James S.

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Historical Researcher and Author @ Université du Québec à Montréal
United States
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About James S.

Educator and analyst who is passionate about the environment and climate change and working towards a rewarding position in an environment that empowers individuals to be better people by nurturing adaptability, continual development, exploration, and empathy.Most of my experience has been with teaching various subjects, sustainability and climate change, mentoring, data analysis, qualitative and quantitative research, writing, and project management and liaising.Along my journey, I would love to connect with movers, shakers, doers, and thinkers. Reach out if you would like to talk about social and environmental sustainability, existential questions, or the tastiest local food options.Key descriptors: curious, empathetic, perceptive, honest, open-mindedThings that excite me: learning new things (teach me something new!); climate change solutions; understanding individuals, societies, and cultures better; compassion and empathy

James S.'s Current Company Details
Université du Québec à Montréal

Université Du Québec À Montréal

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Historical Researcher and Author
United States
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James S. Work Experience Details
  • Université Du Québec À Montréal
    Historical Researcher And Author
    Université Du Québec À Montréal
    United States
  • Rmi
    Associate
    Rmi Jan 2023 - Present
    - Project managing (project timelining, task delegation, engaging stakeholders and expert advisory groups for interviewing and feedback, and leading collaboration with 2 teams) and writing a 10-15 pg report about calcined clay cement and a corresponding webinar hosting ~300 and registering ~700 stakeholders—highest turnout in RMI history- Led business case analysis, report writing, collaboration with 3 teams, task delegation, and slides creation for 50 pg report and 4 presentations informing the Indian government about green public procurement while engaging 30+ policy, industry, and nonprofit stakeholders- Collaborating with 8 other industry teams to create low-carbon industrial hubs in LA and Houston by conducting technoeconomic analyses for decarbonizing 2 cement plants, researching policies and cement decarbonization levers, and drafting decarbonization roadmaps- Co-authoring a 15 pg brief about creating cement and concrete performance standards to enable adoption of low-carbon blends- Leading policy analysis (e.g., DOE funding opportunities, IRA incentives, SB596 policy requirements, ASTM/ACI standards) for decarbonizing 3 cement plants- Facilitating a pilot of low-carbon cement by convening stakeholders across the value chain to spur demand and investments in green cement- Researching CCUS in a cross-functional collaboration across 8 teams to publish a report for senior leadership to determine the organization's stance and analysis of CCUS- Facilitated a conference that convened 40+ economic developer offices and state reps about regional clean tech development. Shaped the agenda and playbook.(Project Management, Report Writing, Stakeholder Engagement)
  • Rmi
    Social And Culture Chair On Climate-Aligned Industries
    Rmi Mar 2023 - Present
    - Create a year-long strategy document for developing team culture for two teams: one 8-person team and one 100-person team- Code an R program that automatically sets up 1-1 chats with a different person from a separate team each week- Managed hiring process for two new employees to the team by reviewing ~250 resumes, conducting 13 interviews, writing the Round 1 & 2 interview guides & take-home assignments, and refining the hiring process with the Talent Acquisition Team- Create and analyze 2 surveys about current/needed skills/training and team values/workstyles to promote team cohesiveness and career development- Manage a database for the team's skills, experiences, and training needs and create a guide on how to use funds to get trained to facilitate collaboration and career development- Onboarded 1 intern, served as Intern Buddy for another team's intern, and served as a Culture Buddy- Planned 3 team retreats- BIPOC Caucus Advisor; EJ, DEI, and LGBTQIA+ Group Member
  • Université Du Québec À Montréal
    Historical Researcher And Author
    Université Du Québec À Montréal Sep 2019 - Present
    Montreal, Canada Area
    - Authoring 2 book chapters and presented at the Southeast American Studies Association 2023 Conference about Vietnamese-American communities in southern Louisiana after environmental disasters (Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Ida)- Presented at the Library of Congress Symposium "Rewriting America: Reconsidering the Federal Writers' Project 80 Years Later" about Gerald Chan Sieg, an Asian American writer for the FWP- Co-authored a book chapter about two influential but little-known Asian-American writers cum activists for a forthcoming book “The Uncovered: New Directions in Japanese American History” by Professor Greg Robinson to be published in Spring 2023.- Co-authored a book chapter for a peer-reviewed anthology titled “Rewriting America: New Essays on the Federal Writers’ Project,” edited by Professor Sara Rutkowski, published in November 2022. This anthology is the first-ever volume of essays (scholarly or otherwise) dedicated to the Federal Writers’ Project.- Conducted archival research about Japanese-American court cases for a published article
  • Dr. Kao'S Ed Atlas
    College Applications Mentor
    Dr. Kao'S Ed Atlas Sep 2019 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    - Mentoring ~25 students per year on the college application process and developmentally edited ~1000 essays- Wrote two 25-page guidelines on writing activity sections—one each for the Common Application and University of California application
  • Self-Employed
    Tutor
    Self-Employed Oct 2012 - Present
    - Tutored 1000+ hours in various subjects including climate science, data analysis, English, public speaking, statistics, mathematics (ranging from 2nd grade math to Calculus II), college applications, writing, biology, chemistry, physics, U.S. history, economics, and international security.As a volunteer:- Taught English as a Second Language to 2 immigrant families weekly (50+ hours total) after preparing individualized lesson plans and homework for each individual for 1 year- Tutored one 4th grade student in literacy weekly with the Orton-Gillingham methodology for 6 months
  • The Fulbright Program
    Fulbright Teaching Scholar
    The Fulbright Program May 2021 - Dec 2022
    South Korea
