Chief Statistician, 15+ y.exp., Ph.D. (San Francisco, CA)
STATISTICIAN, RESEARCH METHODOLOGIST, CONTENT EXPERT & GRANT
WRITER
QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional, ethical, enthusiastic and diligent applied researcher
(>15 years).
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and methodical.
- Outstanding skills complex multivariate research designs and
analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
- Created, organized, and managed large and relational databases
(n~1000+).
- Experienced with Unix and windows-based SPSS, SAS and HLM.
- Content specialties in: educational technology, early childhood
education, child development, developmental/educational psychology, and
cognitive/social skills.
- Good mentor and mentee with strong desire for continued professional
development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; successful grant
writer.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. Developmental & Educational Psychology, Boston
College, 1997
- Specialty in Statistics & Research Methodology
- M.Ed., Early Childhood Education, University of New Hampshire,
1993
- B.A. Economics, Williams College, 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Innovative Tailor-Made Training & Technology, Oakland, CA
(http://www.ittt.org
)
CHIEF STATISTICIAN AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIST, 2005 to present
- Led writing of CA Department of Education issued Enhancing Education
Through Technology (“EETT”) grant for major rural school district (n >
3,000). Awarded $414k for year one. Year 2 Evaluation in
progress.
LeapFrog SchoolHouse, Emeryville, CA
(
http://www.leapfrogschoolhouse.com), 2003 to 2004
CHIEF STATISTICIAN AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIST
- Designed research projects, to demonstrate efficacy of products, in
collaboration with third party independent evaluators including ten
regional DOE Educational Labs. Managed relationships with all third
party independent evaluation firms; wrote RFP's and solicited
respondents.
- Managed analysis process from data entry to written and oral
presentations of findings. Published findings in peer-reviewed
journals.
MANAGER, RESEARCH
- Portfolio of projects included 6 longitudinal, nested designs in
major urban school districts (each with a sample of ~1000 children in ~50
classrooms within 25+ schools).
- Worked with Educational Advisory Board to assure that all research
designs comply with the U.S. Department of Education’s What Works
Clearinghouse (http://w-w-c.org) gold
standard research.
- Applied for and awarded portion of $10.5 million Mathematica Policy
Research grant: Evaluating Educational Technology Integration (“EETI”).
- Obtained entry into a four year DOE funded longitudinal study in
English and Spanish speaking preschool classrooms in Miami-Dade (“Project
UpGrade”), a project being run by Abt Associates. Findings
published March 2007.
- Mentored staff in statistics, professional development and research
techniques.
- Doubled size of research department with an increase in budget from
$793,000 to $1,650,000.
- Interfaced with legal, marketing, editorial, content and engineering
departments.
Rockman et al, San Francisco, CA, 2001 to
2003
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST, PROJECT MANAGER
- Senior member of research, evaluation and consulting firm.
Responsible for all facets of research including proposal writing,
funding and budget, research design, management, execution, statistical
analysis and synthesis, and report writing.
- Built and managed on-line surveys and databases. Facilitated internal
research methodology and statistics professional development group.
- Clients included: WGBH (Arthur), WNET (Cyberchase), San Lorenzo
Unified School District (evaluation of laptop program for all children
grades 4-12), California Technical Assistance Program (Region IV).
Supporting Our Sons, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, 2001
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
- Senior member of web-based non-profit start-up aimed at families and
educators of young boys. Responsible for all content. Website launch date
June 2001
http://www.supportingoursons.org
Little Engine, Inc., San Francisco, CA , 2000 to 2001
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & CONTENT
- Founding member of web-based start-up developer of educational ASP
aimed at teachers of young children. Responsible for development of all
content and assessment, including statistical analyses and
programming. Endeavor funded by Knowledge Universe, founded by
Michael Milken and Larry Ellison.
Research Consulting & Design, Boston, MA/San Francisco, CA, 1993
to 2007
PRINCIPAL
Sample Research Projects:
Senior Research Associate, Head Start
Project,
Education
Development Center and Boston
College, 1996-2001. Self Regulation Scale and Bronson Social
and Task Skills Profile. (2-8 yrs). Developed analytical plan for
five-year longitudinal study on social and mastery behaviors in classroom
settings, beginning with pilot data. Trained observers in and supervised
data coding, entry and cleaning. Designed and maintained appropriate
demographic data. Analyzed data (large data sets) at each time period
(fall and spring) and across time periods. Designed and constructed all
statistical and analytical programs for quarterly reports. Developed and
maintained coding book and database.
Research Scholar, Center for
Children, Families,
and Public Policy, Lesley College Cambridge, MA, 1998-2000.
Designed and implemented useful interactive web-site for Center.
Solicited local and national funding for new and on-going research
projects. Provided direction and assistance with research design and
analysis, including customized instruments, and program evaluation.
Identified possible areas of research based on community needs.
Research Director and Statistical Programmer, “Say Yes to
Education,” 1998-2000. Designed and implemented historical, on-going, and
future data collection on a longitudinal study of a group of children
whose post-secondary education is guaranteed. Planned and assessed
multiple family-based interventions, including dropout prevention,
mentoring, as well as qualitative and quantitative data. Recruited,
trained and supervised a group of advanced doctoral students to assist
research.
Content Developer:
http://www.parentpartners.com,
1996-1998. Parent- and caregiver-directed start-up website. Focused
on prenatal and infant-toddler development. Developed vignettes for five
of Gardner’s then-seven Multiple Intelligences (social, emotional,
cognitive, logico-mathematical, and movement) at each month of
development (conception to age 20 months). Responded to parental
questions and observations on-line. Website later sold to Kaplan as
http://www.escore.com
.
SAS Programmer,
School Aged Child Care
Project, Wellesley College Center for Research on Women,
1997-1998. Data cleaning and analysis on latter half of four-year
longitudinal study of school aged children and their care and activities
after school.
Research Associate, Brazelton Institute, Boston, Massachusetts,
1995-1997. Member of multi-disciplinary team to investigate scoring
issues on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS).
Proposed new method of scoring. Developed integrated-services
family-based program for major insurance company. Invited to modify the
existing NBAS to better meet clinical needs.
Head Start Project, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts,
1994-1996. Adapted naturalistic research observation tool (Bronson Social
Task Skill Profile “BSTSP”) for use by classroom teachers via several
methods including factor analysis to reduce number of variables and
stability testing to reduce number of observation points (“BSTSP-T”).
Coded, designed analysis methods, and analyzed data. Reduced time of
implementation from 120 minutes to 30 minutes. Trained and supervised
junior researchers in methodology and data management for this
instrument.
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