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Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Remote

• Lead team of 8 UX researchers using Agile methods to develop organizational ResearchOps, including a repository of 21 research plans across 4 roadmaps.
• Developed templates, guides, and requirements for managing research workflow within a cross-functional team's prioritized backlog.
• Scheduled and conducted multiple user interviews using standardized script and guidelines.
• Lead recruitment efforts for an educational initiative to empower citizens with the skills to access data that will improve their communities.
• Co-lead of UI/UX Community of Practice, onboarding 169 volunteers to the organization and planning weekly professional development events, including hosting 7 guest speakers.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Developed and executed research plan for conducting usability studies on client insights tool designed to improve organizational leaders' efforts to promote DEI goals.
• Programmed statistical calculations used in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, providing multiple businesses quantitative insights on their efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
• Strategize and ideate product improvements for improving data tools promoting DEI within various organizations’ hiring, promotion, and termination practices.
• Facilitate discussion of research methods and findings to non-technical stakeholders in clear and precise terminology.

Seward, Nebraska, United States

• Conducted numerous end-to-end research projects, including user testing and program evaluation for student products and initiatives.
• Designed and delivered 12 separate courses (online and face-to-face) with 73% of all student respondents rating instruction as “effective” or “very effective” compared to other instructors on campus.
• Directed efforts to revise 24 academic policies as Faculty Council Chair, including changing university governance ensuring faculty representation on matters of workplace conditions.
• Grew university-wide involvement of student research by 94% as director of the university’s Academic and Research Symposium.
• Collaborated with colleagues within cross-functional teams, including leadership roles on policy, academic data, and assessment.

Irving, Texas, United States

• Consulted 5-10 clients at a time on research projects supporting nonprofit, academic, medical, and business goals.
• Closed an average of 1-2 contracts each week for services spanning all stages of the research life cycle.
• Collaborated with internal and external cross-functional teams on local, regional, and global research projects.
• Created and validated training processes for team members on data preparation, analysis, and communication of research findings.

Carrollton, Texas, United States

• Collaborated with senior statisticians in analysis, manuscript preparation, table creation, and writing.
• Advised statisticians on client projects involving data cleaning, assumption testing, and syntax preparation.
• Blogger for PhDStudent.com
• Developed research questions from global dataset examining adolescent attitudes and behaviors.

Denton, Texas, United States

• Supported faculty on power analysis, research design, and statistical analyses for grant or manuscript preparation.
• Verified technical aspects of statistical approaches for pilot studies and publication of results.
• Advised senior statistical consultants in power and sampling plans, analysis, and statistical writing.

• Designed and taught undergraduate psychology courses in general psychology, social psychology, and physiological psychology.
• Directed research projects, including supervising student research.
• Co-lead student honor's society, Psi Chi.
• Served within cross-university teams, including the Institutional Review Board.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Designed and conducted experiments for the purpose of explaining human behavior, cognition, and attitudes.
• Collaborated with faculty and students on various research projects including political attitudes, attitudes toward stigmatized groups, psychological measurement, and memory.
• Mentored and coordinated roles of undergraduate research assistants working toward improving their own educational and research goals.
• Co-published several academic papers in peer-reviewed, scientific journals.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Experimental Psychology; Social Psychology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Experimental Psychology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology