Anna C. McCreery

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Columbus, OH 43201 http://annamccreery.wordpress.com

614-***-**** Citizen: United States and United Kingdom

Representative Achievements:

Innovator: Designed an original, user-focused, quantitative measure of urban land use and transportation and

analyzed factors affecting it, such as race and segregation, income and education, local government, and

state policy (Ohio State University, 2011-2012)

Researcher: Used advanced statistical and research skills to produce 3 published articles for academic and

general audiences and 1 article submitted for publication (Ohio State University, 2010-2012)

Advocate: Play ed a major role in a successful campaign that persuaded Coca-Cola to donate $200,000 to

Ohio State to delay a construction project until most students left for the summer (Save the Spring, 2004)

Grant Writer: Wrote competitive applications for National Science Foundation and Environmental Protection

Agency grants using Grants.gov, including a Logic Model (Ohio State University, 2010-2011)

Educator: Motivated students to work harder and improve writing and critical thinking skills in a challenging,

required class (Ohio State University, 2011-2012)

Marketer: Organized a weekly marketing event that achieved the target product s highest weekly sales (The

Soldiery retail store, 2004-2005)

Education:

Ph.D., Environmental Science, Ohio State University. June 2012

Research area: Changing transportation behavior in urban areas; connections between land use and transportation;

urban planning

B.A. (2006) and M.A. (2008), Sociology, Ohio State University. Magna Cum Laude, with Honors

Research area: Air pollution, policy and the political process, and the environmental movement

Study Abroad: National University of Ireland, Galway. 2005

Research Experience:

Graduate Research Associate:

Ohio State University. 1 year 9 months, during 2009-2012

Managing a d ata collection project coding environmental activism from the New York Times Index

Supervising and teaching event coding to 5 undergraduate assistants

Managing project work p lans and task completion, prioritizing tasks, meeting regular progress goals, documenting

procedures, data entry, and checking data accuracy

Scheduling and facilitating meetings, distributing decisions made in meetings

Graduate Student Researcher:

Ohio State University. 6 years, 2006-2012

Research: writing and publishing journal articles and other research, involving extensive statistical analysis and

various research methods:

Policy analysis Time-series analysis

Multiple regression (OLS, GLM, Logistic) Newspaper content analysis and event coding

Qualitative methods Stakeholder analysis and negotiation

Survey research Geographic information science

Presenting research results and handling Q&A at professional meetings

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Teaching Experience: Sociology and Environmental Science

Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College. 4 years, during 2006-2012

Collaborated with various professors with different teaching styles and adapted lesson plans accordingly

Supervised a team of 4 teaching assistants, including handling grade disputes and conflict resolution

Designed and delivered multimedia presentations to groups of up to 40+ weekly

Developed syllabi, wrote in-class exercises, led discussions, and mentored students

Advocacy and Organizing Experience:

Volunteer Activist:

Graduate Employee Students Organization and Save the Spring. 3 years, during 2004-2009

Persuaded students to sign petitions and participate in demonstrations

Planned strategy to enable a graduate student organization to work efficiently with limited resources

Job Coach:

Godman Guild.

Taught job skills and professional behavior to disadvantaged youth

Collaborated with employers at 10 job sites to ensure appropriate behavior from youth workers

Established institutional memory and accurate long-term documentation procedures

Volunteer Crisis Intervention Specialist:

Huckleberry House Crisis Center.

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