Experience

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Research Analyst

  • 2020 - Sep 2022

  • Designed and programmed survey analyzing the data and program needs of organizations serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.• Assessed completeness and quality of data from domestic violence, rape crisis, and child advocacy organizations.• Troubleshot and analyzed data for domestic violence, rape crisis, and child advocacy organizations



North Central College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Assistant Professor

  • 2017 - 2019

  •Led 30+ teams of student-researchers in the literature review, design, implementation, and analysis of omnibus surveys – topics including policy opinions, campus issues, and health and wellness – which resulted in high level academic reports and presentations. •Led student-researchers in qualitative research and interviews analyzing community groups and online communities. •Invited to be lead author of a chapter in The Handbook of Leaving Religion. •Mentored colleagues and student-researchers in statistics and quantitative and qualitative research. •Invited to serve as peer reviewer for the academic journal Secularism and Nonreligion over the course of three years. •As a result of my expertise in multiple social science literatures, asked to design and teach six different upper- and lower-level Sociology courses. •Innovated a course curriculum and materials using board games to teach Sociological and Psychological concepts. Show less



Northeastern Illinois University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • 2016 - 2017

  •Instructed and mentored students in social statistics. •Instructed and mentored students in social statistics.



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant/Graduate Student Instructor

  • 2007 - 2017

  •Designed, developed, and executed three independent research projects resulting in conference presentations and/or publications. •Delivered thirteen research presentations at the Ford Foundation and regional and national academic conferences. •Assisted with literature review, data collection, and analysis for UIC's Chicago Area Study and two other studies examining immigrants' experiences and Affirmative Action policy opinions. •Mentored others in statistics and quantitative and qualitative research, utilizing extensive training in those areas. •Instructed others in use of SPSS, Stata, and SAS statistical packages. •Taught three different college courses, involving supervision of teaching assistants. •Developed innovative materials to teach statistical concepts, two of which were presented on teaching panels. •Served as a teaching assistant and mentor for five different college courses. •Troubleshot and proposed a new avenue for focusing research, when data set issues made the initial plan infeasible. Show less



Sage Publishing/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Research Assistant

  • 2009 - 2014

  •Wrote and proofread materials for two iterations apiece of two college textbook series explaining statistical concepts in an accessible manner. •Wrote and proofread materials for two iterations apiece of two college textbook series explaining statistical concepts in an accessible manner.