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Hannah Dodd 1639 Curtis Street • Berkeley, CA 94702 • 865-776-6176 • [email protected]
EDUCATION The University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy Berkeley, CA Master of Public Policy Expected May 2016 GPA: 3.97 The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Psychology May 2009 GPA: 3.86 (summa cum laude)
EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Analyst June 2015 – August 2015 Government Accountability Office San Francisco, CA Conducted literature reviews, developed focus group protocols, led interviews, conducted qualitative analysis of focus group data, developed data collection instruments, and reviewed IRS case files for two projects pertaining to federal tax policy Program Evaluation Consultant January 2015 – May 2015 Education for Change Oakland, CA Worked with team of public policy graduate students to conduct a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of special education programs as part of Introduction to Policy Analysis course Developed interview protocols and conducted interviews of teachers and administrators at charter schools Graduate Student Researcher July 2014 – May 2015 UC Berkeley, National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center Berkeley, CA Worked with senior researcher to design and conduct a study to gather information on state policies pertaining to substance-exposed newborns Conducted literature review and wrote research-to-practice brief on programs and practices to assist families with co-occurring substance use and intimate partner violence Research Associate January 2012 – May 2014 Research Assistant June 2009 – December 2011 The Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center Washington, DC Served as Project Manager for the Transition from Jail to Community Initiative, a project to implement and evaluate a jail reentry model in several jurisdictions across the country o Provided technical assistance to two jurisdictions on the collection of performance measures to assess the effects of jail reentry programs and policies o Designed and administered online surveys to capture stakeholder perceptions of jail reentry initiatives o Cleaned and analyzed survey data using SPSS, developed graphs and tables in Microsoft Excel, and wrote summary reports of findings o Supervised project staff, coordinated meetings and events, and managed a budget of $1 million Served as Project Director for the development of the What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse, an online resource providing clear, concise assessments of the effectiveness of prisoner reentry programs and practices based on a synthesis of existing impact evaluation studies o Developed a rating system for assessing the rigor of impact evaluations, based on factors such as study design, sample size, analytical methods, and threats to internal and external validity o Created a coding instrument in Microsoft Excel for recording information on these studies o Supervised a team of eight to ten researchers in assessing hundreds of studies Dodd 2 o Led development of all website content; wrote and edited summaries of studies and programs Conducted site visits, focus groups, and interviews for projects on tribal justice, human trafficking, and jail and prison reentry Contributed to multiple research grant proposals; conducted literature reviews, developed research designs, and identified methods of answering research questions within anticipated budgets Research Assistant September 2008 – May 2009 The College of William and Mary Department of Psychology Williamsburg, VA Served as primary student researcher for eating behavior study Designed questionnaires, created databases, and analyzed data sets using SPSS Research Intern June 2007 – August 2007 American Institutes for Research Washington, DC Conducted technical reviews of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports Compiled and analyzed data on content of NCES publications related to item nonresponse bias
PUBLICATIONS Dodd, H. (2015). Meeting the Needs of Families Affected by Co-occurring Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence. Berkeley, CA: National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center. Fontaine, J., S. Rossman, L. Cramer, H. Dodd, H. Ho, J. Levy, & D. McClure. (2015). Early Implementation Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Reentry Projects. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Warwick, K., H. Dodd, & S.R. Neusteter. (2012). “Case Management Strategies for Successful Jail Reentry.” Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Willison, J.B., J. Jannetta, H. Dodd, S.R. Neusteter, K. Warwick, K. Greer, & A. Matthews. (2012). Process and Systems Change Evaluation Findings from the Transition from Jail to Community Initiative. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Adams, B., J. Samuels, J.B. Willison, H. Dodd, M. Dank, B. Parthasarathy, K.M. Kane, K. Kim, J. Kelly, & S. Mendonca. (2011). Tribal Youth in the Federal Justice System, Final Report. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Jannetta, J., H. Dodd, & B. Elderbroom. (2011). The Elected Official’s Toolkit for Jail Reentry. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
PRESENTATIONS Dodd, H. (2013). “Key Findings from the What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse.” American Society of Criminology Conference. Atlanta, GA, November 20. Dodd, H. (2013). “How to Conduct and Use Systematic Evidence Reviews” (Roundtable). Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference. Washington, DC, May 30. Dodd, H. (2012). “Methods and Findings of the What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse.” American Society of Criminology Conference. Chicago, IL, November 16. La Vigne, N., H. Dodd, & H. Rosen. (2012). “The What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse.” Second Chances and Safer Communities Conference. Washington, DC, May 24. La Vigne, N., H. Dodd, J. Breaux, & D. Pope. (2012). “What Works in Reentry: Findings from a Synthesis of Evaluation Research.” National TASC Conference on Drugs, Crime and Reentry. Baltimore, MD, March 22. Dodd, H. (2012). “Research on Women and Reentry: Does Gender Matter?” (Roundtable). Meeting the Reentry Needs of Women: Policies, Programs and Practices. Washington, DC, March 16. Dodd 3 Dodd, H. (2011). “Preliminary Findings from the TJC Stakeholder Survey: Evidence of Systems Change Over Time.” American Society of Criminology Conference. Washington, DC, November 16.