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Hello and welcome!  A little about my formal education and work experience ...

 

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FORMAL EDUCATION

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​​​PhD, Education

Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

Recipient: Harold Hodgkinson Outstanding Dissertation Award

Bestowed annually upon a Walden graduate whose dissertation is judged as meeting the highest university standards of academic excellence. 

https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/hodgkinson/8/

​Mixed methods

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MA, Education, Curriculum and Instruction

CSUB, CA, Magna Cum Laude.

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BSBA, Finance (Management Science Option; Mathematics)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, With Honors.​​​​​

 

QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE​

 

Qualitative Research Consultant and NVivo Software Specialist (27 years)

Independent Consultant (1998-Current).
Owner, Consultant, QDA Sense LLC (2023-2024).

Owner, Consultant, DataSense LLC (1998-2022). 

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​​​Adjunct Faculty (Doctoral - PhD, EdD) 

Walden University - Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership (Concurrent with ownership DataSense LLC).

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OTHER

- Keeping in mind that "​Everything is qualitative" (a nuclear physicist told me that and I believe him.)

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Religion: Christian/First United Methodist Church, Bakersfield

 

Artist - Traditional, Digital (see Other Interests (website kelizc.art)

    Current Member​ships

 - Picard Studio, Alain Picard, Cultivate (alumni group)

 - Pastel Societies (PSSC; PSWC)

 

Alumni Groups - Walden University; University of Tennessee Knoxville, CSUB
 

Community Volunteer - Board Director, CSUB 60+ Club; Bakersfield Museum of Art (BMoA)

 

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Mathematics Teacher (Secondary, College - through Calculus, Statistics)

 

Curriculum Design (Author CA PASS mathematics books and other educational mathematics materials)
The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program offers fully accredited high school courses that can be completed by a student semi-independently. By completing PASS courses, a student makes up credit deficiencies, catches up with peers, and is encouraged to continue and graduate. 

 

Finance - Accounts Executive - Series 7 

 

Accounting; Bookkeeping (multiple industries including global real estate development, wholesale distributors, and national advertising)​ ​​

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