Kristin McGinnis

**** ****** **** ( Bellevue, NE 68123 618-***-**** (

abjrk5@r.postjobfree.com

Professional with M.S. in Applied Experimental Psychology with more than

three years experience as a member of Applied Research Consultants (ARC), a

consulting firm located in Southern Illinois. Possess unique combination

of methodological and statistical skills. Has experience in psychological

and organizational scale creation and validation. Extensive experience with

customizing research projects and instruments to meet client specific

needs. Has more than three years experience in data set collection,

cleaning, manipulation, weighting, and coding. Performed both formative and

summative evaluations.

Areas of Expertise

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Design ( Survey Development ( Scale

Creation and Validation ( Psychometrics ( Multivariate and Univariate

Statistics ( Project Management - Developing Contracts, Task Assignment,

and Data Collection ( Team Management ( Sampling Techniques Focus Groups -

Protocol Creation, Group Facilitation, Analysis, and Report Construction (

Report Writing ( Cognitive Interviewing

Education

McKendree University

B.A., Psychology and Management (2006) Cumulative GPA 3.7

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

M.S., Applied Experimental Psychology (2009) Cumulative GPA 4.0

Thesis: Effects of Gender Stereotyping on Performance Appraisal and

Promotability to Group Leader

Key Accomplishments

. Supervised five team-based applied consulting contracted projects (teams

ranging from 2-10 people) during tenure in ARC (2007-2009).

. Received Professional Development Grant to attend and become certified

by The Grant Institute's Grant Writing Workshop.

. Poster/Discussion presentations in Baltimore, MD; Denver, CO; and

Chicago, IL for American Evaluation Association (AEA) and Midwestern

Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Conferences.

. Worked with SIUC School of Law to evaluate and improve their orientation

program, current program, and developed marketing strategies to increase

enrollment.

. Assessed the effectiveness of a large Midwestern University's alumni

association, including membership, programs and opportunities.

. Participated in multiple projects involving transformation of client

data to produce technical reports and presentations to appropriate stake

holders.

. Created new online voting system to aid in campus organization

elections.

Technical AND Software Skills

SPSS ( SAS Enterprise -Miner ( Remark - OMR, Paper-Based Survey Design (

Quantitative Analysis ( Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio ( Remark Web

Survey Design ( Univariate Statistics ( Multivariate Statistics (

Broadcast Mass Email System ( Snap Surveys ( EQS - Structural Equation

Modeling

work Experience

Research Associate, Digital Consulting Services (Fall 2010-current) &

General Dynamics Information Technology (Fall 2009-Fall 2010)

. Assisting with economic research for the Defense Resource Management

Institute (DRMI), at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

. Conducting literature reviews for various research projects.

. Creating and updating large databases and spreadsheets to be used in

economic research.

Onboarding Specialist, Language Line Services (Spring 2009-Fall 2009)

. Received all new-hire paper work and processed new employees into

company's database and payroll system; produced badge access for all new-

hires onsite.

. Received telephone calls/visitors and maintained need for office supplies

and equipment.

. Conducted all changes to new hire's profiles and system updates.

. Communicated with all new-hires regarding paper work (I9 documentation, W-

4) and orientation guidelines.

Assessment Analyst, CTB/McGraw Hill, Kelly Services (Spring 2009)

. Analyzed educational assessments for short-term project.

. Worked along with team members to complete project by deadline.

Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Consultants (ARC) (Spring 2007-

Spring 2009)

. Leader of SIUC Judicial Review Board (JRB) Elections, Fall 2008

o Managed all phases of project to produce an online voting system for

their annual nominations/elections.

o Lead contact with client, survey development, data analysis, chart

creation, and report writing.

. Leader of SIUC Head Start Evaluation, Fall 2008

o Managed all phases of project to evaluate data regarding the

growth and development of 4-5

year old Pre-K students on the following indicators: language

development, cognitive

development, physical development, and social/emotional

development.

o Generated report (qualitative and quantitative) component.

