ERME is hosting a Career Fair Day on Friday May 9th from 11:00-3:00.
Although this will primarily be for you, our current graduate students, it will also be open to prospective students from LSOE, including current seniors and juniors and those considering the 5th year program. I have specifically invited grads of the program, still in the local area, who have relevant research-oriented positions and who might themselves either have or know of job opportunities.
There will be 8 presenters, all who earned their PhD from ERME. Each presenter will have 10 minutes for their "story" including why they came here, how they got a job afterwards, the types of things they do now, and how a person could learn more about their business/company/institution.
This will be an ideal opportunity for you to ask them about out information on any current job openings at their place or in the region. I hope you will be interested in joining us for this "first-time" event.
The time frame will be 11am-3pm with some light refreshments. You are welcome to come and go as you please.
Schedule of Events
ERME Career Fair Day 2008 Presenters
Ismael Carreras, PhD is currently a Research Director at Eidetics, a Boston-based market research and consulting organization serving the health care sector (primarily biopharmaceuticals, devices, and diagnostic manufacturing). He is an experienced applied researcher who relies heavily on multivariate analysis, such as conjoint analysis, market segmentation, and multidimensional scaling to help inform client decision-making. Prior to Eidetics, Ismael was a Client Service Director at Research International - Cambridge, where he worked primarily with companies in the IT, telecommunications, and energy utility sectors. Ismael earned his bachelor's degree from Bates in 1990, and completed both his ERME M.Ed. and PhD degrees in 1994 and 1998, respectively.
James Cheng, PhD is currently serving as the Prospect Data Mining and Modeling Specialist at MIT's Office of Development Services. In this capacity James applies the tools of statistics to aid in the identification of new major and planned gift prospects, to help researchers prioritize existing, in-portfolio prospects, as well as to explore general trends for different avenues of philanthropy at MIT. Having only roughly two years of experience in the field of advancement, James' previous experiences include ventures in the fields of cell and developmental biology and high school teaching. James was awarded the ERME doctorate in September 2007.
Susan Gracia, PhD received her PhD from ERME in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership Program and the Director of Assessment at the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at Rhode Island College. As an Associate Professor, Susan teaches master’s level and PhD courses in curriculum and assessment, research, testing, and educational policy. As the Director of Assessment, she works with faculty to create and revise unit-level assessment instruments that will yield meaningful data. She also analyzes data and prepares reports at the program and unit levels.
Jessica Greene, PhD earned her bachelor's degree in Economics from Holy Cross (1989), her Master's in Management Research from the University of Southern California (1991), and her ERME PhD from BC in 1999. After working at the Lynch School for close to seven years as the School's Data Manager, she now serves as the Director of Institutional Research at BC, a division which manages all University-related data for institutional planning, policy formation, and decision-making.
Susan Henderson, PhD received her PhD from ERME in 2004. She is a Senior Research Associate at Learning Innovations at WestEd. A member of Learning Innovations at WestEd, Henderson is leading the evaluation of the National Science Foundation-funded GEOTEACH: Transforming Earth System Science, a multi-university partnership among the University of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania State University, Elizabeth City University, and Dillard University. Henderson also serves as the principal investigator of two studies under the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands: a quasi-experimental study, The Impact of Benchmark Assessments on Student Achievement in Mathematics, and a study comparing the implementation of three different growth model approaches in mathematics achievement under No Child Left Behind in the state of Massachusetts. She is also the mother of 8 year old triplets, Hannah, Michael, and Seamus Conlon.
Craig Hoyle, PhD received his Masters from ERME in 1994 and a PhD in 2004. In his time at BC, he has worked for CSTEEP, TIMSS and most recently as research support in the Dean's Office for the Lynch School. In his current work at Educational Development Center in Newton MA, Craig works as a senior research associate for the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Northeast and Islands.
Jeanne Hubelbank, PhD received her PhD from ERME in September, 1994. She is an independent evaluation consultant in higher education. Presently, she is consulting with engineering faculty members, the Director of the Center for Educational Development and Assessment, the Director of K-12 Outreach, and Academic Computing Technology staff on a number of small projects at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Jeanne works collaboratively with team members to help them focus and plan their projects' activities and to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of their efforts.
Sue Leibowitz, PhD is a research manager and statistician at the UMass Donahue Institute--Research and Evaluation Unit. She has many years of experience as a researcher and evaluator in the areas of education and human services, and as a teacher of statistics and evaluation. Dr. Leibowitz has worked with federally funded multi-site national research and evaluation projects, as well as with numerous community-based projects. She has extensive experience developing research protocol, creating and administering surveys, and conducting statistical analyses of large and complex data sets. Dr. Leibowitz received a B.A. from the University of Vermont, a M.Ed. In Special Education at the University of Massachusetts, a M.S.I.S. (Master of Science in Information Systems) from Northeastern University, and a PhD in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation from Boston College [1990].
