J. Katherine Lee

 J. Katherine Lee

J. Katherine Lee

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Biography

Portland State University - Psychology

Research Scientist | AWS Region Management at Amazon
J. Katherine
Lee
Greater Seattle Area
I am a social psychologist trained in qualitative and quantitative methods to design, implement, analyze, and translate research into action. I am highly proficient in conducting rigorous and nuanced experiments and analyses, with the ability to relay advanced statistical concepts and results to technical and non-technical audiences in written and non-written formats.


Experience

  • California State University, Long Beach

    Research lab manager

    Manage multiple lab studies and coordinate meeting schedules
    Train 15+ research assistants
    Resolve lab related problems
    Create and maintain lab website

  • California State University, Long Beach

    Program assessment coordinator

    College of Engineering ABET accreditation
    -Edit and refine employer and alumni surveys
    -Update, coordinate, and evaluate data from online surveys
    -Coordinate with faculty and programmers for assessment

  • California State University, Long Beach

    Grant coordinator

    Culturally connected communal goals: Latino and Native Americans in Biomedicine
    PI: Jessi Smith, Ph.D, & Dustin B. Thoman, Ph.D

    As the grant coordinator, I oversaw the logistics of participant recruitment and retention, data collection, and grant purchases.

    -Manage participant recruitment
    -Longitudinal tracking
    -Oversee online data collection
    -Coordinate grant purchases for 15 research labs

  • California State University, Long Beach

    Project manager and researcher

    Project title: Stereotypes, interest, and persistence; Masters thesis project

    Designed a theory-driven lab study from the ground up to examine the effects of stereotype threat on experience of interest
    Pilot tested various different manipulations and surveys
    Trained five undergraduate research assistants to conduct experiment

  • Amazon

    Research scientist | Global diversity & inclusion organization

    D&I subject matter expert:
    -Provide guidance and recommendation on D&I initiatives using internal and external research
    -Propose and conduct theoretically sound statistical analyses consistent with previous research in identity threat, implicit methods and unconscious bias, intergroup relations, and motivation to shape future D&I experiment

    Reproducible research:
    -Create Read-Me files and annotated R code for statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlations, regression, and mixed effects modeling using large datasets
    -Automatically update results in Word/PDF/HTML using Markdown

    Methods consulting:
    -Consult with various line businesses to ensure sound experimental design and methods are used to accurately draw causal relations
    -Provide recommendations and guidance around psychometric properties of various employee experience surveys

  • Amazon

    Research Scientist | AWS Region Management

    Research and analytical experience
    • Predictive modeling around AWS services.
    • Build program of research to understand resourcing and hiring mechanism.
    Survey methodology and validation
    • Build centralized collection mechanism to prioritize AWS products.
    • Consult with external teams to establish customer KPI’s.

  • Amazon

    Research Scientist | Product Sampling

    Research and analytical experience
    -Conduct exploratory analysis of internal customer data to understand population level descriptive statistics
    -Model building and testing to identify causal relations

    Survey methodology and validation
    -Create and maintain the new customer survey to collect customer experience and perception of the sampling program
    -Analyze customer surveys to identify opportunities for program improvement and key business metrics

  • Portland State University

    Lecturer

    Research methods in behavioral sciences lecturer

    Taught 2 section of 30+ undergraduate students in research methods topics, including:
    -Study design
    -Sampling
    -Reliability and validity
    -Descriptive and univariate analyses
    -Scientific writing

  • Portland State University

    Project manager and researcher

    Project title: Domain identification, interest, and persistence study

    Designed and administered online survey (via Qualtrics) to capture student motivational experiences
    Established relationships with faculty members from multiple departments to recruit over 300 college students
    Study results accepted for national conference poster presentation (Society for Personality and Social Psychology, SPSP annual conference, San Antonio, TX, January 2017)

Education

  • California Polytechnic University

    B.A

    Psychology

  • California State University

    M.A

    Psychology option in Psychological Research

PSY 321

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