    - Awarded the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Fellowship in May 2021 to teach in South Korea for one year (2022)- Taught English to 650 Korean middle school students across 24 unique classes with self-designed lesson plans, worksheets, and activities in English and/or Korean- Taught Mandarin Chinese during a weekly 2-hour school club after creating materials in Korean, Chinese, and English- Taught a week-long English camp for ~15 students, a school-wide English Day for ~650 students, and a one-day English camp for ~30 students- Learned Korean from Level 0 to Level 4 (of 6), mostly through self-studying- Advised 1 student on the application process
  • Seneca Ridge Middle School
    Long Term Substitute Teacher
    Seneca Ridge Middle School Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
    Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
    - Taught 1 daily 7th grade emergent bilingual pre-algebra class, 2 classes of Introduction to Computer Science, and 2 classes of Computer Science Foundations for one teacher's full course-load full-time after creating lesson plans, worksheets, warm-ups, slides, and activities.- Substituted for other classes during free periods, such as 6th grade English and Keyboarding.
  • Tin Vietnamese Cuisine
    Restaurant Server
    Tin Vietnamese Cuisine Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
    San Francisco, California, United States
    - Hosted ~100 guests, bussed ~10 tables, packed ~50 Doordash orders, and served ~5 tables of guests per week
  • Yale Office Of Sustainability
    Environmental Research Analyst
    Yale Office Of Sustainability Sep 2017 - May 2021
    New Haven, Ct
    - Collected and analyzed data on all ~7000 Yale faculty and all 20 Yale academic departments’ sustainability initiatives to determine and strengthen the interdisciplinary intersection between education and sustainability across departments- Drafted sustainability action plans for each of the 14 Yale University residential colleges and IT department and helped create the student sustainability liaison system between the residential colleges and the Office of Sustainability- Led 14 groups of 4-8 students while serving as a liaison between student groups, student aides, and administrative staff to promote sustainability initiatives—such as community gardens and Pay as You Throw incentives—in residential colleges- Mapped Yale’s climate change resiliency using 12+ datasets in ArcGIS & presented preliminary results at a college-wide conference
  • Womankind Kenya
    Climate Change Research Analyst
    Womankind Kenya Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
    - Co-authored a 67-page report detailing recommendations on supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation in northeastern Kenya, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities- Collaborated with an 8-person team to review existing local and organizational programs and policies, research the effects of climate change in the region, and conduct 10 interviews (e.g. with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ezekiel Okemwa and local residents)
  • Yale University
    Residential College Facilities Coordinator
    Yale University Sep 2018 - May 2020
    New Haven, Ct
    - Served as Human Resources and customer service for Silliman College’s student kitchen and theater by managing 8 schedules and ~100 events, coordinating worker and student communications, and creating work shifts for all 8 workers- Monitored food and supplies with Excel and ordered new ingredients and tools as needed to ensure daily activities ran smoothly
  • Yale University
    Data Analyst
    Yale University Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
    New Haven, Ct
    - After cleaning and analyzing datasets in R about Uber drivers’ wages and product reviews, I wrote a script in R that automates the generation of statistics about Uber drivers’ wages- Created a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic analysis in R from a 3.05 GB dataset of product reviews of various shoes
  • Yale University
    Student Liaison
    Yale University Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
    New Haven, Ct
    - Recorded and uploaded detailed notes of lectures, discussion sections, and office hours for two classes--"Social Neuroscience" and "Approaches to International Security"--during the Spring 2019 and Fall 2019 semesters, respectively, onto an online network for students to access
  • 耶鲁大学
    Program Director At Splash At Yale
    耶鲁大学 Sep 2017 - Jun 2019
    New Haven, Ct
    - Organized and advertised 8 educational programs hosting ~750 local middle/high school students to take courses taught by Yale students- Designed and taught two courses at each program—a three-week course on China’s history since 1949 and a one-day introductory course on Mandarin Chinese- Served as a liaison between parents, students, volunteers, and other club members
  • Yale Program On Climate Change Communication
    Environmental Data Analyst
    Yale Program On Climate Change Communication Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
    New Haven, Ct
    - Authored and published an article about climate change’s impact on international security- Wrangled and cleaned age-by-gender covariate data in R for 146 countries for each year from 1950-2018 and cleaned 13 national-level datasets of survey responses, ensuring response values matched each survey’s respective codebooks in R
  • Data-Driven Envirolab
    Environmental Data Analyst
    Data-Driven Envirolab May 2019 - Sep 2019
    Singapore
    - Co-authored a paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00682-0.epdf) on an R package and dataset I helped develop that automates and facilitates cleaning of datasets about climate actions subnational actors have committed to.- Collected, updated, cleaned, and analyzed datasets in R about global subnational actors’ climate mitigation actions to determine effects subnational actors have had and could have on mitigating global climate change for a forthcoming report
  • World Wildlife Fund
    Research Analyst Intern
    World Wildlife Fund Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
    Sydney, Australia
    - Created, cleaned, organized, and updated Excel datasets about ~100 users’ hypothesized and actual usage of Impactio—an innovation framework—and used R to analyze and visualize insights in a final report about the pilot’s successes and takeaways- Researched and presented collaboration opportunities for WWF-AU and Chinese stakeholders to promote innovative environmental solutions
  • Wayne State University
    Research Assistant
    Wayne State University Sep 2014 - May 2016
    Wayne State University
    Project Title: Analysis and Characterization of Nanofiber Coating Layers of Implant Biomaterials- Co-authored two research papers titled "Topological Characterization of Nanofiber Coating Layer on Implant Surfaces" and “Analyses and Characterization of Nanofiber Coating Layers of Implant Biomaterials-- Conducted extensive research and analysis in MatLab while learning specialized computer software on-the-job with a professor from Wayne State University’s (WSU) Engineering Department- Represented WSU to present at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society’s International Conference 2016

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