Skills

Python

Advanced

R

Advanced

Statistics

Advanced

User Experience Design

Intermediate

Visualization

Intermediate

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Iowa
Graduate Researcher (NBME Analyst)
University of Iowa
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Cleaning the National Board of Medical Examiners dataset from 2016-2022 and preparing data for analysis.
  • Conducting Critical Diagnostic Assessment, ANOVA, regression, and longitudinal analysis with R to evaluate student mastery of specific clinical skills and basic science domains across areas and time.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Iowa
Dissertation Researcher
University of Iowa
May 2019 – Present Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Developed proposals for national and university grants, received an honorable mention from American Sociological Association and was awarded grants by the University of Iowa.
  • Designed 2 survey experiments in Qualtrics, using HTML and JavaScript.
  • Recruited 700+ participants through Prolific and managed data collection.
  • Analyzed experimental data with R, created visualizations, and presented findings at national conferences.
  • Designed interview protocol and interviewed 15+ undergraduate students to examine how their employment experiences affect their educational performance, as well as their understanding of leadership.
 
 
 
 
 
The University of Iowa
Group Process Lab Manager
The University of Iowa
Aug 2019 – Present Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Designed experimental computer protocol for an NSF-funded project using Python.
  • Trained 20+ undergraduate research assistants and supervised 500+ experimental trials.
  • Lead a journal club and workshops to help research assistants develop research skills and advance careers.
  • Conducted literature reviews for multiple projects.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Iowa
Teaching Assistant
University of Iowa
Aug 2016 – Dec 2022 Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Assisted and independently taught both introductory and advanced-level sociology courses.
  • Designed course syllabi and taught for 7+ semesters, helping students develop reading, writing, and independent research skills (~ 500 students).
  • Tutored graduate students in applied statistics courses.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Iowa
Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellow
University of Iowa
May 2020 – Aug 2020 Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Collected and conducted content analysis on 3000+ Newspaper articles with the keyword “sense of control.”
  • Examined concepts and themes co-occur with “sense of control” and visualized findings with word cloud graphs and networks in an R shiny app.
  • Conducted sentiment analysis and word embedding to unpack the newspaper discourse associated with “sense of control.”
 
 
 
 
 
University of Iowa
Research Assistant (Survey Analyst)
University of Iowa
Nov 2016 – Mar 2017 Iowa

Responsibilities include:

  • Analyzed 2000+ responses from the University Parental Leave survey with Stata and Excel, providing basic demographic summaries, conducting employee satisfaction group comparison, and identifying common themes in qualitative responses.
  • Wrote a public report and presented findings to the university leadership with actionable recommendations.
 
 
 
 
 
Chinatopcredit Inc
User Experience Designer
Chinatopcredit Inc
Jul 2015 – Jan 2016 Shanghai

Responsibilities include:

  • Conducted 20+ interviews with users and stakeholders to gather insights for improving the design of the * company homepage and the mobile application.
  • Created new mobile and web prototypes using Axure and tested their usability.
  • Collaborated with the engineering team to implement the new company homepage and mobile application design.
 
 
 
 
 
Central China Normal University
Research Assistant (Survey Researcher)
Central China Normal University
May 2013 – Dec 2013 Wuhan, China

Responsibilities include:

  • Managed survey distribution in Hubei for 2 national survey projects and conducted 80+ household survey interviews.
  • Designed a survey to examine the teaching and learning experiences in hybrid classrooms, analyzed 3000+ responses, wrote public reports, and presented findings to university leadership with actionable recommendations.