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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

* Create python packages to support the ingestion of data into AWS, Tableau reporting, and rapid analysis, reducing time-to-insights by 75%* Conduct enterprise-level analyses and communicate results to C-Suite via white papers and presentations* Designed and support an employee listening architecture that has increased data quality and frequency (by 15x)* Mentor data scientists and analysts in survey design and the advanced statistical analysis of survey data, including imputation, propensity-score weighting, random forest, regression, and NLP* Evaluated survey platforms for the enterprise-wide distribution of questionnaires and advised on adoption

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

• Advised on proper survey design, sampling techniques, and the construction of survey questions• Implemented the analysis of open-ended feedback using NLP (python, spaCy)• Initiated a successful upskilling effort that allowed our team to adopt cutting-edge tools for machine learning, coding, and collaboration• Promoted the modernization of our data infrastructure and advised on its implementation• Received a departmental award for initiating and organizing monthly hackathons to automate key processes and develop coding skills across the team• Advised on and contributed to the creation of ETL pipelines, including the transformation and ingestion of millions of rows of data• Created and ran a working group to promote the development of strategic, advanced analytics projects• Initiated and contributed to the development of automation scripts that saved hundreds of hours of manual work and permitted us to expand our offer• Developed and repeatedly delivered a highly successful one-day workshop to teach nonscientists how create innovative solutions for business problems using data and the scientific method• Used advanced natural language processing techniques to clean, process, and classify unstructured text data

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

• Built and deployed machine learning models to improve the client experience• Used natural language processing to clean and classify unstructured text data• Created effective python-based tools to enable junior analysts to self-provision text analysis• Advised analysts and business practitioners on best practices for experimentation, data-labelling, and research design

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Used python, natural language processing (spaCy, nltk) and bokeh to create a web-based visualization of term frequency across time for an online repository of legal discovery documents• Advised other fellows on the use of python to scrape data from websites• Created machine learning models using python, scipy, and scikit-learn

• Created the New York City Directory Project, a dataset of early residents in New York City, scraped from mid-nineteenth century address directories. (Python, SQL)• Developed a flexible bibliographical database that links each data point to its original, digitized source material and dynamically generates properly formatted citations for the web• Developed "Greater Philadelphia in the Great War" which integrates data from multiple sources into a large, demographically rich dataset about persons from the Philadelphia area who served in the First World War. (SQL, PHP) http://gpgw.historiscope.org• Wrote algorithms that use name, address, and date information to dynamically match and link individuals who appeared across different historical data sources• Created forms that allowed layperson volunteers to enter data in a structure and style appropriate for future statistical analysis

Villanova, Pa, Us

• Used SQL to process data on World War I soldiers from sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives• Entered metadata for digitized historical documents in Villanova's Digital Library Collection• Contributed content to "Home Before the Leaves Fall", an online exhibition of digitized material relating to the American experience of World War I

Bryn Mawr, Pa, Us

• Taught multiple courses including the Sociology of Health and Medicine and the Sociology of Science• Instructed students in social science methodology and study design for term papers and theses

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

• Worked with the Contested Illnesses Research Group to produce an edited volume about the interplay of science, politics, and policy in public health• Taught courses on the Sociology of Health and Illness (graduate) and Environmental Sociology (undergraduate)

Storrs, Ct, Us

• Instructed students in clear and effective communication of social science• Taught multiple sociology courses, including Introduction to Sociology and Sociological Theory

Middletown, Ct, Us

• Designed and supervised the implementation of a housing survey in Middletown, Connecticut and analyzed and reported the results• Instructed students in statistics and research methodology• Supervised senior research projects in Sociology of Health and Medicine and the Sociology of Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Sociology