Management:

• Supervised, trained, and evaluated staff performance - 3 years experience.
• Responsible for instruction to students and staff on statistical software as well as operating systems and software in common suites.

Computer Skills:

• Implemented upgrade of department computer resources from DOS and dummy terminal based system to advanced network-integrated system.
• Proficient with common statistical packages as well as popular suite software.
• Experienced with most common computer hardware repairs.

Research:

• Experience in both more abstract academic research as well as specific policy analysis.
• 6 semesters graduate level methodology.

Instruction:

• Received high evaluations for formal classroom instruction at university level in multiple political science areas, including research methodology.

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science

The University of Houston, in progress

Master of Arts, Political Science

The University of Houston, 1995

Bachelor of Arts, Government

The University of Texas, 1992

Manager, Social Science Data Lab, University of Houston (1995-present)

• Supervised, trained, and provided performance evaluations of staff
• Responsible for instruction to students and staff on statistical software as well as operating systems and software in common suites.
• Requires becoming acquainted with new software applications quickly.
• Responsible for consulting with students and staff on proper use of statistics and fundamentals of research design.
• Implemented a major redesign of facility in terms of equipment and policies.
• Established archiving system for easy access to available data.
• Responsible for submitting all hardware and software purchasing recommendations.
• Prepared manual on use of Social Science Data Lab.
• Included instructions for use of ES/9000 mainframe, SPSSx, SPSS for Windows, and Stata.
• Responsible for maintaining graduate student listserver.
• Responsible for instruction on creation and maintenance of web pages.

• Experienced with most common computer maintenance and repairs.
• Upgraded UH Department of Political Science from a DOS and dummy terminal based system to a 32-bit network integrated system over the course of tenure as lab manager.
• Recommended and installed many new systems.
• Upgraded many existing machines in terms of CPU speed, RAM, and storage configurations (hard drives, CD-ROMs and Iomega ZIP/Jaz drives).
• Provide basic instruction on computer usage to students, faculty, and staff in College of Social Science.
• Responsible for ordering, maintenance, and archiving of ICPSR data.
• Responsible for preparing the data in a form for use by the end-user (faculty and students).

Researcher, Milwaukee School Choice Re-Analysis Project (1996).

• Smith-Richardson Foundation, Annie E. Case Foundation, and John M. Olin Foundation.
• Organized and analyzed complex public opinion and achievement test results dataset.
• Investigated and designed appropriate research strategy.
• Presented results to Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association (San Francisco, 1996).
• Results published (see below).
• Engendered follow-up article on policy analysis methods presented to Panel on Political Methodology at the Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, 1997).

Consultant, Mental Health-Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County (1998)

• Organized and analyzed complex patient records and government payment data.
• Responsible for proposing and designing data analysis techniques appropriate for panel data.

Market Analyst, NPD Group (1998)

• Design and implement market analysis projects. Study and report on most common marketing analysis methodologies, including cluster analysis, perceptual mapping, and conjoint analysis
• Report results to end users. Requires ability to explain complex statistical techniques to a non-technical audience.

Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The University of Houston (1997-present)

• Taught Political Methodology, American Politics, and Comparative Politics.
• Responsible for all lectures, discussions, examinations, papers, grading, and student consultation.
• Political Methodology course included hands-on instruction on use of SPSS for Windows, interpretation of results, and technical report writing.

• Education Policy Research: Facts or Artifacts?. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 1997. Co-authored with Leesa Boeger.
• The Effectiveness of School Choice in Milwaukee: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the Program's Evaluation. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 1996. Co-authored with Jay P. Greene, Paul E. Peterson, Jiangtao Du, and Leesa Boeger.
  • Also presented at the Conference on Meritocracy and Inequality, Boston, 1996.
  • Published in:
    • Harvard Occasional Papers from the Program in Education, Policy, and Governance (1996).
    • Madison Review, Volume 2: No. 1 (Fall 1996).
• Government Complexions and Policy Outputs: European Parties. Presented at the Southwest Social Science Association Meetings, Houston, 1996.
• Parties, Publics and Politics: A Comparative Perspective. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 1996.
• Social Science Data Lab Manual: Guide to Computing at the University of Houston (1995, 1996, 1997 updates).