About me
I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations and a M.S. in Applied Economics and Econometrics from the University of Souther California. I currently work as a Senior Data Analyst (Senior Client/Branch Insight Analyst/Applied Statistical Analyst) for Edward Jones.
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My academic and industry research revolves around corporate activism/CSR, corporate strategy, multi-stakeholder approaches, and participatory/inclusive governance in product and policy design. I have 10+ years experience working with complex sets of stakeholders (politicians, policymakers, businesses, think tanks, organizations) to create and update programs and products that aim to improve the lives of various populations. Currently, at Edward Jones, my focus is on optimizing rollouts of financial tools and products, planning, and executing segmentation strategies of such tools and products as well as assessing their effectiveness and impact.
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I draw upon a broad set of qualitative and quantitive methods. My dissertation project used social network analysis and network statistical models (exponential random graph models), a survey experiment, as well as evidence from stakeholder interviews and fieldwork in Germany. As a mixed-methods researcher with a primarily quantitative focus in the industry, I conduct large-scale surveys and experiments and apply advanced statistical and machine-learning techniques—topic modeling, sentiment analysis, clustering, text similarity, and random forests—to produce rigorous, data-driven insights.
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