EDUCATION A L I C I A L E E 4204 Sweet gum W ay Fort Worth, TX 76133 ( 2 67) 294-9 343 alici al@sas.upenn.edu Doctor of Philosophy Sociology Expected August 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Comprehensive Field Exams: (1) Immigration Stratification and Assimilation (2) Gender Dissertation Title: Essays on the Challenges to Labor Market Entry for Iraqi Refugees in the United States. Master of Arts Sociology May 2006 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Master s Thesis Title: Culture and Color: Variations in the Household Composition of Black Children by Region of Origin from 1980-2000. Bachelor of Arts Sociology December 2003 Cum Laude Texas A&M University, College Station, TX RESEARCH INTERESTS International Migration, Work and Occupations, Race & Ethnicity, & Gender FELLOWSHIPS 2004-2010 University of Pennsylvania Fontaine Fellowship 2006 Fontaine Summer Research Fellowship 2005-2006 National Institutes of Health Demography Training Grant 2000-2003 Texas A&M University President s Endowed Scholarship 2002 Texas A&M University Department of Sociology Undergraduate Research Fellow PUBLICATIONS 2012 Batalova, Jeanne and Alicia Lee. Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States. Migration Policy Institute. 2012 Lee, Alicia and Jeanne Batalova. Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States. Migration Policy Institute. 2008 DeVita, Carol and Alicia Lee. Community-Based Nonprofits Serving Ethnic Populations in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area. Urban Institute. Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 1
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Lee, Alicia. Exploring the Determinants of Socioeconomic Status by Immigrant Visa Status. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2012. Lee, Alicia. Iraqi Refugees and the Ethnic Enclave Debate: A Study of the Labor Force Activity of Iraqi refugees by Resettlement Location and Gender. Accepted to Present at the 2012 Central PA Consortium's Women's Studies Conference, Gettysburg, PA. 2012. Lee, Alicia. Iraqi Refugees and the Ethnic Enclave Debate: A Study of the Labor Force Activity of Iraqi refugees by Resettlement Location and Gender. Accepted to Present at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, New Orleans, LA. 2010 Lee, Alicia. Exploring the Determinants of Socioeconomic Status by Immigrant Visa Status. 21st Century Refugee Policy and Refugee Demography Session at the Population Association of America, Dallas, TX 2006 Lee, Alicia. Culture and Color: Variations in the Household Composition of Black Children by Region of Origin from 1980-2000. Accepted to present at the Eastern Sociological Association 2003 Lee, Alicia. "It was a Nice Neighborhood": Racialized Interpretations of Neighborhood Satisfaction. Accepted to present at the Race and Ethnicity Session, Southwestern Sociological Association 2002 Lee, Alicia. Are Two Better than One? Biracials Socioeconomic Status. Undergraduate Student MOST Roundtable Session at the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL WORK EXPERIENCE Employment Specialist October 2012-March 2013 International Rescue Committee Silver Spring, MD Provide intake, assessment, and pre-employment/job readiness orientation to clients eligible for employment services Develop comprehensive employment plans for each employable adult Provided both group and one-on-one intense job readiness orientations Develop and cultivate long-term relationships with area employers in the area Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 2
Refer clients to local employment programs, training, and professional development workshops ERS Consultant April 2012-October 2012 Deloitte & Touche LLP Washington, D.C. Assisted in coordinating and evaluating a grant program for patient-centered outcomes research projects Served as primary point of contact for grant recipients and reviewers, managed activities of eight scientific reviewers Monitored the status of project applications and awards using online grant management system Developed training manuals, application guides, and other communications, provide general project management support as needed Assisted the Deloitte Federal Audit Valuation and Analytics (AVA) team with regression-based forecasts of stamp revenue and estimate of mail pieces in transit for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) remediation project Contributed to proposal development for USAID contracts in emerging markets Conducted country profiles and reviews of capacity-building programs in Africa and West Asia Data Analyst March 2010-December 2010 Philadelphia Department of Public Health Philadelphia, PA Supervisor: Dr. Giridhar Mallya Managed and analyzed data on tobacco usage, utilization of cessation resources, and enforcement activities in Philadelphia for the CDC grant-funded Tobacco Policy & Control Initiative Created databases and longitudinal datasets to manage ongoing data collection for tobacco merchant enforcement and tobacco education activities Created and disseminated a brief on the prevalence of youth smoking in Philadelphia, assisted in drafting talking points for supervisors and media specialists, synthesized relevant literature, produced graphs, tables, and analysis of data on smoking usage to inform