ZINA THOMPKINS
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Education
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Master of Public Administration, September 2015– May 2017 Specialization: Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy
• Public Service Scholarship Recipient (2015-2017)
• Relevant Coursework: Program Analysis and Evaluation, Policy Formation, Multiple Regression, Data Visualization, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research, Financial Management
• NYU Wagner Diversity Council, Communications Chair RUTGERS UNVERSITY New Brunswick, NJ
Douglass Residential College
Bachelors of Arts: Political Science, May 2013
Honors: magna cum laude
Specialization: Women & Gender Studies and Psychology Experience
RAPID RESULTS INSTITUTE –Project Associate, NYU Advanced Project in Public Policy, New York, NY September 2016 – May 2017
• Served on a 5-member team of NYU Wagner student to provide RRI with a project evaluation to learn more about how their 100-day challenge model can better “stick” in communities to achieve sustained, long term impact
• Designed and conducted Qualtrics surveys and case study interviews to examine what tools of the challenge “stuck” with program participants URBAN PATHWAYS –Development and Communications Intern, New York, NY August 2016 – January 2017
• Analyzed and synthesized existing research on best practices to assist homeless women
• Drafted the digital and social media strategy for their annual Giving Tuesday campaign
• Assisted in writing draft funding appeal letters for fall e-blasts MACY’S – Administrative Support Team, Mays Landing, NJ April 2015 – September 2015
• Assisted in staffing and onboarding of over 65 new administrative and floor personnel
• Managed employee schedules and aided them in navigating the company benefits program
• Responsible for balancing over $50,000 in the cash vault daily
• Provided human resource services and support to the Vice President, managers, and employees AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA – FULL TIME Women’s Rights Intern, Washington, D.C. January 2014 – April 2014
• Developed their Afghan women’s rights campaign project proposal by designing their initial advocacy strategy, campaign messaging, offline/online communications plan
• Assisted AIUSA Women Rights’ lobby campaign for I-VAWA by compiling research, writing issue briefs and designing activist tool kits
• Responsible for updating social media accounts such as Twitter and Hootsuite during campaigns and/or breaking news in order to optimize the organization’s social media impact
• Provided administrative work such as processing and distributing emails, scheduling meetings, and other administrative tasks GLOBAL VILLAGE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEADERSHIP HOUSE – Student/Volunteer, New Brunswick, NJ September 2010 – May 2013
• Designed and implemented an English lesson plan for children age 7-10 at the Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia (COSA) in Thailand
• Organized annual fundraising event, Justice for Java, a campaign to end gender violence by executing creative marketing strategies and event planning
• Coordinated with the organization, Take Back the Tap, to promote water as a human right by organizing volunteers to petition and table throughout the city
WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND POLICY MAKING THROUGH THE UN PROGRAM – Student, New Brunswick, NJ January 2013 – May 2013
• Actively learned about the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the application of women’s rights as human rights through public policy and transforming feminist leadership at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL)
• Participated in the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
• Assisted in the development and organizing of our event, Feminist Leadership: Transforming Boundaries, a panel discussion and report back to Rutgers’ faculty and students about our experiences at the UN EAGLETON POLITICAL SCIENCE – Student/Public Policy Poller, New Brunswick, NJ Fall 2010 – Spring 2011
• Aided in designing and implementing survey research questions for a NJ state wide public policy poll
• Conducted NJ poll and assisted in the collection of public opinion data for over 100 New Jersey residents Skills
• Microsoft Suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Data Visualization Platforms: Carto, Tableau, Power B.I., ESRI Storymaps
• Statistic & HR Programs: SPSS, Stata, Taleo
• Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Hootsuite
• Email Marketing Service: Mailchimp