Experience

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  Terran Robotics

  • United States
  • Construction
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Founding Designer

    • Jul 2021 - Present

  • Advisor

    • Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

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  Design Anarchy Cooperative

  • Indiana, United States

  • Founder, Member-Owner

    • Dec 2021 - Present
    • Indiana, United States

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  GK Consulting, LLC

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Senior Consultant (Governance and Public Policy, Quantiative Methodologies)

    • Aug 2014 - Present
    • Greater Boston Area

    Lead consultant for all quantitative evaluation work conducted in GK Consulting projects. Work includes designing methodology (experimental and quasi-experimental) and sampling strategy, overseeing data collection (managing large local field teams), and conducting advanced statistical analysis (expertise in STATA and R). Also providing inputs as needed on matters of governance, legislative and constitutional reform, civic participation, economic inequality, and education policy.

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  The Ostrom Workshop

  • Bloomington, IN

  • Affiliated Faculty

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Bloomington, IN

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  Misca Advisors Ltd

  • Kingston, Jamaica

  • Key Expert 1

    • Nov 2023 - Apr 2024
    • Kingston, Jamaica

    Advising the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), and the World Bank (WB) on the Jamaican Development Fund (JDF).

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  Indiana University Bloomington

  • Bloomington, Indiana, United States

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • May 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Bloomington, Indiana, United States

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  Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. for USAID/Afghanistan

  • Quantitative Lead and Research Design Specialist

    • Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

    Design sampling strategy and conduct analysis for multi-year, multi-site USAID/Afghanistan's Electricity and Socio-Economic Baseline Survey. Troubleshoot and update previous research designs and analysis from earlier attempts.

  • Quantitative Lead

    • Apr 2018 - May 2018

    Assess the planning for and effects of USAID's "Passage to Prosperity" Afghan-Indian trade and investment show, and comment on future Afghan commerce projects.

  • Technical Advisor

    • Mar 2018 - Apr 2018

    Comment and advise on the sampling strategy, instruments, and methodology for USAID/Afghanistan's Electricity Access and Socio-Economic Baseline Survey (EASEBS).

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  American University in Cairo

  • Cairo Governorate, Egypt

  • Assistant Professor

    • Jul 2016 - Jan 2018
    • Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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  WW Norton

  • Writer

    • 2008 - Oct 2017

    - Author supplemental and online content for college and high school textbooks on American Politics.

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  Boston University

  • Greater Boston Area, MCU-Framingham, MCU-Norfolk

  • Lecturer

    • Jan 2016 - May 2016
    • Greater Boston Area, MCU-Framingham, MCU-Norfolk

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Political Science Department

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Lecturer

    • Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

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  UN Women

  • United States
  • International Affairs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Field Research, Quantitative Lead

    • Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

    - Baseline study of UN Women's Safe Cities Programme in Gordons and Koki markets and on public transit, Port Moresby.- Midline study of UN Women's Safe Cities Programme in Gerehu market, Port Moresby.- Design and test survey instrument and devise sampling framework for large-N study on market and transit safety (emphasis on violence against women and girls).- Train field teams in administration of quantitative survey using electronic tablets, and in the execution of long-format qualitative methods, including elite interviews and focus groups.- Analyse qualitative data (including multivariate and logistic regressions) , provide input and context for qualitative data, and assist in writing individual and integrated reports for dissemination.

  • Senior Consultant, Quantitative Analyst, Field Team Trainer/Coordinator

    • Dec 2014 - Mar 2015

    - Baseline evaluation on women’s economic, social and security status; Peace Building Fund Projects in Liberia. - The economic empowerment project invests in women to consolidate peace and build prosperity in Liberia’s at risk communities by increasing the economic security of at least 4,000 women and girls, improving the relationship between regional traders and the security sector, and increasing women’s participation in the management of community natural resources and land.- Design and test survey instrument and devise sampling framework for a large-N survey across five countries.- Train field teams in administration of quantitative survey using electronic tablet, and in the execution of long-format qualitative methods including elite interviews and focus groups.- Monitor field teams and advise field collection of data.- Analyze data and assist in writing of the final report for dissemination.

