Tara Shilkret Email & Phone Number

I am currently a consultant at 84.51°, Kroger's retail insights and media data-backed consulting company. In this role, I analyze transaction data for one in two American households, drawing insights to strengthen Kroger and their CPG partners.I am interested in media research and creative expression. I previously worked as an assistant for a longitudinal study at Penn of risk-related and prosocial behaviors portrayed in top films and TV shows. My quantitative media research skills carried over into my own research of child care behaviors in media and child care policies in the US.I am also a passionate actor and work on film and theatre projects here and there. I am currently training at Acting Studio Chicago and am versed in the Meisner Technique. At Penn, I acted as Chair of Front Row Theatre Company, where I helped produce plays centering politically and socially relevant messaging.I volunteer whenever I find time, and have done so with start-ups, activism groups, arts mentoring groups, and LGBTQ+ organizations. Currently, I volunteer as Access Coordinator at the Therapy Access Project.I have experience working with Excel, Java, OCaml, Python, and R.