Manager Health
Resume:
Steven G. Helmericks, Ph.D.
Ft. Collins, Colorado 80525
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Experience
University Teaching and Research
Statistical Analysis and Research Design
Public Safety Planning and Analysis
Program Evaluation and Measurement
Public Health Research and Community Health Status Assessment
Program Management
Responsibilities
University Teaching and Research
• Quantitative Sociological Analysis (Social Statistics)
• Sociology of Law
• Social Stratification
• General Sociology
• Criminal Justice
• Contemporary Social Problems
• Criminology
• Correctional Organizations
• Supervision Sociology and Criminal Justice Practicum/Internship Program
Statistical Analysis and Research Design
• taught “Quantitative Sociological Analysis” (social statistics) approximately ten semesters in
Sociology Department at Colorado State University;
• managed Wyoming Cancer Surveillance program; conducted statistical analysis of state-wide cancer
data including age-adjusted rates by county, state, and national calculations; prepared statistical
reports for internal and external stakeholders;
• 15-20 years experience in computer data analysis using SPSS as relational database and analysis
program, including chart building; ESRI-trained in data integration of quantitative and qualitative
data using geographic information system (GIS) software;
• designed, compiled, and provided detailed statistical reports for various agencies, including public
health, public safety, and numerous social and community projects; specific areas of interest
included community health status, crime statistics, internal manpower analysis, and organizational
readiness;
• presented comprehensive analysis to city council concerning the secondary impact of “sexually-
oriented businesses”;
• constructed and maintained operational database of 30 years of Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uniform Crime Report data for municipal police department.
Public Safety Planning and Analysis
• designed and conducted comprehensive workload analysis for all units in mid-sized municipal
police department, evaluating workload demand and resources for effective and efficient allocation;
• designed and conducted “organizational assessment” in mid-sized municipal police department to
determine organizational qualities, leadership styles, communication issues, morale factors, and
approaches to decision-making and policy-formation;
• designed and conducted “organizational readiness” survey in mid-size municipal police department
in order to identify willingness and capability of implementing “community policing”;
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Public Safety Planning and Analysis (continued)
• designed and conducted statistical evaluation plan in order to facilitate the modification of patrol
beat boundaries according to call-load and criminal activity demand;
• designed, conducted, and analyzed public safety and police services surveys in three Colorado
communities;
• prepared and resented comprehensive analysis to city council concerning the impact of “sexually-
oriented businesses” on community’s quality-of-life;
• designed and conducted cost-benefit analysis of “take-home car plan” vs. “fleet plan” arrangement
for patrol car use in mid-size municipal police department;
• conducted ongoing research, “walk-in requests” and data analysis for all units in mid-size municipal
police department;
• introduced geographic information systems (GIS) to department as part of an action plan to establish
a new crime analysis unit in mid-size municipal police department;
• constructed and maintained operational database of 30 years of Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uniform Crime Report data for mid-size municipal police department;
• designed and implemented strategic planning process in mid-size municipal police department,
including both internal and external organizational assessments.
Program Evaluation and Measurement
• provided technical assistance and evaluation planning consultation to federal AmeriCorps program
grantees in various national community programs, including education, public safety, human needs,
and the environment;
• contributed an evaluation research component to newly-formed Northern Colorado public health
district, seeking to establish evaluation protocols for community health status initiatives;
• developed goals and objectives for crime analysis unit of municipal police department, as well as
evaluation standards for restorative justice and police bike programs in mid-size municipal police
department.
Public Health Research and Community Health Status Assessment
• designed and implemented several community- and county-wide questionnaire surveys for health,
risk perception, quality-of-life, public safety, community satisfaction, and client and provider
patterns in relation to health and human services delivery systems, and worked collaboratively on
several others;
• facilitated and convened focus groups for various segments of several Northern Colorado
communities to complement quantitative data from health status assessment surveys; groups
included people with HIV/AIDS, the elderly, Hispanics, mental health consumers, and physically
challenged individuals;
• served as quantitative coordinating analyst in youth violence initiative that gathered and analyzed
data from over 200 social indicators.
Program Management
• served as program manager for state cancer surveillance program within state health department;
• completed and monitored federal funding applications and on-going status reports for Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP);
• directed program personnel, program goals, and work-plan;
• directed epidemiologic statistical investigations for county, state, and national compilation according
to CDCP guidelines;
• Presented program objectives, challenges, and statistical summary at state-wide cancer conference.
