Amanda Cronkhite

 AmandaB. Cronkhite

Amanda B. Cronkhite

  • Courses1
  • Reviews1

Biography

University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign - Communication


Resume

  • 2009

    Ph.D.

    Political Science

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    M.A.

    Political Science

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 1995

    BA

    Political Science

    Campus Times

    Student Senate

    STING

  • 1994

    National Honor Society

    Drama Club

    Glens Falls High School

  • Looking at rumors as viruses

    and more studies from scholars who study truth and politics - American Press Institute

    To help understand the spread of rumors

    look at them as if they're viruses. Rumors \"are nothing more than long strands of information seeking to reproduce to ensure survival

    \" say the authors of a study on the spread of misinformation. \"To stretch the metaphor further

    a rumor seeks to survive by infecting as many people ...

    Looking at rumors as viruses

    and more studies from scholars who study truth and politics

    American Corporate Partners (ACP)

    Mentor

    Review resumes and offer career and image advice to female veterans and women married to/widowed by servicemen.

    Business and Professional Women's Foundation

    Research

    Public Speaking

    Communications Strategy

    Analysis

    Policy Analysis

    Political Science

    Statistics

    Crisis Communications

    International Relations

    Statistical Data Analysis

    R

    Stata

    Econometrics

    Strategic Communications

    Quantitative Research

    Crisis Management

    Political Communication

    Politics

    Research Design

    Risk

    Are Maduro's Actions Empowering Other Would-Be Dictators in Latin America?

    Are Maduro's Actions Empowering Other Would-Be Dictators in Latin America?

    Why does the media cover stories in some countries... but not in others?

    Translation: The Constitution should come from the people\nOp-ed in political magazine about the difference between constitutions that retain rights for the populace and give limited rights to the government versus those that retains rights for the government and give limited rights to the populace (Spanish)

    La Constitución debe ser del Pueblo

    Biweekly newspaper column on how students might develop leadership (Spanish)

    Liderazgo

    Hopscotch

    or Five Tips for Working in Bolivia

    Roles & Perils of Being a Watchdog: the press and government

    Cronkhite

    Self-employed

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Self

    U.S. Department of State

    The United States Army War College

    US Coast Guard Academy

    Harrisburg

    Pennsylvania Area

    •\tConsulted with the Office of Educational Methodology to formulate statistically sound procedures for drawing inferences from survey of students to measure curriculum effectiveness\n•\tBuilding a dataset on populism and news media by conducting archival research to collect conflicting data from cross-national quantitative datasets and in-depth country studies\n•\tDesigned agent-based model to simulate the transmission of misinformation

    conducted theoretical research to formulate model specifications. \n•\tProvide data consulting to civil servants and military officials on best practices for utilizing unclassified academic datasets

    Post-doctoral Researcher

    The United States Army War College

    Santa Cruz

    Bolivia; Lima

    Peru; and Sao Paulo

    Brazil

    • Working with multiple international clients

    from large corporations to individual politicians

    identified and authored analyses on business opportunities and potential risks in South America.\n•\tConsulted with polling firms that deployed Gallup polls in Bolivia

    Peru

    and Chile to develop best translation and localization practices for both administration and also reporting of surveys\n•\tDeveloped targeted communications strategies

    authored profiles of political leaders

    and wrote talking points for negotiations \n•\tDeveloped client-specific multilingual political issues archive\n•\tTrained client staff on using open-source media to detect trends and patterns of emergent risks\n• Individually coached and offered seminars on how to improve public speaking and how employees might better present themselves as leaders.

    International Strategic Communications & Risk Consultant

    Self-employed

    Greater Chicago Area

    •\tDissertation examined the linkage between news consumption and the propensity to protest in Latin America using survey data from the World Values Survey and the AmericasBarometer with logistic regression and generalized ordered logistic regression models in Stata. Designed and deployed media consumption questions in 2014 Bolivian electoral poll\n•\tUsed logistic regression in R to assess likelihood that citizens in compulsory voting societies may turn in a blank protest vote (voto blanco). Assessed methodological ability to infer whether a blank vote was due to protest or due to less systematic factors

    Researcher and Writer

    Self

    Urbana-Champaign

    Illinois Area

    • Wrote syllabus & independently taught 60 students for one semester of Politics & the Media (PS 312).\n• Independently taught 60 students for two semesters of Public Speaking (CMN 101).\n• Assisted in teaching a 300-person lecture course on Introduction to Political Science (PS 100).\n• Constructed dataset to assess corruption in World Bank projects. Developed codebook by incorporating social science methodology and domain knowledge

    conducted archival research

    and trained research assistants in methodology \n• Quantitative textual analysis

    both human and computer-assisted

    in multiple languages. \n• Full fellowship with stipend.

    Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Economic/Commercial Officer\nEmbassy La Paz

    Bolivia 2003 – 2005\nThere were five presidents in Bolivia from 2001 to 2006. La Paz was paralyzed by protests and road blockades from 2002 to 2004

    including an October 2003 siege that forced the then-president into exile.\n• Directed efforts to protect US firms working in country in conjunction with the Embassy security office

    paying special attention to physical security and crisis management.\n• Counseled US-owned businesses on political

    social and economic issues

    and assisted companies involved in investment disputes.\n• Wrote and edited market research reports for government and private sector audiences

    including the annual Country Commercial Guide.\n• During the October 2003 siege

    organized emergency services for hundreds of stranded American citizens and businesses and helped stave off a run on the banking system.\n• Supervised two senior analysts

    as well as a secretary and numerous interns.\n\nImmigrant Visa Chief/Fraud Prevention Manager\nUS Consulate General in Chennai (Madras)

    India \n2000 – 2002\nBusinesses in South India invented and perfected software outsourcing. The Consulate processed over 200

    000 visas in 2001

    including more H1-B visas than any office in the world.\n• Managed a 500 percent increase in applications for work-based residency visas

    including successful lobbying to finance increased staffing and implementation of internet-based customer service.\n• Investigated and gathered evidence against persons that had violated US and Indian laws.\n•\tDeveloped training manual and gave workshops to teach employees to detect visa fraud more effectively at the US Consulate in India. Procedures became the basis for later quantitative data collection\n• Supervised up to 20 people at any time and managed all related budget and confidentiality issues.

    U.S. Department of State

    US Coast Guard Academy

    New London/Norwich

    Connecticut Area

    • Taught social science methodology to sophomores with emphasis on applied statistical methods and research design\n• Taught future military officers how to critically consume information in the age of fake news & cyberwarfare.

    Lecturer

    International Studies Association

    Latin American Studies Association

    American Political Science Association

    Spanish

    English

    Portuguese

    Meritorious Honor Award

    U.S. Department of State

    Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention)

    Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois

    William A. Schroeder and Paul W. Schroeder Fellowship

    Cline Center for Democracy

    University of Illinois

CMN 101

3.5(1)