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Kasia de la Parra Data analyst with social science background Orange County, California Area Higher Education Past Teaching Assistant at UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Independent Contractor at Cardinal Management, LLC Library Assistant at Stony Brook University Education University of California, Irvine State University of New York at Stony Brook Suffolk County Community College Summary I am a versatile and hardworking individual with knowledge and experience in data analysis and research methods, with strong analytical, evaluation, management, and administrative skills. I enjoy creating an interesting, fun, and efficient workplace while contributing to the organization’s long and short term goals through a continued development of professional skills, excellent team effort, and outstanding independent work. Specialties: Data management Data collection and analysis Demographic and social analysis Statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential) (SPSS, Stata) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research methods (qualitative and quantitative) Eastern and Central European Societies and Cultures Experience Teaching Assistant UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Higher Education industry October 2010 – June 2011 (9 months) As a teaching assistant I prepared three to four weekly discussion lab sections with an average of 20 students per section. I taught and reviewed the material introduced in lectures. I assisted with homework questions and introduced students to statistical software (SPSS and STATA). I also graded student’s homework, quizzes, and exams. I held weekly office hours during which I assisted students with any course related problems and identified areas of opportunity for students to work on. Independent Contractor Cardinal Management, LLC Real Estate industry April 2006 – August 2010 (4 years 5 months) As an independent contractor I furnished management and administrative services in a real estate management office. I actively directed and managed the phone lines, welcomed clients, conducted scanning, faxing, filing and mail distribution. I also imputed data in the computer, drafted some official correspondence, took on responsibility and administration of accounts payable and assisted with monthly billing of clients. Library Assistant Stony Brook University Educational Institution; Higher Education industry May 2007 – September 2007 (5 months) As a library assistant I actively managed and directed information being disbursed and received by the university library. I answered, directed, and placed calls pertaining to the Library’s business. I also actively distributed library resources in the reading room area; ensuring that an adequate and efficient amount of information was available to every patron of the library. Skills Microsoft Office-Word, Excel, Powerpoint GIS SPSS Stata R iWork- Numbers, Keynote, Pages Accounts Payable-AccountMate Languages English (Native or bilingual proficiency) Polish (Native or bilingual proficiency) Russian (Limited working proficiency) Education University of California, Irvine MA, Demography, Population Studies, Social Analysis 2010 – 2011 GPA: 4.00 Awards: Outstanding MA Student Master Thesis: Analysis of anti-immigration attitudes of European respondents using survey data and multivariate regression analysis that cumulated in both a professional presentation and a thesis report. State University of New York at Stony Brook BA, Sociology, Political Science, Russian 2005 – 2010 GPA: 3.97 Graduated Summa Cum Laude Awards: Undergraduate Recognition Award Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Library Assistant, Guest Speaker in "Gender & Work" sociology course Suffolk County Community College AA, Liberal Arts 2004 – 2006 GPA: 3.9 Awards: Academic Achievement in Psychology, Academic Excellence Award, All-American Scholar Award, Outstanding Service Citation, David Elkins Memorial Scholarship, Astor Communication and Arts Scholarship Activities and Societies: East End Elements Arts and Literary Magazine- editor of poetry University of Bialystok, Poland Russian Philology 2002 – 2003

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