Experience

California Department of Social Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Specialist

  • Dec 2022 - Present



California Highway Patrol

• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Specialist - Special Projects Section

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2022



CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Section Chief - Methodological Design and Project Development Unit

  • Nov 2014 - Jan 2016

• Research Manager II (A)

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

• Research Program Specialist II

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014



Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2006 - May 2014

  Direction of research teams in applied research projects - Development, planning, and implementation of research methodology in an applied setting. - Development and implementation of survey instruments - Dissemination of surveys via Qualtrics, online survey software. - Statistics consultations with clients and stakeholders in order to determine which methodology and statistical analyses best met their research needs. - Preparation of data, directing and performing statistical analyses, and disseminating the results via a written technical reports as well as conference presentations. Directed a research team in data collection, compilation, cleaning and analysis for Nevada State policy evaluation - Managed and directed research teams in high stakes program evaluations - Oversaw research projects and verified work quality and consistency - Located, wrote, revised and secured research grants. - Organized and implemented data collection, compilation and analysis from secondary sources for needs assessments for various Government Agencies Show less