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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Provide research skills to a diverse set of clients within the technology, auto, and healthcare industries
• Plan and implemented various research methods including in-depth interviews, in-vehicle observations, diary studies, and desk research
• Identify insights in behavioral and attitudinal data and communicating recommendations to stakeholders in readouts, written reports, and video montages

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Conducted in-depth interviews and synthesized qualitative data to understand the processes of inclusion and exclusion of Muslim immigrants in Midwest
• Educated undergraduate students in psychological, anthropological, and sociological methods and theories as a TA for the introductory course in Comparative Human Development

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Collected perspectives of over 50 volunteer fundraisers through phone interviews about their successes and challenges in meeting a 3-year, $300 million fundraising goal
• Developed strategic recommendations for client leadership utilizing fundraising prospect data and interviews which resulted in the raising of over $100,000 and the successful achievement of end-of-year fundraising.

Greater Chicago Area

• Planned and executed a 3-month ethnographic project on community-building activities of Sudanese immigrants
• Studied human behavior with the following coursework: ethnographic methods, anthropology, and linguistics

Kampala, Uganda

• Researched the feasibility of organization expansion and used data to raise $30,000 for the implementation of two new programs in refugee camps which served over 100 refugees
• Recommended a redesign of adult-education programming based on interviews and on-site observations which led to the establishment of two refugee-owned computer centers and increased refugee access to education

Kampala, Uganda

• Moderated in-person focus groups to understand the factors driving high drop-out rates among refugee youth
• Synthesized qualitative and quantitative data on refugee education in Kampala in a report with actionable recommendations for improving education access

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Collaborated with client stakeholders to develop tools for assessing the impacts of their international programs
• Designed online impact surveys for corporate clients and analyzed data using Microsoft Excel and Clicktools

• Developed measuring and tracking protocols focusing on student attendance, teacher training, and parent-teacher associations for John Deere’s Joint Initiative for Village Advancement (JIVA) in India
• Designed surveys and impact tracking databases for the MBAs Without Borders initiative
• Assisted program staff and corporate clients in the design of logical frameworks

South Sudan

• Led South Sudanese research teams in the planning, management, and implementation of a mixed-methods South Sudan National Audience Survey with a total sample of 3,806 respondents
• Moderated dozens of focus groups and in-depth interviews to assess the effectiveness of education and health interventions in rural areas
• Conducted training workshops on qualitative and quantitative research methods for staff and clients
• Designed and programmed 4 mobile phone surveys using Magpi’s mobile data-collection application

Cairo

• Interviewed refugees to determine resettlement qualifications and build resettlement cases
• Researched policies, regional conflicts, and humanitarian crises relevant to the refugee situation in Cairo
• Prepared written testimonies to be submitted to the UNHCR, IOM, and national immigration agencies

Cairo, Egypt

• Taught Advanced English to refugees for St. Andrew’s Adult Education Program
• Assisted with English and music lessons with grades 1-5 for St. Andrew’s Children Education Program
• Developed and organized lesson plans to provide an active and interesting learning environment for students from a diverse range of ages and backgrounds

Winona Lake, IN

• Gathered, organized, and input journal articles into a database in Microsoft Access
• Analyzed and summarized of archival data focusing on missionary development activities in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus from 1898 to 1936
• Compiled an index of over four hundred entries distributed to seven colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada

Master'S Degree, Social Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science, Near Eastern Language And Culture

Study Abroad, Arabic Language And Literature

Studied Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic for 2 semesters

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Comparative Human Development