Experience

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Communications Fellow

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Interview and write feature pieces on Jackson Institute faculty to showcase their research to potential grad students and faculty Interview and write feature pieces on Jackson Institute faculty to showcase their research to potential grad students and faculty



The Arts Paper

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

  I cover local artists and art events in New Haven. Articles: https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/author/raquel-burgess I cover local artists and art events in New Haven. Articles: https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/author/raquel-burgess



Yale School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2021

  Courses: Accelerated Social and Behavioral Foundations of Health (Dr. Yusuf Ransome)Reforming Health Systems: Using Data to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Dr. Robert Hecht)Ethics and Public Health: An Introduction (Dr. Laura Bothwell) Courses: Accelerated Social and Behavioral Foundations of Health (Dr. Yusuf Ransome)Reforming Health Systems: Using Data to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Dr. Robert Hecht)Ethics and Public Health: An Introduction (Dr. Laura Bothwell)



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, Dept of Family Medicine & Undergraduate Medical Education Program

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Researcher in field of medical education, specifically medical admissions data related to McMaster's MD program • Specific activities included: quantitative data analysis, maintaining data security and confidentiality, critical appraisal of qualitative research, conducting interviews, qualitative data analysis, assembling grant and ethics applications, preparing and presenting research presentations

• Teaching Assistant, Health Science Education Graduate Program, McMaster University

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

  Courses: Educational Research Methods in Health Science Education (Sept-Dec 2018); Fundamentals of Skill Acquisition: Implications for Simulation-Based Education (Jan-April 2019)



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Athlete Academic Mentor

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Assisted first-year student-athletes by reinforcing key course concepts and study habits

• Instructor, One-on-One Special Needs Support, Mini-University Summer Camp

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  • Created and delivered lessons on kinesiology concepts for groups of young children (7-14 years old) with the goal of engaging their interest in science• Provided additional one-on-one support for children with special needs



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NSERC USRA Research Assistant

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Received an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award to complete a study in human anticipatory motor planning in the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab • Delivered an oral presentation at the 2014 Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) Conference • Received an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award to complete a study in human anticipatory motor planning in the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab • Delivered an oral presentation at the 2014 Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) Conference



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Assistant

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Performed operations such as creating letters of enrollment, issuing student cards, and coding new graduate students into the database • Performed operations such as creating letters of enrollment, issuing student cards, and coding new graduate students into the database