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Data Scientist


With nearly a decade of experience working in Higher Education Analytics, from predictive modeling and visualizations to accreditation and assessment.

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Experience


Research Analyst

Office of Institutional Research and Reporting, Chemeketa Community College

Salem, OR

Research Analyst

Office of Institutional Effectiveness, New Jersey City University

Jersey City, N.J.

• Lead development of IBM Cognos Dashboard reports for student retention and graduation.

• Keyholder responsible for Federal and State compliance reporting to IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System).

• Maintain databases, develop SQL, build Cognos reports, and manage/build PeopleSoft queries used to complete all Federal and State IPEDS reports.

• Responsible for all SURE (State of New Jersey's “Student Unit Records”) data submissions in addition to customization, implementation, and analysis of NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement), and FSSE (Faculty Survey of Student Engagement) surveys.

• Manage accreditation and complete the annual Institutional Profile for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Create and maintain a variety of public facing Tableau dashboards hosted on the office's webpage.


Research Analyst

Office of Institutional Research, Felician University

Lodi, N.J.

• Manage and train student research assistants in reporting for a variety of Undergraduate College Guidebooks.

• Responsible for Federal and State compliance reporting to IPEDS and external surveys such as US News and Petersons.

• Develop SQL and maintain databases used to complete Federal and State IPEDS reports.

• Update and improve Felician College Fact Book, distributed to Faculty and Administration.

• Responsible for providing assessment information used for accreditation reporting for institutional subunits.

• Provide information/reporting for grant proposals.

• Report KPI metrics for the College President and President’s Council.

• Lead customization, implementation, and analysis of NSSE, FSSE and Graduating Student surveys.

• Provided trend analysis for Provost to facilitate strategic assessment of enrollment.

• Attended AFCU (Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities) Summit as college representative and partook in development of initiatives and planning of the newly awarded grant.

• Worked with the Associate Dean for Academic Success in efforts to assess the efficacy of tutoring services on student academic outcomes.

• Responsible for interfacing datasets with National Student Clearinghouse to determine and analyze subsequent enrollment and degrees of former students.

• Member of Title V working group and assigned project lead for assessment and analysis of project objectives.


Research Assistant

Office of Institutional Research, Felician University

Lodi, N.J.

• Developed SQL queries to summarize College data needed by Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research, as well as for a variety of internal and external constituents.

• Developed database to facilitate reporting for a variety of Undergraduate College Guidebooks including: US News (Main and Financial Aid), Peterson's, College Board, Orchard House, Wintergreen, and AAUP.

• Developed and implemented on-line survey using www.SurveyShare.com electronically distributed to Felician Graduating Students to solicit information on student experiences. Integrated this data with paper-and-pencil administration of the same survey for students not responding electronically. Statistically summarized student response information was used by the Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research and members of Felician Executive Cabinet to assess strengths and weaknesses of student academic and social programs.

Education


New Jersey City University

Master of Science in Data Science & Business Analytics

GPA: 3.8 Delta Mu Delta Honor Society

Felician University

Bachelor of Arts in Education Dual Degree in Natural Science and Mathematics

GPA: 3.7

Skills


Technical Skills

R, Python, SQL, VBA, Tableau, Microsoft BI/Access/Excel, IBM Cognos, Colleague(Datatel), Peoplesoft, HTML, CSS, SPSS


Languages

Spanish, English

Research and Projects


A Decision-Support System for Student Retention Based on Machine Learning

Poster presentation at 2018 AIR (Association for Institutional Research) Conference


Regression Analysis of Credit Accumulation at NJCU

Final Project for Regression Analysis course, Spring 2018 FINC665


Predicting 6 Year Graduation at NJCU

Final Project for Introduction to Data Science course, Fall 2017 FINC614

JG 2020