Gerard "Jay" Byron Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Portland, Maine Area

Responsibilities•Lead and co-lead submission of research proposals involving survey design (e.g., questionnaire development, analysis plan) and qualitative design (e.g., focus groups)•Project manage internally and with clients project design, analytical, and reporting requirementsMethods•Conduct literature reviews•Program data collection tools (e.g., CATI, online Voxco software)•Identify study populations using Census, American Community Survey, etc. for sampling and… Show more Responsibilities•Lead and co-lead submission of research proposals involving survey design (e.g., questionnaire development, analysis plan) and qualitative design (e.g., focus groups)•Project manage internally and with clients project design, analytical, and reporting requirementsMethods•Conduct literature reviews•Program data collection tools (e.g., CATI, online Voxco software)•Identify study populations using Census, American Community Survey, etc. for sampling and stratification•Identify sampling frame from study populations (i.e., sub-population of interest)•Select samples at +/- .05 margin of error and +/- 95% confidence intervals •Generate checks for data consistency in sample files, survey results, and questionnaire design to avoid bias (e.g., non-response bias, extreme responding, social desirability)•Conduct analysis using SPSS (e.g., frequencies, crosstabs, chi-squared, logistic regressions)•Conduct complex survey sampling and data weighting strategies (e.g., stratified sampling, rake weighting, propensity weighting, imputation)Reporting•Identify and describe patterns and variations in data among key demographic groups and geographic locations of strategic interest for clients in policy making decisions. •Describe results such as frequencies, cross tabulations, test of statistical significance, bar charts in compelling and comprehensible language•Present charts, graphs, and geospatial data of, for example CDC and American Community Survey health indicators and demographics, utilizing Tableau Show less

Greater Boston Area

ResponsibilitiesRespond to internal faculty and staff requests for student dataTrain campus stakeholders on usage of student data warehouse (i.e., ZogoTech Administrator)Tableau Site AdministratorAttend State meetings (e.g., Department of Higher Education) to implement state initiatives (e.g., Tableau student data visualization) on campusAdminister, analyze, and report on Integrated Student Survey and Graduate Follow-up SurveySupervise and train student telephone survey… Show more ResponsibilitiesRespond to internal faculty and staff requests for student dataTrain campus stakeholders on usage of student data warehouse (i.e., ZogoTech Administrator)Tableau Site AdministratorAttend State meetings (e.g., Department of Higher Education) to implement state initiatives (e.g., Tableau student data visualization) on campusAdminister, analyze, and report on Integrated Student Survey and Graduate Follow-up SurveySupervise and train student telephone survey staffReview IRB proposals and act as lead contact for external researchersServe on campus Finance CommitteeMethodsData visualization of survey findings and student educational outcomes utilizing Tableau and R (e.g., bar graphs, cross-tabs, correlation matrices, logistic regressions, predictive probabilities, chi-squared)ReportingDevelop and edit content for departmental reports, website, and newslettersReport to federal (e.g., National Student ClearingHouse) and state agencies (e.g., Department of Higher Education)College Board’s 2019 Annual Survey of CollegesAccomplishmentsLead research design for the studies, reports, and grant initiatives of campus stakeholders. For example:Course Evaluations Open Educational Resources Survey (DHE) - Student satisfaction with open-access learning materials.Professional Growth Adjunct Faculty SurveyUniversal Design for Learning: Quasi-Experimental Design - Student satisfaction with inclusive multiple means approach to teaching and learningCompetency-Based Education Survey - Student satisfaction with self-paced teaching and learning PACE Grant - Federal reporting of academic performance of student grant recipientsPersistence Project Survey Quasi-Experimental Design - Evaluation of student performance where instructors intentionally built strong rapport with studentsStudent Exit Interview - Created and implemented in-depth interviews with students recently unenrolled to identify reasons for and prevent attrition Show less

Provide survey design (e.g., question wording, delivery, statistical analysis) expertise to the UNH ADVANCE team. Manage the daily operation of a longitudinal workplace climate survey and workplace bias survey using Qualtrics.Merge and clean data of a longitudinal survey of workplace climate.Conduct statistical analysis of survey data including cross-tabs, charts, t-tests, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling using STATA and SPSS.Co-design new survey… Show more Provide survey design (e.g., question wording, delivery, statistical analysis) expertise to the UNH ADVANCE team. Manage the daily operation of a longitudinal workplace climate survey and workplace bias survey using Qualtrics.Merge and clean data of a longitudinal survey of workplace climate.Conduct statistical analysis of survey data including cross-tabs, charts, t-tests, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling using STATA and SPSS.Co-design new survey instrument of workplace culture. Co-author and publish study exploring workplace gender bias. Show less

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Phd, Sociology

Dissertation: Absent Identities, Actual Identities, Identity Prominence, and Psychological Distress

Master'S Degree, Applied Sociology

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication And Media Studies