Chelsea Whiting

Key Skills Overview:

Qualitative Expertise:

• Proficiently conducted over 50 qualitative interviews and co-facilitated 5 focus groups across 12 projects.
• Applied advanced coding skills using NVivo and Dedoose for comprehensive data analysis.
• Engaged in data analysis discussions, providing culturally responsive and equity-focused insights.

Data Storytelling and Reporting:

• Leveraged expertise in translating complex qualitative data into clear, impactful narratives.
• Demonstrated proficiency in report writing and design, emphasizing cultural responsiveness and equity, and diversity.

Navigated a Spectrum of Disciplines with an Equity and Cultural Lens:

• Orchestrated collaborative efforts across a spectrum of subjects, including but not limited to teen pregnancy prevention, mental health, unhoused populations, job placement, food and nutrition, teacher residency programs, and comprehensive program evaluations
• Demonstrated adeptness in engaging with multifaceted themes and diverse stakeholders, consistently applying an equity and cultural lens to foster inclusive insights.

Recruitment, On-Site Observations, and Field Work:

• Played a crucial role in recruiting efforts and on-site data collection for over 5 studies recruiting school leadership, program managers, and other stakeholders.
• Conducted on-site observations for program evaluations and assessed the effectiveness of teen pregnancy prevention educational curricula, school nutrition initiatives, and other school-based evaluations.

Comprehensive Survey Management:

• Played a vital role in the coordination of survey oversight, including survey question creation, testing, and piloting for over 5 projects including at various Job Corps sites across the country.

Client Interaction and Project Management:

• Participated in key informant interviews played a key role in overseeing transcription, analysis, and report writing with a small team.
• Effectively managed client communications as main contact.

Diverse Client Collaboration:

• Successfully collaborated with a diverse range of clients, demonstrating adaptability and versatility across multiple research domains and projects
• Key collaborators include W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, University of Texas School of Public Health, Mathematica, American Institutes of Research, and Abt. Associates.