Experience

Policy Studies Associates
• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Research Associate

  • Nov 2013 - Present


Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

  Co-evaluator on a developmental evaluation of the Foundation’s Building a Teaching Effectiveness Network of districts working to improve new teacher induction and retention. Project lead on a case study of a district implementing continuous improvement. Responsibilities include research design, project management, interviews, classroom observations, analysis, and writing Co-evaluator on a developmental evaluation of the Foundation’s Building a Teaching Effectiveness Network of districts working to improve new teacher induction and retention. Project lead on a case study of a district implementing continuous improvement. Responsibilities include research design, project management, interviews, classroom observations, analysis, and writing



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD. Student, Graduate Researcher

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2013

  Research assistant working with Drs. Jennifer Lin Russell and Mary Kay Stein on a study of the role of networks in states’ Race to the Top Phase I reform implementation plans and of network governance in education. Duties included contributing to study design, literature reviews for the development of a conceptual framework, content analysis of state and district documents, analysis of reform actors’ networks using UCINet, and writing. Worked with Drs. Bill Bickel, Jennifer Iriti, and Catherine Nelson as a graduate student researcher on a mixed methods evaluation of the impact of the Pittsburgh Promise in Pittsburgh’s charter high schools and on a qualitative evaluation of a sample of a foundation’s grant outcomes. Responsibilities included: collection and analysis of interview, focus group, survey, and administrative data for students, school personnel, and parents; literature reviews; and writing. Show less



Independent Contractor

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interactive Designer

  • 2001 - 2007

  Visual design and information architecture consulting for advertising agencies and small and mid-sized companies. Visual design and information architecture consulting for advertising agencies and small and mid-sized companies.


Greenmarketplace.com
• United States
• Research Services
• Art Director

  • 1999 - 2001