Emely E. Medina-Rodriguez

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EMELY E. MEDINA-RODRíGUEZ

Aguada, Puerto Rico 00602 - United States

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EDUCATION 

University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan , September 2010 - December 2011

MA in Educational Policy and Leadership

 

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico , August 2006 - May 2010

BA in Political Science, Cum Laude Grade Point Average

 

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

College Access Challenge Grant Program University of Puerto Rico

March 2012

Project Assistant

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Center for College Access: University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

August 2011 - December 2011

Intern: Educational Facilitator and Coordinator

Designed strategies to motivate teachers, mentors and tutors in endeavors related to outreach activities in the center for low-income students. Supervised outreach for pre-college and high school students.
Worked to standardize methods to meet the centers' goals more efficiently.

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National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI

September 2010 - June 2011

Research Assistant I

Projects:
  • Diverse Pathways to Graduate Studies Project
  • Diverse Pathways to Student Success Project

Job Description:
  • Participant Incentive Team Leader
  • Team Organizing
  • Record Keeping
  • Payments Scheduling

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Center for College Access, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

August 2007 - August 2010

Research Assistant

Research: Content analysis of national newspapers and other sources; ethnographic fieldwork; qualitative data transcription and analysis
Outreach: Coordination and implementation of weekend and summer activities; afterschool tutor.
Assessment: Instrument development and data analysis of outreach activities

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University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

Frebruary 2007 - May 2007

Research Assistant

Job Description: Content analysis, microfilm research and editing for book, Militant Puerto Ricans, by Michael
González, Ph.D.

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SKILLS 

Language skills:

Spanish: Native
English: Fluent

Research Skills:

-Quantitative & qualitative data collection methods training
-Assessment Methods Training (one year)
-Large Scale Assesment introductory training
-Intensive Introduction to AtlasTi: The Qualitative Data Analysis Software
-Bibliography and library research in the social sciences research training (one semester)
-Statistical analysis packages - SPSS basic training


Computer Skills:

-Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and academic databases

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INTERESTS 

Social research, Public Policy analysis, Social Stratification, Poverty, Education, Higher Education

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