Oscar Torres-Reyna e-mail: otorres@princeton.edu
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Goal |
Coordination and implementation of research
studies, courses and strategic initiatives in the areas of public opinion,
market research, electoral campaigns, research methods, political risk
analysis, corporate social responsibility, democratic governance and public
policy. |
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Profile |
- Work productively both in
teams and independently. - Effectively manage multiple projects, meet
deadlines, supervise others and set priorities. - Able to present complex
material in a persuasive, clear, and concise manner. - Proven abilities to
quickly become expert in new issues, software, and techniques to identify
most relevant concepts, data and information, and to troubleshoot problems. -
Creative,
focused, analytical and detail-oriented. - Comprehensive experience in both
Latin America and the |
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Education |
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Ph.D.
candidate (ABD) in Political Science ·
Master of
Philosophy in Political Science (May 2002). SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS/ ·
Master
in Public Administration (February, 1998). Economic Policy / Analytic
Techniques. ITAM ( ·
Diploma
in Applied Statistics (November, 1993) SCHOOL OF
ECONOMICS/UNAM ( ·
Bachelor of Arts (Honors, June, 1992).
Professional Thesis: Intersectorial
Linkages in |
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Professional Experience: academic |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (May 2007 - currently, Princeton NJ) ·
Data Specialist. Provide
statistical and software consulting for undergraduates, graduate students and
faculty engaged in quantitative analysis of electronic data in a variety of
academic disciplines. Assist in the choice, application, and interpretation
of quantitative methods, and with the use of statistical software needed to
implement these methods. Retrieves/manipulates complex data from a variety of
physical sources. Engage in individual consultation and group instruction. ·
Data analysis related instruction/learning
materials: o
Online Training Section (Data/Stata/MATLAB/SPSS/Excel).
Fall 2007. Ongoing. o
Data Management
Analysis using Stata (11/7/2007, 11/712/2007). 3 hrs. o
Descriptive Statistics
using Excel/Stata (9/25/2007). 4 hrs. o
Introduction to Stata
(9/12/2007). WWS. 2 hrs o
Introduction to Stata/Graphics (8/7/2007). DSS
lab. 2 hrs. ·
Online Training Section (Data/Stata/MATLAB/SPSS/Excel). Fall 2007/2008.
Ongoing during 2009. Developed the following sections: o Stata
online interactive. What to do first, exploring
data, do-file, date and time variables, references o Data 101. This section provides you
with some basic definitions for data and its different types. o Descriptive
statistics using Excel/Stata. What are descriptive statistics? How to
estimate them using Excel or Stata? o Regression
and more (links) . A series of links with annotated output for several models, testing
and some econometric procedures. ·
Getting Started series (Data analysis/Finding data/Stata). 2008.
Ongoing during 2009. Wrote the following tutorials: o Getting Started in Data Analysis using Stata. Topics include reading data
in Stata, data management, frequencies, crosstabs, merging, graphs,
regression and more! o Fixed and
random effects (panel data analysis). A basic introduction on
fixed and random effects models to analyze panel data. o Factor
Analysis. Basic introduction to factor analysis o Exploring poll data. Procedures and tips on how to
analyze public opinion data o Finding
data (tutorial) Interactive and generic guide
to find what you need for your research o Linear
regression. Basic introduction to linear regression
analysis (using Stata) o Logit & Ordered logit regression. Introduction to logit and ordered logit
regression UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA (Guadalajara, Mexico) Visiting Professor (10/05-3/07). Public Policy Department at Centro
Universitario de Ciencias
Económico Administrativas
(CUCEA). Courses: ·
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Master in Public Administration,
(01/06-06/06), Impact Analysis and
Index Development. ·
Master in Public Administration,
(01/06-06/06), Applied Research in
Public Administration. ITESO ( ·
Adjunct Professor (Spring 2006). Course: International
Negotiations. ·
Adjunct Professor (08/05-10/06). Course: Political
Systems and Contemporary Governments. ·
Professor (05/29/06). Diploma in Civil Service, mod:
Public Administration and Development, 8 hrs. ·
Professor (July 29-30, 2005). Diploma in Public
Policy, mod: Institutions and Development, 10 hrs. Jalisco´s state government (short courses) (Mexico) ·
Speaker (06/21/06).
Auditoria Superior de la Federación. Theme: Measuring Accountability. 4 hrs. ·
Speaker (07/4/06). Gobierno de Jalisco.
Theme: Transparency, Development, Institutions:
A Link, 5 hrs ·
Speaker (07/5/06). C.de Cap. del Gobierno del
Estado. Theme: Measuring Transparency, 5 hrs ·
Speaker (Sep/27/06).
Servicios y Transportes. Theme: Accountability
Indicators, 6 hrs. ·
Teaching Assistant (1/03-5/04). Conducted review sessions, counseled
students, graded papers and exams for courses in American government, urban,
Latino politics, public opinion and political behavior. ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ( ·
Data consultant (5/03 – 12/04)
– Assisted in a range of research studies using data from Census, CPS, World
Value Survey, World Development Indicators, Ipums,
IFS, UNSTATS, among others. Software HLM, MLWIN, SPSS, Stata, ArcGIS, Allocate, Geolytics. INSTITUTE FOR
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND POLICY/Health & society scholars
program/Columbia University ( ·
Consultant (9/04-12/04). Participated in
a GIS analysis to study the impact of land use on child obesity. ·
Data consultant (1/03- 8/04).
