Researcher

CHAQUAN PHILIP SMITH

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A researcher with several years of experience performing qualitative and quantitive data analysis. Work in the criminal justice field with practitioners to develop methods for evaluation and evidence-based action research. Experience using SPSS and JMP statistical software with brief usage and knowledge of Stata.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science (M.S), Criminal Justice

Rochester Institute of Technology

May 2018

• Thesis/Capstone project: Community Views on Criminal Justice o Tracking what sentinel events affect various community groups perception of procedural justice as it relates to the criminal justice system and policing. Bachelors of Science (B.S)

Rochester Institute of Technology

• Major: Criminal Justice

• Minor: Political Science, Legal Studies

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of The Deaf (HEARD) 9/2015- present

• Researched state and federal statutes, decisions, codes, and legal documents used to advocate on behalf of clients.

• Created case proposals which were submitted to various attorneys in efforts to convince lawyers to help our clients on a pro bono basis.

• Managed communication of pertinent information to clients via phone, email, and paper mail.

Research Assistant

Center for Public Safety Initiatives

9/2015- present

• Contributed to criminal justice strategy through research, policy analysis, and evaluation.

• Worked closely with the Rochester Police Department (RPD). Managed and analyzed community surveys from Project Trust, Information, Program, Services (T.I.P.S).

• Conducted focus groups and wrote a community partner survey report for RPD's Reorganization evaluation.

• Measured procedural justice by facilitating focus groups using "Group Feedback Analysis" of various community members in the city of Rochester as part of the

"Community Views" project. Presented findings to Department of Criminal Justice Services’ Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) team.

• Duties included data collection, data analysis, and the presentation of findings at the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences (NEACJS) conference for the

"Community Views" project.

• Worked on the CPSI’s Homeless Gap Analysis, surveying and interviewing actors in the Rochester homeless shelter system, to identify gaps between the current system for homeless and the ideal system.

Teaching Assistant 1/2016-5/2017

Rochester Institute of Technology

• Helped create a new syllabus using feedback from previous classes. Graded tests, papers and recorded grades in the RIT system.

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• Prepared class materials and interact with students during course time and online forums.

• Instructed students on class materials when the professor was unavailable and provided additional office hours outside the classroom for tutoring. Undergraduate Intern 6/2015- 8/2015

New York Western District Court

• Assisted in the daily duties supporting the administration of the court.

• Provided correspondence between judge’s chambers, updated physical file system with the electronic system.

• Assisted in jury recruitment process using Westlaw people finder to send out jury notices.

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