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Education
• Ph.D., Sociology (1994)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Areas of Specialization: Applied Social Change and Community Impact, Integration of
Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology, Social Impact of Large-Scale Economic
Development.
• M.A., Sociology (1988)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Areas of Specialization: Risk Perception to Natural and Technological Hazards,
Sociological and Demographic Differentials in Risk Mitigation Behavior.
• B.A., Psychology (1978)
Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO
Areas of Specialization: General studies (also earned equivalent of minor in sociology).
Positions
• Owner/Operator, SocioLogic LLC, Fort Collins, Colorado. April 2006 to April 2010.
• Program Manager, Wyoming Cancer Surveillance Program, Wyoming Department of Health, State
of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming. March 2005 to November 2005.
• Research Associate, Colorado State University, Department of Sociology, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
August 2004 to March 2005.
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
January 1990 to August 2004. Stand-alone courses presented include:
1. Quantitative Sociological Analysis (Social Statistics)
2. Sociology of Law
3. Social Stratification
4. General Sociology
5. Criminal Justice
6. Contemporary Social Problems
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. Criminology
8. Correctional Organizations
9. Supervision Sociology and Criminal Justice Practicum/Internship Program.
• Research Analyst, OCI, Cheyenne, Wyoming. November 2002 to May 2003.
• Crime Analyst / Municipal Public Safety Planner, Loveland Police Department, Loveland, Colorado.
May 1997 to September 2000.
• Program Evaluation Consultant to AmeriCorps programs, Aguirre International, San Mateo,
California. May 1996 to May 1997.
• Evaluation/Research Specialist, Poudre Valley Hospital District, Ft. Collins, Colorado. May 1995 to
February 1996.
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Publications
K.J. Berry, P.W. Mielke, Jr., and Steven G. Helmericks. 1994. "An algorithm to generate discrete probability
distributions: binomial, hypergeometric, negative binomial, inverse hypergeometric, and Poisson."
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 26(3):366-367.
Helmericks, Steven G. 1993. "Collaborative Testing in Social Statistics Courses: Toward Gemeinstat."
Teaching Sociology 21:3.
Helmericks, Steven G., Randal L. Nelsen and N. Prabha Unnithan. 1991. "The Researcher, the Topic, and the
Literature: A Procedure for Systematizing Literature Searches." Journal of Applied Behavioral
Science 27:3.
Mileti, Dennis S., Barbara C. Farhar, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Steven G. Helmericks. 1991. "Public
Perception and Response to the Parkfield California Earthquake Prediction," in The Analysis,
Communication, and Perception of Risk. Edited by B.J. Garrick and W.C. Gekler. New York:
Plenum Press.
Helmericks, Steven G. 1990. "AIDS in the Family: A Personal Account," pp. 358-359 in Eitzen, D.S. and
M.B. Zinn Social Problems (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Helmericks, Steven G. 1990. "Socioeconomic Impacts and Emergency Response," in Earthquake Spectra
(May): Loma Prieta Earthquake Reconnaissance Report. (Chapter contributor).
Eckert, Jerry, Edward Knop, Steven G. Helmericks, and Jesse Lopez. 1989. Employment and Incomes in the
Navajo Nation: 1987-88 Estimates and Historical Trends. Institute for Distribution and
Development Studies; Colorado State University; Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Berry, K.J., P.W. Mielke, Jr., and Steven G. Helmericks. 1988. "Exact Confidence Limits for Proportions."
Educational and Psychological Measurement 48:713-716.
Mileti, Dennis S., and Steven G. Helmericks. 1987. Earthquake Risk Perception in Santa Clara County,
California in 1976. Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Colorado State University.
References
Captain Al Sharon Louis Swanson, Ph.D.
Brighton Police Department Colorado State University
3401 East Bromley Lane Chairman, Department of Sociology
Brighton, Colorado 80601 Ft. Collins, CO 80524
Sergeant Gregory Eisentraut Lt. Charles King (retired)
Loveland Police Department Loveland Police Department
Loveland, Colorado 80537 Loveland, Colorado 80537
970-***-**** (970) 667 - 9207
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