Applied Psychological Researcher with over 18 years of experience teaching, as well as collaborating with business and community stakeholders on high stakes research and interventions. Demonstrated stakeholder relationship management and communication skills. Shown ability to be a creative leader that can further employee and leader development skills, enhance business outcomes, professionally represent business to clients/customers, and integrate quantitative and qualitative research methods to obtain optimal insights.
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Ey - Thought Leadership Analyst, Women. Fast Forward, Global MarketsEy Sep 2021 - Oct 2023-Thought Leadership, Women. Fast Forward. Ernst & Young 2021 – 2023Primary Research Lead• Create, collect, analyze and present findings to various stakeholders. • Use mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) to use in finding the answers to the questions we are asking. • Work closely with the Women in Tech area in EY. Looking to educate young women about the benefits and the possibility of harm with technology and social media. • Provide organizational psychology expertise with EY global partners, consultants, marketing teams, and clients • Develop and present data-driven insights to the project team. • Create surveys and webinars that address several topics including employee engagement, professional development, culture, climate, work-family balance, leadership, social support, diversity, inclusion, and team dynamics.• Manage multiple stakeholders across multiple multi-disciplinary project teams.• Present findings in a clear and understandable way to stakeholders. • Recently working on projects that address: o Worked with the EY team and a United Nations team to discussion the impact of online harassment and stalking. What should an early intervention look like?o Creating a national and global benchmark for women entrepreneurso Examining generational differences amongst workers and what is needed to keep, retain, and engage Gen Z employees. o Trust among multilateral nonprofit organizations (collaborating with the United Nations)
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Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor, Western Oregon University Mar 2011 - Oct 2021Professor● Served on the ethics committee and student conduct committee, which often involved acts of violence or perceived violence. ● Prepared course material, taught classes on industrial and organizational psychology, occupational health psychology, social psychology, and mental health. ● Led and collaborated on multiple local, national, and international research studies.● Co-authored over 20 published articles, editor of a scientific journal, and work & psychology encyclopedia editor.● Conducted focus groups, interviews, surveys, daily diary studies, and perform structural equation modeling, hierarchical modeling, general descriptive and inferential statistics, and repeated-measures analyses. ● Collaborated with a variety of disciplines (e.g., nurses, aging population, culturally diverse English as a Second Other Language (ESOL) teachers, attorneys, medical doctors, epidemiologists, students). Conducted research in 20+ different countries, which required collaboration to fully understand cultural differences. ● Conducted contextual inquiries in a highly confidential legal and therapy session; offered a systematic report that gave participant insights and a more robust understanding of the intervention that was applied.
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Journal EditorJournal Editor, Psi Chi Journal For Psychological Research Jul 2016 - Sep 2021Journal Editor, 2016-2021Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, Headquarters – Chattanooga, Tennessee● Review and edit articles for federal regulation ethical compliance, for use of appropriate methodology, and APA guidelines. ● Team leader of five associate editors, one student assistant, and a managing editor.● Create and disseminate quarterly board of director reports which offer the biannual statistics for the journal and any milestones and budget. ● Mentor and support the editorial team and represent the journal at conferences.
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Applied Researcher ConsultantConsultant Work Jan 2014 - Aug 2021Data analyst qualitative consultant, May 2020 – PresentUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.• Analyze large focus group and interview data to develop themes and assist with creating hypotheses related to volunteer, Black, wildland firefighters.• Much of the initial data collection was from a global population; thus, culture was/is an important component in analyzing and reporting data. • Assisted medical doctors and epidemiologists to recognize unique barriers encountered by Black firefighters and helped consider options to increase safety and health awareness. Presented this information to epidemiologists and medical doctors at a national conference. • This project is always evolving; therefore it is critical to prioritize and focus on time-management. Specific tasks are urgent and being focused on deadlines and final reports/products is imperative. Also:Data analyst and qualitative consultant, 2015- 2019 Window of Clarity, Reynolds Defense Firm, Portland, OR• Leader of a multidisciplinary team, planned and executed a research plan that employed mixed methodology to develop, create, and validate an intervention for people involved in the legal system. • Preliminary work required generative testing and iteratives of product. Contextual inquiries, interviews, were used to gain insights as were daily diaries • Conducted semi structed interviews, validated measures, generative and evaluative research, empathy mapping, and addressed any pain points in a timely manner. • Leadership, collaboration, and time management were key with so many stakeholders involved (e.g., judges, lawyers, assistants, therapists, clients.)
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Advisory Board MemberPortland Employer Drug-Free Initiative (Pedi) 2006 - Jan 2020Complete program evaluations of community workshops and conferences for PEDI, which promotes education for employers and the community at-large regarding the benefits of drug-free workplaces. Specifically, execute human subjects review applications; analyze evaluation data using multivariate, exploratory, and confirmatory analysis techniques; present written and oral summary of results to community members. Manage online inquiries from community members about organization and workshops.
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Researcher/ Ph.D. StudentPortland State University 2002 - Oct 2010Portland, Or, Us- Trained and supervised undergraduate research assistants on all aspects of multiple data collections including protocol development, recruitment, participant screening and interviewing, and data cleaning; starting in 2005, also managed other graduate research assistant activities. - Studies include qualitative and quantitative social health studies of college students and adult community members in the U.S. and internationally (e.g., Iran, Jordan, Germany). - Methodologies employed include focus group methods, paper-and-pencil surveys, and random telephone surveys. - Responsible for management of data cleaning and execution of data analysis employing qualitative, multivariate and confirmatory factor analysis techniques. - Coordinate efforts among local and international collaborators. -
Project ManagerPortland State University 2005 - 2007Portland, Or, UsProject Manager for NIH/NIAAA grant. Worked with PI to implement study protocol to achieve study aims, with responsibilities ranging from creation of study measures, participant tracking systems, disbursement of participant compensation, correspondence with participants and supervising undergraduate and graduate research assistants. In addition, participated in cleaning and preparing data to be analyzed. Conducted multivariate and multilevel modeling analyses. Assisted in the preparation of a formal report for NIH/NIAAA. -
InternKaiser Permanente Center For Health Research Jan 2010 - Jun 2010Portland, Oregon, UsCollaborated with a sophisticated team of researchers on various health-related projects. Used Excel and SPSS to code and analyze large-scale statewide data sets. Recruited participants and participated in group planning with OHSU and Johns Hopkins University. Prepared data for presentations; troubleshooting complicated data sets. In addition, prepared and participated in a cost analysis, as well as conducted multilevel longitudinal data analyses. Data included highly sensitive health records and information. Analyzed and examined confidential health records; HIPPA trained and certified at OHSU and Johns Hopkins.
Debi Brannan, Ph.D. Education Details
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Portland State UniversityApplied Social Psychology; Research Methods -
Portland State UniversityApplied Social Psychology -
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Portland State UniversityApplied Psychology
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