Previous Experience

Adjunct Professor (August 2023 - Present)

University of Tennessee | Remote

Worked fully remote as the lead instructor of a graduate level course in applied statistics.
Created course materials, assignments, and learning objectives for a completely virtual/online, asynchronous course.
Facilitated student discussions via asynchronous discussion boards and live virtual office hours.
- Part time (Approximately 5 hours per week)

Data Analyst (May 2022 - Present)

American Reading Company | Remote

Worked fully remote as the research assistant for the Vice President of Research and Evaluation.
Aided in obtaining the companies first data sharing agreements with 28 partner districts in 17 states across the United States
Performed data cleaning and statistical analysis on K-12 student reading scores for validity, efficacy, and linking studies.
Co-authored non-peer reviewed studies on the Independent Reading Level Assessment (IRLA), a formative reading assessment for K-12 students used nationwide, that established its validity and linked it with summative state test scores.
- Full time (40 hours per week)

Founder and Statistics and Evaluation Consultant (September 2020 - July 2021)

Self Employed | Remote

Founded a statistics and evaluation consulting LLC (Boyd and Associates International, LLC).
Secured a 10 month contract with Motorola Solutions, LLC, assisting with data analysis and visualization of their federal government contracts
- Part time (Approximately 10 hours per week)

Evaluation and Statistics Intern (January 2020 - August 2020)

University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee and Remote

Co-authored an introductory guide on R for the Evaluation, Statistics, and Methodology program
Created and conducted a professional development training on the basics of R and data visualization in R for doctoral students in the Evaluation, Statistics, and Methodology program
Created a logic model workshop for the College of Veterinary Medicine’s RUFF Reading Program
Produced a technical report containing suggestions for research questions, methods, and measurements for evaluating the RUFF Reading program
- Part time (Approximately 10 hours per week)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (August 2019 - May 2021)

University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee

Served as a teaching assistant in both synchronous online and in person courses for graduate students in Statistics, Measurement, Program Evaluation
Designed assignments, quizzes, and in class activities to aid in instruction of in person graduate student courses
Held in person and virtual office hours and provided weekly feedback on students’ assignments
- Part time (Approximately 6 hours per week)

Media Editing Consultant (August 2019 - November 2019)

Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition | Remote

Created 60 second video excerpts from the organizations “Think Suburbia” podcasts to be used in social media marketing and advertising.
- Part time (Approximately 3 hours per week)

Graduate Research Assistant (August 2018 - July 2022)

University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee and Remote

Served as lead author for peer reviewed article on reformatting data for social network analysis
Co-authored and presented a peer reviewed paper analyzing law schools’ national ranking in relationship to student engagement as part of grant funded project through AcessLex
Worked as an evaluation consultant to the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, providing them a logic model and measurement workshop, as well as a written technical report of suggestions of research questions, methods, and measurements for evaluating their MACP grant
- Part time (Approximately 20 hours per week)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (September 2017 - May 2018)

University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia

Served as a teaching assistant for an in-person course on statistics for undergraduate psychology students
Designed assignments, quizzes, and in class activities to aid in instruction of in person undergraduate student courses
Developed and taught 1-hour lectures on 2x2 Factorial Analysis and Data Visualization using R
Held in person and virtual office hours and provided weekly feedback on students’ assignments
- Part time (Approximately 6 hours per week)

Test Item Writer (September 2017 - July 2019)

Psychological Services Bureau | Remote

Developed new test items for different entry level healthcare aptitude examinations
- Part time (Approximately 5 hours per week)

Program Evaluation Intern (May 2017 - December 2018)

Prince William County Public Schools | Prince William, Virginia

Performed data analysis and visualization on survey results of several county programs including the gifted education, strings program, annual Equity and Excellence in Education (EEE) conference, Title I school’s parent evaluations, and the newly implemented Professional Learning Community (PLC) Survey
- Fulle time seasonally (40 hours per week)

Statistics Consultant (May 2017 - August 2018)

Self Employed | Woodbridge, Virginia

Provided statistical consultations for doctoral candidates, including cleaning and analyzing survey results, statistical testing, data visualizations, and a written summary of the findings
- Par time (Approximately 3 hours per week)

Statistics Tutor (February 2017 - May 2018)

Self Employed | Charlottesville, Virginia

Addressed areas of weakness in students’ knowledge of course content at review sessions
Promoted students’ development of effective study strategies to aid in long-term comprehension
Conducted discussions with students after exams to discuss future strategies to improve studying
- Part time (Approximately 2 hours per week)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (September 2016 - May 2018)