Stephen Miller, PhD

Experience

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  Allstaff

  Sept 2003 - May 2004

  Staffing Coordinator

  Full time staffing coordinator in busy head office. Clerical and human resources skills developed were: • Manager of 12 employees for 3rd shift operations • Interviewing prospective applicants • Taking and filling work orders from clients• Filing, data entry, Eight line phone management

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  Peace Corps

  Sept 2004 - Jun 2006

  Volunteer

  Received over 500 hours of training in: Cross Cultural Sensitivity, Educational Instruction, Health and Safety, and Language. Additional training included: Six months of continued language instruction, volunteer counseling, community based project planning, and regional youth event planning. Tour of service duties encompassed: • Teaching English at the Youth Center in Ait Ataab, • Training local youth in basic computer skills • Youth leadership club leader at 3 national camps for Moroccan youth• Planning and implementing a project to build a lending library and garden at the Youth Center • Coordinator for a free medical consultation program in the region Show less

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  YMCA

  Apr 2007 - May 2010

  Program Manager

  • Conflict resolution and problem solving acumen utilized to address disputes among staff, program participants, and clients to ensure program goals and safety standards were met consistently over the course of 3 years. • Consistent supervisory experience managing over 20 counselors resulting in over 200 children enjoying an enriching, fun, and safe camp experience.• Mentoring relationships developed to administer the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s curriculum to the YMCA of Pasadena’s inaugural class of 10 students, resulting in one student reaching the regional semi-finals.• Budget management skills facilitated the maintenance of afterschool childcare budgets in excess of $30,000. Show less

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  Claremont Graduate University

  May 2010 - May 2018

  Research Associate

  • Recognized leadership and team building skills with a promotion to field coordinator manage the logistics and data collection of a sub-study resulting in the successful fMRI assessment of over 20 adolescent participants.• Training and development responsibilities used to create manuals and lead trainings on accurate measurement protocols leading to the assessment of over 200 participants.• Established project design and direction ability used to initiate and publish the first two work products for a 5-year, $3,000,000 NIH grant.• Consulted with primary investigators and the project manager to locate and vet the best possible instruments resulting in the inclusion of 26 validated measures in the final research tool. Show less

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  American Psychological Association

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Public Interest Policy Intern

  • Professional communication skills conducting literature reviews and translating that knowledge into 4 fact sheets on mental health issues for minority groups in America disseminated to our over 100,000 members.• Information management competence attending congressional hearings on issues ranging from juvenile justice to poverty and homelessness resulting in over 25 concise reports used to inform organization strategy.• Demonstrated professional awareness by creating an excel database on all 535 Members of Congress and their committee assignments to facilitate legislative tracking on issues of importance to our members. Show less

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  RAND Corporation

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer Associate

  • Utilized analytical skills to carry out a structural equation model of secondary data resulting in a peer reviewed journal article accepted for publication in under 3 months.• Knowledge of the health field led to a collaboration with colleagues to generate a public health article disseminated to over 60,000 parents, teachers, and children across the country.

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  Murphy Research

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  Research Associate

  • Project management responsibilities include accomplishing multiple project tasks in a timely manner to complete high quality reports worth over $50,000 to clients.• Collaboration with key departments and stakeholders ranging from internal programmers and designers to external vendors and clients to create project deliverables in accordance with the agreed upon scope of work.• Quality control skills used to ensure very technical, lengthy, and data heavy reports are presented in a clear and concise manner to the target audience. Show less

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  Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

  Mar 2019 - now

  • Coordinates statewide crisis center initiatives including: o National Suicide Prevention Lifeline reporting to state agency funders. o Call projection generation to prepare for 988 implementation. o Data collection and reporting on behalf of 13 California Lifeline centers for 988, a new 3-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Efforts sustain over $35 million in state and federal funding.• Oversees SOSA (Survivors of Suicide Attempts) support group research projects, including an effort with international researchers to create and validate a measure of implementation fidelity.• Created and maintains the first every monthly agency newsletter on current events in suicidology. Show less

  • Assistant Program Director

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Research Project Coordinator

    Mar 2019 - Dec 2022