High School Assistant

DAVID VERNON GOLD

202-***-**** ? **** Nebraska Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20015 ?

**********@*****.***

EDUCATION

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Sept.

**** - **** ****

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Minor in Economics, First Class Honors,

conferred June 2011

. GPA: 3.71/4.0 Major GPA: 3.76/4.0 Minor GPA: 4.0/4.0

. Students for DC Vote, Big Buddies Tutoring Club, Outdoors Club

. Thesis: The Effects of Quarrelsome Workdays on High-Spin Individuals

New York University, New York, NY May 2010 - June 2010

Summer Semester, Department of Dramatic Writing

. Completed Introduction to Writing the Half-Hour Comedy

Georgetown Day High School, Washington, DC Sept. 2003 - June 2007

. All-Metro Atlantic Conference Track & Field, AP Scholar, Presidential

Scholar Candidate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Washington, DC June 2011 - Present

Research Associate

. Performed public opinion research for one of Washington, D.C.'s

leading political research firms

. Coded and entered data from nationwide focus group discussions; worked

extensively in Excel

. Contacted, recruited and screened participants for prospective studies

. Collaborated with clients and senior analysts in constructing items

for national surveys

. Prepared and presented national survey results for reports for

political and corporate clients

. Maintained and updated internal database of client-commissioned

projects

McGill University Department of Psychology, Montreal, Quebec May 2011

Research Assistant to Dr. Debbie S. Moskowitz

. Invited to assist professor in planning and conducting studies of

interpersonal behavior

. Analyzed large sets of event-contingent recording data using SAS

. Conducted literature review of research papers investigating work-to-

family emotional spillover

. Edited undergraduate thesis for submission for publication in academic

journals

. Spearheaded department-wide project to obtain and employ virtual

reality equipment in research

Lichtman, Trister & Ross, PLLC, Washington, DC June 2009 - Aug. 2009

Legal File Clerk

. Organized case files primarily relating to congressional and

gubernatorial elections

. Set up a digital database for client billing

. Assisted with research and retrieval of case materials

. Performed administrative duties including scheduling and

correspondence with clients

Grassroots Campaigns, Washington, DC June 2008 - Aug. 2008

Canvass Staff

. Fundraised on behalf of the Democratic National Committee

. Canvassed door-to-door in the District of Columbia metropolitan area

. Trained and instructed new staff

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Alone in the Green Room (www.aloneinthegreenroom.wordpress.com), Co-Founder

2009 - Present

. Co-founded basketball blog featured on ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports,

SportsIllustrated.com

. Wrote extensively on trends and developments in basketball statistics

and analytics

Languages: Conversational Spanish, basic French

Computing: Proficient in Microsoft Office, data analysis in SAS, basic HTML

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