Resume

• 2008

  Tina

  Burdsall

  Oregon Health Care Research - Portland State University

  Sociology

  Research Consultant

  Portland State University - Sociology Department

  Research Consultant

  Portland State University

  Portland State University Honor's College

  CSU Stanislaus

  Work with a team researching international adoption

  cultural socialization

  and child well-being. \nSome of my responsibilities are: data management and data analysis

  Portland State University

  Senior Graduate Research Assistant

  This project was an evaluation of the application process of the Healthy Kids program.\nSome of my responsibilities were to conduct telephone interviews

  maintain IRB and other required documentation

  manage incentives

  assist with qualitative analysis of the data.

  Portland State University

  Senior Graduate Research Assistant

  In this project

  we conducted a longitudinal prospective survey to assess the effectiveness of a program designed to provide enhanced culturally competent and coordinated care to Asians living with chronic disease in the Portland metropolitan area.\nSome of my responsibilities included being a liason with the survey manager

  managing the longitudinal sample database

  managing data entry

  maintaining IRB and other required documentations

  data analysis

  and assisting with writing the final report.

  Portland State University

  This study explored the possible differences in health outcomes of Oregonians based on access to public health insurance. \nSome of my responsibilities included maintaining participant information in the database

  tracking participants via internet search sites

  managing research assistants/trackers

  managing our budget

  and maintaining consistent communication with project partners.

  Oregon Health Care Research - Portland State University

  Sociology

  Instructor

  Urban Social Science: Research Methods\nSociology of Death and Dying Seminar (hybrid)\nSociology of Health and Medicine (hybrid)

  Portland State University Honor's College

  Instructor

  Sociology of the Family (online: Blackboard)

  CSU Stanislaus

  Senior Graduate Research Assistant

  This research study was conducted to learn about the barriers that clients of Oregon Health Authority had when signing up for multiple programs and to identify opportunities for improvement in the application and renewal process.\nSome of my responsibilities were to assist with the interview guide

  conduct telephone interviews

  and assist with qualitative analysis of the data.

  Portland State University

  Instructor

  Sociology of Death and Dying (online: D2L) \t\t\n\t(co-listed for upper-division

  Honors [hybrid]

  and graduate levels)\t\nSociology of Alcohol and Other Drugs (online: D2L; upper-division and graduate level)\nSociology of Health and Medicine\t\t\t\t\nIntroduction to Sociology (online: D2L)

  Portland State University - Sociology Department

  Research Consultant

  In this project

  we evaluated the effectiveness of health coaches in improving chronic disease self-management among CareOregon plan enrollees with complex health conditions. \nSome of my responsibilities were to help create a structured patient survey

  conduct telephone surveys

  manage and analyze data

  and co-write the final report.

  Research Consultant

  In this project

  we designed and conducted an evaluation to identify reasons previous CareOregon Advantage plan members had disenrolled from the plan. \nSome of my responsibilities were to help create a structured patient survey

  manage surveyors and data

  analyze data

  and co-write the final report.

  Ph.D.

  My dissertation was titled \"The Effects of Race

  Socioeconomic Status

  and Religion on Formal End-of-Life Planning\" and was completed under the direction of Dr. Matthew Carlson. Logistic regression was run on data from a large nationally representative survey (the Health and Retirement Study) in order to analyze the completion of formal end-of-life plans by African American

  Hispanic

  and White decedents and to examine the role of socioeconomic factors and religion on the completion of formal end-of-life plans. \n\nAdditionally

  during my doctoral education I was actively involved with the department and the Sociology Graduate Student Organization. I had the opportunity to participate in multiple research projects and be mentored by many outstanding faculty members.

  Sociology and Social Inequality

  Phi Kappa Phi (Lifetime Member)

  Alpha Kappa Delta (Life Member)

  PSU Sociology Club

  American Sociological Association

  Pacific Sociological Association

  Society for Study of Social Problems

  Graduate Student Comps Committee\t(April- June 2009)

  Portland State University

• 2006

  Master's

  My master's thesis was titled \"Do I Really Belong Here?: The Effects of Differences in Paths Through Higher Education on Graduate Student Perception on Legitimacy\" and was completed under the direction of Dr. Peter Collier. The thesis used grounded theory to conduct and analyze interviews that I conducted with master's students who had either followed a traditional educational path or were returning students who had a \"broken trajectory\" in their educational path. Although all students struggled with their student identity

  the returning students tended to use faculty as a comparison group where the traditional trajectory students used other students as a comparison. It was posited that the differences in comparison groups may help explain differences in the feelings of legitimacy experienced by the students. \n\nAdditionally

  I was very involved both with the department and the Sociology Club.

  Sociology

  Phi Kappa Phi (Lifetime Member)

  PSU Sociology Club

  American Sociological Association

  Pacific Sociological Association

  Society for Study of Social Problems

  Portland State University

• 1987

  Bachelor of Science

  Sociology

  University of California

  Santa Barbara

• Public Health

  SPSS

  Statistics

  Community Outreach

  Data Analysis

  Research

  Grants

  Higher Education

  Survey Research

  Sociology

  Qualitative Research

  Research Design

  Grant Writing

  Data Collection

  Quantitative Research

  Program Evaluation

  Burdsall