Whitney Lovelace
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Summary Adept at applying theoretical concepts to solve real world problems
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t hrough mathematical modeling, research, and data driven
p rogramming
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, JAVA, SQL, and SPSS with exposure to
statistical packages, such as R and STATA
• Skilled at solving broad, complex problems under pressure and in a team
setting
• Excellent at preparing detailed presentations with significant experience
p resenting research and ideas to peers and supervisors
• Experience wri ting technical papers both individually and in a team
setting, as well as editing the work of others
Education 2013
B.A. Degree in Honors Mathematics and Economics
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Minored in Computer Science
Graduated summa cum laude with 3.93 G.P.A.
Honor’s Thesis: “Cooperation through Evolutionary Game Theory”
Work History 2007
Bank Teller/Assistant to the VP of Operations, Success Bank,
2010
B loomfield, Iowa
Assisted customers with daily banking needs
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Performed imaging of the bank’s daily work and processed this information
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through the bank’s data storage system
2011
Research Experience for Undergraduates–Lead Author, Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio
• Managed a team of five undergraduate students on a statistics based research
project
• Published work in Advances and Applications in Applied Statistics Journal
(2011) and presented it at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
2012
Research Experience for Undergraduates Independent Researcher, University
of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Worked with mentor on independent research assignments in the field of
behavioral economics
• Programmed an experiment using z Tree software and conducted the pilot studies
for the experiment
Writing Fellow 2012
• Tutored first year students to improve their writing abilities
Economics Undergraduate Assistant 2012
2013
• Tutored undergraduates primarily in the “Principles of Economics” classes
Awards and COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling/Interdisciplinary Contest in
Modeling
Achievements
“Finalist” Rating – Solution was ranked in the top 2% of solutions,
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internationally
Two time “Meritorious” Rating – Solution was ranked in the top 10 15% of
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solutions, internationally
“Honorable Mention” Rating – Solution was ranked in the top 30 35% of
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solutions, internationally
Iowa Mathematical Modeling Contest
Finalist
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Award for “Best Presentation”
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Awarded Outstanding Senior in Mathematics and Economics
Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium Programming Contest – top
25% of teams
Math Club President – Four year member