Cultural Anthropologist & Consultant
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Account Manager at Intrepid Consultants, Inc
- Member, IT Task Force at Society for Applied Anthropology
- Founder & Manager of SfAA Podcasts at Society for Applied Anthropology
- Past
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- Research Assistant at Intrepid Consultants, Inc
- Research Assistant at University of North Texas
- Research Intern at Intrepid Consultants, Inc
- Textbook Manager at Gray's College Bookstore
- Textbook Assistant at Gray's College Bookstore
- Cashier, Customer Service, Stock at Dollar Tree Stores
- Education
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- University of North Texas
- University of South Florida
- Brevard Community College
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Jen Cardew Kersey’s Summary
Five years of experience, two professionally, conducting over 20 different applied qualitative ethnographic research projects, many complemented by quantitative methods. I have worked in every phase of research projects from proposal writing all the way to client deliverables on both the project management side and the research side.
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Specialties:
Qualitative Research;
research design, participant observation, interview and focus group guide design, face-to-face and telephone semi-structured interviews, focus group and friendship group facilitation, virtual ethnography, personas, write-up, deliverables, recruitment, web 2.0
Quantitative Research;
survey design, survey administration, segmentation, data maps, topline reports, conjoint
Project Management;
vendor management, client management, team leadership
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Experience
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Account Manager
Intrepid Consultants, Inc
(Research industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Intrepid is an innovative market research firm that specializes in technology
Leading and working on interdisciplinary research teams and clients to write project proposals, to create project plans including research objectives and logistics, to develop qualitative topic guides, to collect qualitative data via 1:1 interviews, focus groups, and participant observation, to analyze data, and to create final client presentations that effectively communicate applied research findings and recommendations
I am currently working to introduce an intern program into Intrepid Consultants -
Member, IT Task Force
Society for Applied Anthropology
(Research industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Working on a team of four to advance and enhance the use of IT within the SfAA including; SfAA Podcasts, newsletters and publications, and webinars
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Founder & Manager of SfAA Podcasts
Society for Applied Anthropology
(Research industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Coordinate, plan, and execute the audio recordings of selected sessions at the Annual Meeting and published the audio recording as Podcasts to SfAApodcasts.net with a team of volunteers and audio professionals and over a hundred speakers each year.
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Research Assistant
Intrepid Consultants, Inc
(Research industry)
October 2008 — August 2009 (11 months)
Working within interdisciplinary research teams on every phase of the research process from proposal writing to project plans to recruitment to data collection and analysis and finally client deliverables.
Successfully introduced virtual ethnography as a research methodology which entailed translating this commonly academic technique to the business world and answering questions such as value, process, and deliverables. To date, every Intrepid employee has viewed the virtual ethnography training program that I created. -
Research Assistant
University of North Texas
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — 2009 (2 years )
Comparing the students' experiences and course content of an online version and an on-campus version of the same graduate course with the principal investigator, Christina Wasson.
This project used conversation analysis to understand course discussions to determine the affordances of each medium and to compare the two mediums. We also conducted more than 20 telephone interviews. -
Research Intern
Intrepid Consultants, Inc
(Research industry)
July 2008 — September 2008 (3 months)
Assisting principal investigator with research, analysis, PowerPoint decks for clients, visually representing data, focus groups
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Textbook Manager
Gray's College Bookstore
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
February 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Organizing and managing paperwork flow and information within the store and company, maintaining relationships with professors and publishers, strategic planning of goals for the department and store throughout the semesters, critical thinking and problem solving.
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Textbook Assistant
Gray's College Bookstore
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
December 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Maintaining relationships with professors and publishers, assisting textbook manager with ordering, data entry, and critical thinking and problem solving.
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Cashier, Customer Service, Stock
Dollar Tree Stores
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DLTR; Retail industry)
November 1998 — July 2003 (4 years 9 months)
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Education
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University of North Texas
MS , Applied Anthropology , 2006 — 2009
Regular contributor to the SfAA newsletter
Professional Presentations at the AAA, SfAA, and the UNT Brown Bag lecture series
Research:
Comparing Online and On-Campus Versions of the Same Graduate Course
Research Assistant 2007-2009
Red Cross & Governance, Organizational Anthropology (Class Project) 2008
Statistical Analysis of the Worlds Value Survey (Class Project) 2007
Understanding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus & Clostridium Difficile Among the General Population to Assist the Public Health Problem and Strategies to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance (Class Project) 2006- Activities and Societies:
- American Anthropological Association (2006-present), Society for Applied Anthropology (2005-present), National Association for Student Anthropologists (2006-present), National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (2006-present)
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University of South Florida
BA , Applied Anthropology , 2003 — 2005
Research:
Justification of Smokers as a Subculture Established Through Linguistic Analysis and Observation (Independent Project) 2004
Communication within a Bookstore (Independent Project) 2004 -
Brevard Community College
AA , General Study , 2001 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Theta Kappa, 2001, 2002, 2003
Super Apple Award, Brevard County Apple Corps, August 2003
Community Service-Learning, Brevard Community College, August 2003
Dean’s List for Excellent Achievement, 2001, 2002
President’s List for Excellent Achievement, 2001
Additional Information
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Websites:
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Interests:
photography, traveling, blogging, web 2.0, online communication, culture, solving problems, technology, knowledge sharing, bridging the practice of anthropology to academic anthropology
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Groups:
Usability Professionals’ Association, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society, www.anthroblogs.org, American Anthropological Association, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, National Association of Student Anthropologists, Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), (SfAA IT Task Force), American Marketing Association, Market Research Association
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Next Gen Market Research (NGMR) The fastest growing Consumer Insights group -
University of North Texas Alumni Association (UNT) -
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The Anthropology Network
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University of South Florida - Anthropology -
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology -
Market Research Bulletin -
ECHO - Create Relevancy
Jen Cardew Kersey’s Honors:
National Honor Society for Anthropology, Lambda Alpha Eta of TX, Life Member
The National Dean’s List, 2007
Phi Theta Kappa, 2001, 2002, 2003
Super Apple Award, Brevard County Apple Corps, August 2003
Community Service-Learning, Brevard Community College, August 2003
Dean’s List for Excellent Achievement, 2001, 2002
President’s List for Excellent Achievement, 2001
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