Coordinated, organized and analyzed a variety of research studies for the
understanding of artists’ socioeconomic and working conditions in the Journalism
School/najp/Columbia University ( ·
Consultant (9/03-4/04). Participated in a content
analysis media project reporting on the arts. |
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Professional Experience: government |
Secretary of state (10/06-12/06) ( ·
Advisor to the Undersecretary for Legislative
Affairs. Analyzed public policies and initiatives proposed by the President
requiring Legislative approval. Designed models and simulations on different
political and social contexts. Analyzed survey/poll results to improved the
decision making process. Presidency of the Republic. Technical
Advisor’s Office (3/90-1/96) ( ·
Director for Economic and Special Studies
(6/95-1/96). Coordinated and designed research projects to evaluate
presidential image and performance and to assess the people’s perception on
public and economic policies to improve policy-making process. Drafted weekly
reports to the President of Mexico. ·
Assistant Director for Economic and Special
Studies (9/92-5/95). Designed research projects to evaluate presidential
performance and image to assess the people’s perception on public and
economic policies. Designed electoral polls to forecast electoral results at
all government levels (Local, State and Federal). Drafted weekly reports to
the President of Mexico. · Head
of the Department of Research and Evaluation (9/91-8/92). Forecasted
electoral results and evaluated its political consequences using electoral
polls, public opinion and focus groups studies. · Analyst
(3/90-8/91). Participated in the elaboration of public opinion studies for
the President of Mexico. |
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Professional Experience: private sector |
bgc Beltran y Asociados (Jan/06-Apr/07) (Mexico City) ·
Consultant. Analyzed public opinion data on a
variety of topics (media usage, environment and education, corruption, public
safety) for corporate, academic and governmental clients to improve their decision-making
process. Altria Corporate Services Inc. ( ·
Consultant (1/03-5/03). Conducted research on
corporate social responsibility and corporate image. Philip Morris
Management Corporation
(Public Policy and Opinion Internship, 5/00-12/02,
· Conducted research related to corporate responsibility and societal alignment to aid in the development of corporate affairs strategies leading to a reposition of the company’s image among stakeholders. Engaged in numerous phases and types of public opinion research including issue-advertising development, strategic issue research, communications research and omnibus tracking studies. Interdisciplinary Consultant Group (San Salvador, El Salvador) ·
Consultant (8/93-3/94). Designed, analyzed and
coordinated pre-electoral polls for the government of |
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Publications |
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Brigitte L. Nacos and Oscar Torres-Reyna. (2006). Fueling
Our Fears: Stereotyping, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion of Muslim
Americans, Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc. ISBN:
0742539830, pp. 160. ·
Brigitte L. Nacos and Oscar Torres-Reyna "Framing
Muslim-Americans before and after 9/11" in Framing Terrorism The News Media, Government & the Public. Edited by
Pippa Norris, Montague Kern and Marion Just. ·
Oscar Torres-Reyna and
Robert Y. Shapiro, “The Polls—Trends: Women and Sexual Orientation in the
Military”, in Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 66:618-632, spring 2002. ·
Oscar Torres-Reyna and
Robert Y. Shapiro, “The Polls—Trends: Defense and the Military”, in Public
Opinion Quarterly, vol. 66, pp. 279-303, summer 2002. ·
Mariana Servin-Gonzalez
and Oscar Torres-Reyna, “The
Polls-Trends: Religion and Politics,” in Public Opinion Quarterly,
vol. 63, pp. 590-619, winter 1999. Oscar Torres-Reyna, Serban Iorga, Robert Y. Shapiro, “Confidence in Major Companies:
A Comparative and Multilevel Approach”, December 2003, study supported by
supported by a grant from the Center for International Business Education at |
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courses |
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Dealing with difficult people, Princeton University,
8/5/2009. ·
Advance Quantitative Research Methodology, ·
PROC
SQL in SAS and Techniques for Large SAS Data Sets ( ·
Introduction
to PHP and MySQL (Online, 10/17/07 to 12/17/07) ·
2007
North American Stata Users Group meeting/workshop ( ·
Programming
using SPSS scripts ( ·
MATLAB
Fundamentals and Programming Techniques ( ·
NetCourse 151:
Introduction to Stata Programming (Online. 6/15/07 to 7/27/07) |
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Memberships |
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American Political Science Association (APSA). ·
American Association for Public Opinion Research
(AAPOR). |
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Collaborations |
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Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers
College/Columbia University, Taking
Note: A Study of Composers and New Music Activity in the U.S. 2008. ·
Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers
College/Columbia University, Information
on Artists III: Bay Area, 2004. ·
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR),
American Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, 2004. ·
CCFR, Comparing |
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