Resume

• 2010

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Educational Psychology

  Educational Psychology and Special Education- Doctoral Student Association- Vice President

  Georgia State University

  Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Research

  Data management

  statistical modeling

  regression

  predictive analysis

  A|B testing

  SAS

  SQL

  MPlus

  LISREL.

  Georgia State University

• 2006

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Environmental Education and Communication

  Royal Roads University

• 2002

  Cell Biology and Genetics

  Life Sciences

  The University of British Columbia

  Mathew McNair Secondary School

  LinkedIn

  SQL Essential Training

  edX Verified Certificate for Data Science: R Basics

  db68f6e25a1c44528328170ea07437f0

  edX

  edX Verified Certificate for Data Science: Probability

  91dfae233f09414caa1c83df49c8b299

  edX

  edX Verified Certificate for Data Science: Visualization

  35ceaaa99df84f0fa77df01e775ff08a

  edX

• Curriculum Design

  Editing

  Staff Development

  Grant Writing

  Teaching

  Statistics

  Program Evaluation

  Community Outreach

  Curriculum Development

  Department Budgeting

  Research

  SAS

  Educational Research

  Quantitative Research

  Project Management

  SPSS

  Cell Biology

  Data Analysis

  Research Design

  Public Speaking

  Mitri

  Souraya Mansour

  University of Houston-Downtown

  GLOBE- NASA

  Georgia State University

  The University of British Columbia

  Oregon Health & Science University

  AFDC association for forest

  developement and conservation

  Panda Learning Center

  Eyebank of British Columbia

  •\tDeveloped a visual learning curriculum and trained/supervised a team of 18 graduate students on a project to deliver appropriate education to 100+ children aged 3-12 who were deaf or hard of hearing.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Georgia State University

  Oregon Health & Science University

  Georgia State University

  Planned and taught classes of 30 students in subjects across human growth and development

  and learning.

  Adjunct Professor

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Beirut

  Lebanon

  •\tDesigned and developed a curriculum for a non-profit organization to increase awareness and educate children

  parents and teachers across 500 schools on environmental and social issues. Built a library of educational resources including videos and a website.\n•\tDevised assessment and research strategies based on evaluations of program effectiveness; managed the program team and all aspects of the project including inventory/budget control and report writing. \n•\tRecruited and evaluated educators

  staff and volunteers; delivered training workshops to groups of 30+.\n•\tMethods: A|B testing

  mixed methods

  regression

  Education Program Manager

  AFDC association for forest

  developement and conservation

  One Main Street

  Houston TX

  •\tCollaborate with colleagues in assessment and planning

  institutional research

  academic affairs

  student support services and enrollment management to collect

  generate

  and analyze data to promote student and institutional success. \n•\tAssist stakeholders and decision-makers in acquiring data management and predictive analytics software and solutions. \n•\tDirect projects that link cross-departmental databases to answer questions on student academic success

  retention

  and graduation.\n•\tTeam lead on campus-wide program evaluation. \n•\tMethods: factor analysis

  regression

  A|B testing

  hierarchical linear modeling

  structural equation modeling

  Senior Research Associate Institutional Research

  University of Houston-Downtown

  Near East & Africa Region

  •\tRecruited

  trained and evaluated 100+ teachers and educators per year delivering a NASA environmental awareness program. Coordinated educational activities for 400+ children aged 8-18. Led regional project from grant proposal to implementation and report writing.\n•\tOrganized professional development workshops

  provided ongoing one-on-one support

  and coordinated student exchange trips across Europe

  the Middle East and the US.

  Trainer of Trainers

  GLOBE- NASA

  Portland

  Oregon Area

  Data Specialist

  Oregon Health and Science University

  Richmond

  British Columbia

  Tutor learners of all ages; develop and implement custom curriculum for learner needs; assist on daily operations of center

  Instructor and Assistant Coordinator

  Panda Learning Center

  •\tCollected specimens for corneal transplants

  communicated with medical professionals and patients

  reviewed medical charts and developed educational resources.

  Research Technician

  Vancouver

  Canada Area

  Eyebank of British Columbia

  •\tManaged a project designed to assess the reading level of 600+ children aged 3-5

  coordinating and training a team of 20 graduate students on assessments

  data collection

  analysis and report writing.\n•\tDesigned research questions

  tested hypotheses and constructed conceptual and statistical models for analysis of a large data set of human behavior and individual differences. Also analyzed data from structured and unstructured sources

  including surveys

  interviews

  recordings

  and standardized assessments.\n•\tControlled the project budget and inventory and delivered project progress reports to stakeholders.\n•\tMethods: factor analysis

  regression

  A|B testing

  hierarchical linear modeling

  structural equation modeling

  Pre-doctoral Fellow & Project Manager

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Georgia State University

  Oregon Health & Science University

  Georgia State University

  Atlanta

  GA

  •\tResearched and developed production materials and the curriculum for a $2.5 million NIH-sponsored project to enhance language instruction for 700+ children aged 8-12 who were struggling to learn to read. \n•\tPerformed data collection and analysis

  coordinated scheduling

  and managed a team of 5 graduate students.\n•\tMethods: mixed effects model

  factor analysis

  Pre-doctoral Fellow & Team Leader

  •\tConducted literature searches and reviews and performed laboratory duties for projects relating to adult hippocampal neurogenesis

  hormonal control of learning and memory

  sex differences in the neural and behavioral response to stress

  and mechanisms that control synapse development.

  Research Assistant- Neuroscience Research

  Vancouver

  Canada Area

  The University of British Columbia

  English

  Arabic