Research Experiences (as a graduate research assistant)
Program Evaluation and Development Researcher
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, May - August 2025
- Evaluating the impacts of the Resilient Communities Project, a program that matches local government agencies' technical and research needs with the University of Minnesota's resources.
- Designing, leading, and analyzing interviews and surveys to identify previous and potential partner agencies' perceptions of and experiences with the program.
- Delivering an analysis report and a poster with actionable insights for future program development.
Program Evaluation and Development Researcher
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, May - August 2025
- Evaluating the impacts of the Resilient Communities Project, a program that matches local government agencies' technical and research needs with the University of Minnesota's resources.
- Designing, leading, and analyzing interviews and surveys to identify previous and potential partner agencies' perceptions of and experiences with the program.
- Delivering an analysis report and a poster with actionable insights for future program development.
Policy and Project Evaluation Researcher
Institute for Urban and Regional Infrastructure Finance, March - August 2025
- Develop the criteria and specific metrics to effectively evaluate the pilot phase of adopting an alternative transportation revenue collection strategy.
- Collaborated with a team of consultants, engineers, and researchers from both private and public entities on delivering a research/policy report about regional freight optimization tool.
- Contributed to the successful organization of a public outreach event informing various stakeholders about alternative transportation revenue sources.
- Designed an event survey, evaluated the outcomes of the public outreach event, and delivered an event summary with the analysis of attendee feedback.
Policy and Project Evaluation Researcher
Institute for Urban and Regional Infrastructure Finance, March - August 2025
- Develop the criteria and specific metrics to effectively evaluate the pilot phase of adopting an alternative transportation revenue collection strategy.
- Collaborated with a team of consultants, engineers, and researchers from both private and public entities on delivering a research/policy report about regional freight optimization tool.
- Contributed to the successful organization of a public outreach event informing various stakeholders about alternative transportation revenue sources.
- Designed an event survey, evaluated the outcomes of the public outreach event, and delivered an event summary with the analysis of attendee feedback.
Mixed-Method Researcher
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs & Saint Anthony Park Community Council, May - September 2023
- Designed, conducted, and analyzed a survey and interviews on user experiences of a busy public park
- Co-organized a public outreach event with +70 attendees, promoting the survey and collecting interactive data collaborating with stakeholders
- Communicating research findings to St.Paul Parks & Rec and local residents via an accessible and engaging storymap
Quantitative Data Analyst
Research project by James R. Hollyer, Marko Klašnja, Rocío Titiunik, February - August 2022
- Cleaned, wrangled, and visualized complex data using R, contributing to the analysis of researched published in one of the top journals in the discipline
Data Annotator
Koc University, 2018-2019
- Collaborated with a team of engineers, senior researchers, and program managers on a Natural Language Processing (NLP) project
- Annotated training data that resulted in automated categorization of social movements across news sources from India and China.