Manwai C Ku

Research Manager

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Location:

1973 Hillebrant Pl, Santa Clara, CA 95050

Industry:

Consumer Electronics

Work:

Stanford University School of Medicine since Jun 2011
Academic Research Program Officer
Stanford University - Stanford, CA Sep 2010 - Jun 2011
Teaching Fellow, CCSRE
Stanford University - Stanford, CA Jun 2008 - Jun 2011
Software Consultant, Social Science Data & Software
Stanford University - Stanford, CA Sep 2009 - Dec 2010
Instructor - Sociology
Clayman Institute for Gender Research Jun 2007 - Aug 2008
Research Assistant

Education:

Stanford University 2004 - 2011
Ph.D., Sociology Stanford University 2004 - 2006
M.A, Sociology University of Pennsylvania 2000 - 2004
B.A, Chemistry & Sociology

Skills:

Research
Qualitative Research
Teaching
Data Analysis
Statistics
Program Evaluation
Higher Education
Stata
Research Design
Spss
Quantitative Research
Public Speaking

Languages:

English
Cantonese
Mandarin

Manwai Ku Santa Clara, CA

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Work:

Stanford University School of Medicine

2011 to Present
Research Scientist Independent Consulting

2010 to Present
Independent Consultant Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2008 to 2011
Graduate Instructor Social Science Data & Software, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2008 to 2011
Software Consultant Dean's Office, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2009 to 2010
Research Assistant Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2008 to 2009
Research Assistant

Education:

Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2011
Ph.D. in Sociology Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
2007
M.A. in Sociology University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2004
B.A. in Sociology (with Distinction) and Chemistry

Skills:

Research methods - survey design, sampling strategies, experimental designs, interview methods Quantitative methods - regression models, longitudinal models, multilevel models, categorical data analysis, multivariate analysis Qualitative methods - open coding and code-to-theory, focused coding and category development Survey software - Qualtrics, Opinio, SurveyMonkey Analytics software - Stata, SPSS, SAS, Excel, some R, NVivo, Dedoose; comfortable in both Windows and Unix/Linux environments Languages - English, Mandarin, Cantonese