. Leader of SIUC Alumni Association Evaluation, Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

o Managed all phases of developing surveys to assess a variety of

SIUC current and lapsed

Alumni members on their opinions of the Alumni Association, the

Association's

communication with them, and the value of their membership

o Served as lead consultant to monitor participants, conduct data

analysis, chart creation, and report

generation.

o Managed campus wide survey distribution (Broadcast Mass Email

Software).

. Co-Leader of Six Sigma Measurement Validation, Fall 2008

o Provided measurement consultation regarding the future process

of constructing and validating

a selection tool with the purpose of allowing employers to

select candidates for the Six Sigma

business training system.

. Co-Leader of Illinois State Board of Education Math and Science

Partnership Grant, Spring 2008 - Fall 2008

o Developed an evaluation framework and research design for a

state-wide educational grant to

develop higher educational programs for Health Science

Technology teachers.

Other ARC Projects associated with:

. Project Associate, Society for Industrial Organizational

Psychology Conference Evaluation, Fall 2008

. Project Associate, Goals Assessment Questionnaire for SIUC's

Associate Chancellor of Diversity, Spring 2008

. Project Associate, Rockford College Smoking Survey, Fall 2007 -

Spring 2008

. Project Associate, Inquiring with Geographic Information System

(iGIS) Education Evaluation, Fall 2008

. Project Associate, SIUC Law School, Summer 2007

. Project Associate, SIUC Media Communications, Summer 2007

Teaching Assistant for Dr. Meera Komarraju, SIUC (Fall 2008 & Fall 2006 -

Summer 2007)

. Collaborated with the instructor to develop course curriculum and

implemented this curriculum into the newly offered course.

. Delivered guest lectures twice throughout the semester.

. Conducted weekly section meetings for two classes per week, facilitating

classroom discussion and encouraging students to apply course concepts to

real world situations.

. Graded assignments and papers and managed student records in an Excel

database, as well as assisted with the WebCT for the course (an online

proprietary virtual learning environment system).

. Attended weekly meetings with the Undergraduate Program Director and

colleagues to discuss course material, challenges, problem-solving

strategies, and specific ways in improve the quality of teaching and

undergraduate learning.

Academic Advisor for SIUC Psychology Department (Fall 2007 - Spring 2009)

( Advised undergraduate psychology majors and minors on academic needs

(e.g. course load, changing

majors and minors, graduate school, careers).

. Attended weekly Undergraduate Committee meetings and collaborated with

department faculty to discuss undergraduate programming.

. Created assessment reports for the College of Liberal Arts, which

highlighted students' performance on pre- and post-tests that assessed

students' learning experiences and in particular, whether improvements

existed in students' experiences.

Data Entry Clerk for Memorial Hospital of Carbondale (Fall 2008 - Spring

2009)

( Entered energy data into Excel spreadsheets and analyzed costs of kw/hr.

. Organized new database for hospital parking, distributed parking

stickers, and maintained parking violations report.

. Conducted background checks for new contractors of the hospital and

maintained database for Human Resources.

Conference posters/Presentations

Pankey, Kristin, Lowery, M., & Nadler, J. (2008, November). Current and

Lapsed Members: Evaluating a University Alumni Database. Presented at

American Evaluation Association conference, Denver, CO.

Pankey, Kristin, Nadler, J., Cundiff, N., Hoffman, N., Bhattacharya, G., &

Avdic, A. (2008, November). The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:

Outsourcing Experience. Poster presented at the American Evaluation

Association conference, Denver, CO.

Pankey, Kristin (2008, Summer). ARC: Who we are and what we do: A student-

run consulting

firm gaining experiences for life. Poster presented at Midwestern

Applied Psychology Conference, Carbondale, IL.

Nadler, J., & Pankey, Kristin (2008, Spring). Math Gender Based Stereotypes

Threat: The

Effects of Homogeneous Testing. Poster presented at Midwestern

Psychology Association, Chicago, IL.

Bhattacharya, G., Pankey, Kristin, & Nadler, J. (2007, Fall). Learning

Evaluation and Applied Research Consultants (ARC). Presented at

American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD.

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