Dollie S. Davis, Ph.D.

33425 Spinnaker Dr N. Dana Point, CA. 92629. (310) 925-7746.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.2008University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Concentration: Political Economy and Public Policy

Dissertation: “Political Determinants and Economic Effects of HIV/AIDS: A Push for the Multisectoral Approach.”

M.A.2002University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Concentration: Economics

B.S.2000Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Concentration: Economics

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Consultant (January 2009-Present)

Non-Tenure Track Lecturer and Assistant

University of Southern California (August 2011-Present)

  • Assist in the teaching and organization of two classes in the School of International Relations at USC. Work consistently with both students and other faculty to ensure all needs are met and all material is exhaustively communicated.

Lead Research Consultant (August 2011-Present)

Interconnected Media

  • Research security applications for mobile phones. Create a thorough dataset and compiling presentations with comparisons and analysis of multiple products in the mobile security field.

Lead Research Consultant (March 2011-Present)

Creative Manufacturing

  • Research and compile reports that identify past and current trends in the manufacturing and sourcing market
  • Create all content for new interactive website

Business Coordinator (May 2011-July 2011)

Hint Mint, Inc.

  • Managed the majority of business transactions including the processing and tracking of orders, collection of payment, and organization of correlating paperwork
  • Researched and identified trends and discrepancies in product data and paperwork and subsequently implemented necessary changes

Data management Consultant (February 2010-July 2010)

Microfinance Information Exchange

  • Performed quantitative analysis on the data including descriptive statistics, hypothesis and predicted sign tables, correlation matrices, t-tests, multiple regressions, output tables with significance levels, and interpretations
  • Prepared multiple presentations to be presented at international conferences in order to identify those organizations and specific tools that are performing better than others and to encourage further funding for such analysis and for the microfinance organizations
  • Enhanced survey tool by making recommendations to ensure proper and efficient data collection

Social Performance Analyst (October 2009-February 2010)

Microfinance Information Exchange

  • Collected international datasets from 208 microfinance organizations in over 60 countries
  • Pre-processed data and organized into multiple excel spreadsheets

Social Performance Associate (October 2009-January 2010)

Social Performance Task Force

  • Compiled information regarding social performance data in the microfinance industry
  • Executed reports and newsletters regarding those microfinance organizations that successfully reported on social performance
  • Edited a large database regarding common microfinance indicators across the industry

Teaching Assistant-Macroeconomics (August 2007-January 2008)

University of Southern California, Department of Economics

  • Taught sections, held office hours and, graded all work
  • Monitored assignment process and offered extra office hours as well as tutoring

GPSS Vice President (August 2006-May 2007)

University of Southern California, Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS is a university organization which serves to represent and advocate for the15,000+ graduate students at USC. Executive Board positions are elected by graduate students and paid by the university)

  • Worked closely with the President, executive board members, and university officials to enact new laws for and advocate on behalf of graduate students
  • Chaired the graduate student judiciary committee as well as managed all 13 GPSS committees
  • Actively participated and acted as the voice for graduate students in several university-wide committees including those focusing health care, hospitality, and honorary degree bestowal

GPSS Social Programming Chair (August 2005-May 2006)

University of Southern California, Graduate and Professional Student Senate

  • Managed a committee of 20 graduate students to assist in the organization of university events
  • Organized tri-monthly graduate student networking events
  • Worked closely with graduate students from multiple disciplines as well as other universities in Southern California to promote networking and collaboration

GPSS University Senator (August 2004-May 2005)

University of Southern California, Graduate and Professional Student Senate

  • Created departmental constitution and facilitated departmental recognition thereby enabling student access to GPSS funding for expenses such as conference travel and academic programming

Teaching Assistant (2001-2002)

University of San Francisco, Department of Economics

  • Assisted with the teaching of sections, held office hours and, graded all work
  • Monitored assignment process and offered extra office hours as well as tutoring

SOFTWARE SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

  • Microsoft Office
  • Research, writing, communication, and presentation skills (presented at 3 major conferences to diverse and international audiences)
  • Organization and Management of group meetings and projects (managed 4 different 5-20 person committees at USC)
  • Five years research of health policies in 89 developing countries (qualitative case studies included interviews with Sr. officials at international organizations)
  • Econometric Views (EViews)
  • Identification and presentation of trends in data
  • Data collection, modeling, analysis, and interpretation

PRESENTER & AWARDS

  • International Studies Association (ISA) Conference, New York (2009).

Paper: “The Political Determinants of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries.”

  • Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Conference, Hawaii (2008).

Paper: “The Economic Effects of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries.”

  • International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) Conference, Mexico (2008).

Poster: “HIV/AIDS and the multisectoral approach: A Quantitative Analysis.”

  • GPSS President’s Award (2007)
  • GPSS Appreciation Award (2007)
  • GPSS Outstanding Committee Leader (2006)
  • GPSS Recognition of Outstanding Commitment (2006)
  • GPSS Graduate Student Leader of the Year (2005)
  • GPSS Senator of the Month (2004)
  • USF Student Merit Scholarship (2002)

REFERENCES

  • Harley Cross, CEO at Interconnected Media., 310.980.5858
  • Laura Foose, Chair of Social Performance Task Force, 202.744.1777
  • Jeffrey Nugent, Professor of Economics at University of Southern California, 213.740.2107

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