city policy-makers Collaborated with department counterparts and external organizations to coordinate data resources, create program evaluation tools, and develop questionnaires for work-site wellness programs and tobacco policies Rural Community Development Volunteer February 2008-January 2009 U.S. Peace Corps San Julian de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica Supervisor: Moises Leon mleon22@cr.peacecorps.gov Initiated multiple community development activities at the grass-roots level in Spanish Facilitated two educational programs to 30 elementary school students on selfesteem and financial management. Worked directly with both governmental and local counterparts, as well as community leaders in development planning, including drafting proposals, Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 3
creating community organizations, and programming community activities Engaged in organizational development, project design and management, and formal and non-formal education with community organizations Created a community analysis report through the collection of household interviews - disseminated the results to local and national counterparts RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Intern, January March 2012 Migration Policy Institute Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Jeanne Batalova Updated online tools on the MPI Data Hub website with current immigration statistics from a variety of international data sources Co-authored publications on US immigration trends Utilized ArcGIS to create maps of the US immigrant population distribution for publication on the Data Hub website Graduate Intern, May-August 2008 Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute, Washington D.C. Supervisor: Carol DeVita cdevita@urban.org Co-authored a published brief providing a descriptive analysis of immigrant agencies in the DC Area Researched nonprofit agencies using national nonprofit dataset and telephone surveys Collaborated with colleagues in planning and executing research project on immigrant agencies Conducted a review of immigration literature and synthesized relevant findings NIH Fellow Research Assistant, September 2005-May 2006 Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Advisor: Dr. Kathy Edin Conducted qualitative analysis of interview data on American families Reviewed sociology of the family literature TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor: Sociology of Gender January-May 2013 Department of Sociology, University of Maryland College Park, MD 36 students, 1 section Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 4
Teaching Aide: American Society January- May 2011 Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building Ste. 113 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Instructor: Dr. Charles Bosk 98 students, 1 section Read, evaluated, and administered grades on two essay assignments, a midterm exam and a final exam for a class of 98 undergraduate students in an introductory sociology course. Held weekly office hours and provided tutorials to students by request. Proctored exams and maintained class website and grade sheet. Recitation Instructor/Teaching Assistant: Social Statistics January - May 2007 Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building Ste. 113 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Instructor: Ross Koppel 215-898-7679, rkoppel@sas.upenn.edu 45 students, 2 recitations Facilitated two recitations for students covering course material and instructed them on how to use SPSS for data analysis. Developed and delivered presentations to an class of 45 students. Maintained course internet website. Created SPSS assignments. Evaluated quality of work and administered grades. Presented weekly recitations over course material. Graded all assignments in a timely manner. Responded to all inquiries from students regarding material and personal grades. Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Social Science Research Methods Fall 2006 Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building Ste. 113 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Instructor: Dr. Kristen Harknett 215-573-9388, harknett@sas.upenn.edu 36 students, 1 section Read, evaluated, and administered grades on assignments, papers, and projects for a class of 36 undergraduate students in a course on social science research methods. Provided tutorials to students by request and proctored midterm exams. Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 5
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE 2009-2010 Chair. Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly 2006-2007 Social Chair. Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly 2006 Graduate Fellow. Africana Studies Institute PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2005-2008 American Sociological Association 2010 Population Association of America RESEARCH SKILLS Research design, survey questionnaire construction, administration, and evaluation, data management and analysis Software programs: Stata, SAS, SPSS, ArcGIS, Atlas.ti, MS Excel/Access, Typing speed: 65 wpm Office Machines/Equipment: fax, copier, computer, printer, typewriter, and scanner Languages: English- Native Spanish- Intermediate Alicia Lee Curriculum Vitae Page 6