Lorraine Cuddeback-Gedeon, Phd Email & Phone Number

Reisterstown, Md, Us

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Oversee survey strategy and best practices research for the Learning and Impact Team, under the Mission and Mobilization umbrella. Work on cross-functional teams to improve constituent engagement.

We are a collection of researchers formally trained at the university level with backgrounds in fields including psychology, sociology, anthropology and communication. When you work with the UXR Lab, you don't just get one researcher; you get a team of professionals committed to ethical and rigorous research. We operate as a research and training lab offering services to small businesses, startups and non-profits while providing a space for academics to translate skills acquired in academia into industry use.

Provide research design feedback with five clients at various stages of research develop, ecntering on research-practice partnerships and program evaluation.● Complete systemic review to defining project scope, research goals, and deliverables for $60K grant assessing connections between climate change and mental health for adolescents.● Develop surveys, qualitative questionnaires, and focus groups scripts for iterative program evaluation project which led to expansion and improvement of programs for cultural connectedness among indigenous youth.● Create and edit reports and presentations that communicate and synthesize research findings for diverse stakeholder audiences.● Advise on stakeholder participation and involvement in public-private community partnerships.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Design, implement, and evaluate programming for socio-emotional learning, leadership development, and spiritual formation among both faculty and staff and students.● Initiate, design, and develop new, iterative mission program evaluation process in order to identify unmet faculty and student needs and improve engagement with service and leadership formation experiences.● Increased size of student mission leadership group from 14 to 36 students, and increased student diversity in leadership programs from 28% to 35% in one year using actionable insights from new program evaluation.● Consult community partners for generating institutional service initiatives, and develop new partnerships and opportunities for community collaboration.● Collaborate with Director of Equity and Inclusion on a cross-functional leadership teams to provide professional development trainings and workshops that improve cultural competency among faculty and staff.● Employ best practices for learning among both adults and adolescents, and maintain organized records and documentation of lesson plans, trainings, and workshops.● Facilitate long-term strategizing for mission integration with the Board of Trustees.

Emmitsburg, Md

Design and manage independent research projects. Implement and evaluate instruction for young adults.● Won competitive faculty grant for qualitative research on universal design and accessibility.● Designed and delivered 2 synchronous and asynchronous online courses to 75 students using Canvas.● Managed and gave oversight to junior researchers in qualitative methods, and provided feedback on public presentations of research results.● Revised and implemented honors courses introducing experiential learning with research tools such as participant observation and open-ended interviewing to increase interdisciplinary engagement.● Revised and implemented interdisciplinary core courses in ethics by collaborating across departments to decide on shared learning goals and assessment structures.

Design new course in community-engaged learning by partnering with community-based nonprofit.● Designed and developed new project partnership between the university and community partner.● Assessed stakeholder goals and designed original product (consumer narratives for grant writing and marketing) that meet needs of multiple stakeholder groups.

Notre Dame, In

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration within the Graduate School for University Writing Center Programming, and provide workshops and trainings for graduate student professional development.● Consulted, advised and supported the department of Academic Affairs to identify unmet graduate student needs and improve professional development.● Developed and implemented 3-4 new workshops per year to disseminate best practices in graduate student professional development.● Assisted the Director with marketing, program development, and evaluation metrics.● Coordinate with departments in academic affairs to promote graduate professional development.● Provide personalized coaching to undergraduate and graduate students for improvement of their writing across genres and disciplines.

Notre Dame, In

Revised curriculum for increased engagement with the continuum of active citizenship. Mentored undergraduate student leader and co-facilitated week-long immersion experience for 10 students, while coordinating with community-based organizations in Portland, OR.

Notre Dame, In

Organized 4 campus-wide programs for undergraduates on sexual violence awareness: Take Back the Night; “Time To Heal” creative writing workshop; mass of healing, and Sexual Violence Awareness Week. Collaborated across academic and student affairs departments to improve visibility of campus resources for people experiencing sexual violence.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Supported editorial staff for all Kellogg Institute publications. Copy-edited, catalogued, and organized Working Papers publication line.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Developed a new community-based learning course, which included immersion for 12 undergraduate students with local Latinx migrant families to facilitate learning about immigration and Catholic social teaching. Evaluated impact of learning experience through interviews, leading to student-run advocacy event for community partners.

Washington, D.C.

Produced and wrote new educational materials on Catholic social teaching, refugees, and economics for use in parishes, highschools, or college classrooms, distributed in monthly electronic newsletter to listserve. Conceptualized future handbook resource for campus ministers to incorporate CST into service-learning and immersion trips.

San Francisco, Ca

● Provide education in community organizing and asset-based community development for member schools and organizations to identify local resources and opportunities for local organizing around social justice issues. ● Assisted with programming, planning, and execution of two national events: Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (average attendance 1000-1200), Ignatian Family Spring Teach-In (average attendance 150-200). ●Managed volunteer planning committees for programming and long-term strategic planning for organizational mission and vision.●Developed guide to facilitate student training for advocacy meetings with congressional representatives in D.C.●Recruited and coordinated local volunteers to facilitate logistical needs at Teach-Ins.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ethics

M.Div, Theology (Pastoral Ministry)

B.A., Theology, Writing, Theater

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Nu, Who's Who, Theta Alpha Kappa, Pi Epsilon Pi, Alpha Psi Omega