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  The Khana Group

  • Home-based; Nigeria

  • Senior Technical Advisor - M&E

    • Nov 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Home-based; Nigeria

    - Evaluation for DFID-funded Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) programme in Northern Nigeria: Empowering Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises (ENGINE) with Mercy Corp, PWC, DFID, Coca-Cola and other stakeholders. Targeting girls in and out of school in FCT, Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos. - Appraise previous monitoring and evaluation of the ENGINE Nigeria project.- Identify and correct data errors and analyze available data.- Critique sampling strategy, identify obstacles to generalizability of sample, and propose alternative sampling strategies for future monitoring an evaluation.- Revise quantitative surveys and field methodologies.- Joined team post-Baseline.

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  IUPUI, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

  • Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • 2013 - 2013
    • Indianapolis, Indiana

    - Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision-making (V506)

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  Indiana University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • 2012 - 2013

    Scalable Energy-Economy Model for Regional and Sub-Regional Analysis- Develop and implement a simultaneous econometric model of the interplay between economic sectors, energy markets, and government intervention at the state and sub-state levels.- Forecast future economic performance and energy consumption and predict the effects of specific government policies (e.g., carbon tax) on those variables.- Co-author theoretical, methodological, and empirical findings, and help disseminate findings to state economic forecasters and private energy providers.Behavioral Underpinnings of US-Russian Cooperation in International Space Station Operations- Investigate the theoretical and operation differences in NASA and Roscosmos decision-making procedures.- Coding and discourse analysis of communications between officials from the Mission Control centers of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

  • Instructor

    • 2010 - 2012

    - The Politics of Sustainability (Y200) - The American Presidency (Y380).

  • Associate Instructor

    • 2008 - 2012

    - The Politics of Gender and Sexuality (Y353)- Introduction to American Politics (Y103)- The Holocaust and Politics (Y352)- Analyzing Politics (Y205)

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  Political Economy of Democratic Sustainability

  • Bloomington, Indiana

  • Fellow

    • 2009 - 2011
    • Bloomington, Indiana

    - Study, using political economic theories and methodologies, the emergence of democratic institutions in transitional nations.- Collaborate with a team of researchers to study individual behavior and decision-making within strategic majority rule scenarios.- Collect and analyze data from laboratory experiments, large-N surveys, and national legislatures.

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  Governance Commission of Liberia

  • Monrovia, Liberia

  • Research Associate

    • 2009 - 2009
    • Monrovia, Liberia

    - Counsel senior members of the Liberian Governance Commission and administration on matters of democratic governance in post-conflict societies.- Facilitate field meetings between Commissioners and community leaders.- Liaise with international donors (e.g., Millennium Challenge Corporation and Soros Foundation) and advise them and beneficiaries on multi-million dollar development projects aimed at local capacity building, government corruption, and post-conflict reconciliation.

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  Liberian Collections Project

  • Liberia; Bloomington, Indiana

  • Research Associate

    • 2007 - 2008
    • Liberia; Bloomington, Indiana

    - Archival research on the Liberian president's executive prerogative to allocate and gift federal land.- Advise on potential legal and social disputes likely to arise from proposed land reform.- Assist researchers and legal teams from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in use of Liberian archives during the trial of Charles Taylor.

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  Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

  • Bloomington, Indiana

  • Fellow

    • 2007 - 2008
    • Bloomington, Indiana

    - Research the economic theory underpinning the contemporary School Choice movement, and study the empirical effects thereof.- Study and contribute to the Institutional Analysis and Development framework.- Coordinate the History and Philosophy of Science working group.

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  Center for Constitutional Democracy

  • Bloomington, Indiana

  • Research Associate

    • 2005 - 2007
    • Bloomington, Indiana

    Research and advise on aspects of governance and public education during the preliminary drafting of a Burmese Constitution, and during the evaluation of the Liberian Constitution.

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  Indiana University, Department of Economics

  • Bloomignton, Indiana

  • Assistant Instructor

    • 2005 - 2007
    • Bloomignton, Indiana

    - Introduction to Micoeconomic (E201)