.

Columbia, SC

• Designed and executed original research projects to identify linguistic and non-linguistic factors that affect the teaching and learning of English as a second language.
• Designed and administered several paper- and computer-based surveys and assessments, which enabled economical and efficient data collection from more than 600 participants.
• Synthesized, distilled, and interpreted large data sets using quantitative statistical packages and using qualitative discourse and textual analyses, resulting in 40+ reports.
• Presented results and conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences, generating 7 conference presentations and 16 workshops and seminars of varying technical complexity.
• Organized a 4-day international conference with ~400 attendees and scores of presentations, which was completed 7% under budget and with 60% less planning time than in prior years.

Columbia, SC

• Served as the instructor of record for 20-to-30-student lecture- and activity-based courses in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, textual analysis, rhetoric, and composition.
• Developed and implemented courses based on institutional objectives, pedagogical theory, and current research, generating or enhancing 8 courses and 3 textbooks.
• Conveyed complex information through lectures, discussions, and interactive technologies, enhancing collaboration, accountability, and deep learning.
• Devised and promulgated adaptable metrics that evaluate both student mastery and teacher efficacy, which fostered accountability and established clear benchmarks.

Columbia, SC

• Tutored incoming international graduate students in English; lessons included American culture, speaking, listening, and vocabulary for general, academic, and specific purposes.
• Designed and implemented curricula for international students based on student interests and needs, which increased English proficiency assessment pass rates by 50%.
• Innovated and standardized evaluation measures for weekly progress assessment and tracking, which promulgated tutee progress and ensured the continued funding.

Columbia, SC

• Instructor of record for adult English as a second language (ESL) courses in the core skills of language (speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, & grammar); tutored ESL learners.
• Devised and implemented courses and lessons based on institutional learning objectives, pedagogical theory, and current research, which resulted in 100+ new interventions.
• Created and collected instructional materials presented as lectures, activities, and online supplements, increasing standardized test scores by 22% and course pass rate by 19%.

Columbia, SC

• Assessed and addressed the business communication issues of diverse clients from the MSB and the local community; prepared and produced reports to fulfill institutional and external reporting requirements.
• Developed standardized materials for clients related to projects, reports, and career materials, resulting in 8 workshops and dozens of guides and templates.
• Generated the metrics for and maintained the database of center evaluation materials, which resulted in the delivery of 4 center-wide trainings and supplemental materials.
• Evaluated presentations in accordance with national and state standards, which generated recommendations that better align personnel training and accreditation standards.

Pittsburgh, PA

• Provided data management and administered professional development programs for three separate offices as contracted for periods ranging from 3 to 12 months.
• Updated and maintained numerous financial databases using MS Excel, IT Works, and paper filing systems in order to increase office efficiency and financial automation.
• Created and maintained the database of credentialing information for all clinical faculty, staff, residents, and students in paper and digital forms, easing access to information.
• Organized and maintained the computer database of program materials, as demonstrated by the efficient preparation and execution of 10 workshops and seminars.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Second Language Learning, 4.000

Master Of Arts (Ma), Linguistics (Historical Linguistics), 4.000

Honors Bachelor Of Arts (Hab), Classical Studies, 3.778