Project: Crypto-tourism and coastal development in El Salvador
Mentor: Ruchi Patel

Responsibilities:

• Transcribed more than 240 audio minutes of semi-structured interviews
• Retrieved over 400 relevant academic papers and implemented metadata tagging to streamline organizational workflows at no cost
• Investigated company SEC filings, court documents, and tech white papers
• Compiled glossary of technical terms in plain language
• Proposed and implemented simple archival system for digital-native media
• Researched involved companies through SEC filings, 501(c) statements, press releases, court documents, and social media analysis
• Presented findings in 5-minute lightning presentation with PowerPoint at semester-end, free-to public department gathering of more than 50 people

Example Work

Project: The Generalizability and Replicability of Twitter Data for Population Research Supervisor: Junjun Yin, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:

• Investigated 300 pre-assigned Twitter accounts for user demographic information
• Recorded data in Excel spreadsheets and shared to restricted-access cloud folder
• Self-managed time and reported progress to direct supervisor weekly via Zoom

Responsibilities:

• Worked and lived in diverse, multilingual salmon processing center
• Set new single-day record of $2 million processed through department
• Perfect on-time attendance – 16 hour / 7 day work-week for two months

Crew Member of the Year in first year out of over 60 employees

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated and corrected 5-8 crew members or managers each month in pre-determined focus area resulting in improved product consistency and customer review scores
• Motivated crew to work efficiently and collectively resulting in annual sales exceeding $5 million target

Responsibilities:

• Remote supervised; self-managed workload and checked-in monthly with supervisor via Skype
• Taught reading, writing, and math skills to in-person classes of 10-25 high school students
• Communicated in-person and over email with students regarding attendance and progress along with recommending individually tailored study plans