RESEARCH design

Wonder Why Consulting, Field Researcher
Remote

I conducted 100+ hours of field research and analysis on a classified Kids & Family project for a top streaming service.

Touch Foundation, Excel-based tool creation for health worker distribution
Mwanza, Tanzania

I transformed Tanzania’s model for healthcare worker distribution by creating POA, an excel-based tool, on a 5 person team. The Tanzanian government adopted POA as an official HRH tool in 2017.

Cross-Cultural Difference between Indian & American participants
Madras Christian College, Chennai, India

I navigated researching 60 participants in fast-paced, changing cultural environment to analyze cross-cultural differences in musical preference between Indian and American participants.

Content Analysis of Oral Storytelling as a Participatory Action Research Methodology
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
 

I designed and carried out a PAR study on oral storytelling in Cape Coast, Ghana. I have presented the findings at PreMed Fest, a local library's children's program, and URDT in Uganda.

Artchange, Ethnographic Research and Filmmaking
Sitka, Alaska

I experimented in short-form storytelling for the project "14 Miles." I supported the making of 11 community-led micro-documentaries about place and identity in a town of less than 9,000 people surrounded by mountains and ocean. 

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Episodes I directed and produced include "Episode 24: Light and Dark" below, and the following, linked.

• Episode 23: Taking the Podium

• Episode 28: Love, Uncertainty, and Belonging

• Episode 30: Reaching New Heights

Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, Theory of Mind Study
Reading University, UK

I designed a novel study with 3 international investigators, using new psychological software, Mousetracker to create an innovative continuous theory of mind task within the time constraint of 2 months.

Early Learning Lab, Child Computational Foundations for Question-asking Strategies
University of California, Berkeley

I increased research participation of children by 50% (recruited 8-16 kids per session) which contributed to the discovery that by the age of 5, children have the computational foundations for successful question-asking strategies. See resulting study below!