Resume

• 2007

  PhD

  Education Policy & Demography

  Pennsylvania State University

  Qualtrics Bronze Certified

• 2003

  Spanish

  BA

  Sociology & Spanish

  Texas A&M University

• Qualtrics

  Data Collection

  Quantitative Research

  Conversational Spanish

  Statistics

  Research Design

  Educational Assessment

  Higher Education

  SPSS

  Research

  Grant Writing

  Student Affairs

  Stata

  Qualitative Research

  Analysis

  University Teaching

  Program Evaluation

  Data Analysis

  Teaching

  Reed

  Reed

  Student Affairs Research & Assessment

  Penn State

  Penn State University

  Texas A&M University

  Student Life Studies

  Data Analyst

  Texas A&M University

  College of Architecture

  Director of Assessment

  Texas A&M University

  •\tDesigned survey instruments

  administered

  and analyzed survey data from bi-monthly surveys of Penn State University students\n•\tCollaborated with student affairs practitioners to develop assessment efforts\n•\tAnalyzed

  disseminated

  and promoted the use of National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) data to support institutional improvement\n•\tReported findings via executive summaries and offered recommendations for strategic planning based on assessment findings \n•\tCreated analysis and report templates and provided system-wide training in their use \n•\tConducted focus group interviews with Penn State University students

  Penn State University

  Texas A&M University

  College of Education & Human Development

  Adjunct Assistant Professor

  College of Architecture

  Assessment Coordinator

  Texas A&M University

  Student Affairs Research & Assessment

  Penn State

  Instructor

  Sociology of Education

  •\tDesigned course

  including creating the syllabus focusing on the contested role of school in societies

  major theories in sociology of education

  and empirical findings on factors influencing student outcomes\n•\tLed class daily; guided discussion and lectures; created and evaluated assignments\n•\tOverall quality of the instructor was rated 6.08/7.00 by students

  Penn State University

  Texas A&M University

  Statistics & Sociology

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  •\tEstimated multilevel logistic and multinomial models to investigate the contextual effects of high school settings on Latino students’ educational attainment \n•\tConducted descriptive bi-variate and decomposition analyses and estimated exposure rates using federal datasets to examine racial and socio-economic isolation in PA public schools\n•\tManaged a team of 12 student researchers on mixed-methods project investigating student-led civic engagement at local elementary school\n•\tCoordinated data collection

  collected observational data

  conducted focus group interviews

  created survey instrument

  piloted quantitative survey

  analyzed data

  and presented results to research participants and at national research conference

  Penn State University

  Texas A&M University

  College of Architecture

  Assistant Dean