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Columbus, Ohio Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

Behavioral Scientist on an enterprise-level consulting team leveraging expertise in business, statistics, and behavioral science to provide analytic support to Nationwide Insurance.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Provided teaching, research, and professional services across the following areas:Research: Assisted with the development of research resources including contacting data collection sites, development of research protocols, and calibrating data collection software.Teaching: Developed and taught courses and labs in the areas of Persuasive Communication (3 sections), Industry Research Methods (2 sections), and Academic Research Methods(2 sections).Professional Services: Assisted instructors teaching courses in the areas of Strategic Communication Campaigns, Writing for Media, Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Research Methods, and Media and Terrorism. Services included developing and grading course projects, student data management, and coordinating classroom activities.

Grandview Heights, Oh

Provided research services at all stages of the process including acquiring clients, study design, data collection, analysis, and delivering actionable findings. An overview of my roles and accomplishments:Lead Developer: Initiated creation and led development of the AskOhio poll. AskOhio is a statistically representative statewide OMNIBUS survey that enables pursuing analytical questions pertaining to Ohio residents at a fraction of the cost of conducting a survey. Clients are given breakdowns of their question by standard demographics and can add custom demographic and psychographic items. Additionally, AskOhio posts routine findings on key topics affecting the state as a public service. The poll can be found here: http://www.askohio.com/index.htmlProject Manager: Managed all aspects of the Mathematical Bioscience Institute's (MBI) National Science Foundation grant evaluation. The project involved assessing MBI's educational workshops, conferences, visiting scholar program, and post-doctoral fellow programs. Evaluation findings supported the successful renewal of their grant.Co-managed an evaluation for the Tomorrow Center's Ohio Department of Education grant. The project involved evaluating the impact of new educational technologies and teacher training on classroom engagement and standardized test scores. Evaluation findings supported the successful renewal of their grant.Methodologist: Responsible for study design, data quality, and analytic support for 8 projects spanning multiple industries including: health care, economic development, and education policy. The projects utilized an array of qualitative and quantitative approaches including: interviews, focus groups, case studies, surveys, quasi-experiments, and secondary analysis.Project Acquisition: Lead writer on a funded proposal to conduct a statewide survey for the Ohio Department of Health. Contributing writer and editor on several additional proposals that received funding.

Las Cruces, New Mexico Area

Provided predictive media analysis services to government clients. Services included contributing media analysis to predictive risk databases and periodically providing time-sensitive analysis of high-risk events. Databases were continually updated based on reading hundreds of articles hosted on the internet across a variety of topics within the domain of health devices, food, and other consumables.

Las Cruces, New Mexico Area

Provided teaching and mentoring services in the following areas:Teaching: Taught introductory communication in both traditional(7 sections) and web formats(2 sections).Mentoring: Acted as a consultant for the department's professional communication center. Provided academic advising to undergraduates majoring in communication.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communication, Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization In Survey Research.

Doctoral Workshop, Strategic Communication

Doctoral workshop focusing on strategically framing public policy issues. The workshop emphasized how to design effective communication.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Communication

Model United Nations Team. Awarded Outstanding Delegation (top 5% of teams), and Outstanding Position Papers (top 10% of papers).

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology & Philosophy, Honors

Model United Nations Team. Awarded Distinguished Delegation (top 10% of teams), and Outstanding Position Papers (top 10% of papers).