Beth M. Duckles, Ph.D.
mobile 520.465.2739 beth@duckles.com
Organizational nerd who thrives at the intersection of complex problems, people and data.
Collaboration
Led research projects on organizational culture, analysis of standard setting processes, workplace research and user experience studies in Fortune 100 organizations, tech startups and science-based nonprofits.
Founder and facilitator of an online, peer-led, international organization of post academics. Passionate about creating a collaborative community based on mutual respect and non-toxicity.
Member of the development team of an open-source qualitative analysis package for R called qcoder via the rOpenSci Unconference.
White House and Department of Energy Datapalooza Leadership Team sustaining collaborations and open data initiatives.
Communication
Honed and teaches a method of conducting engaging and interactive online workshops that one person described as "helps me look like a rockstar!"
Skilled at speaking about complex topics to a variety of audiences. From teaching in a classroom to conference keynotes and storytelling.
Writing skills include collaborative academic papers, impactful public facing white papers, communication strategies, blog posts and internal briefing materials.
Research
Embedded ethnographer for a year at the US Green Building Council during the LEED v4 standard process for commercial green building. Research focused on the hybrid nature of the organization as pseudo-regulatory, nonprofit/mission based and market focused.
Skilled at communicating findings to non-researchers, integrating insights into design briefs and making sense of messy, diverse datasets.
Taught user centered design research, design thinking, mixed methods and qualitative skills in Fortune 100 companies, science based nonprofits and graduate level university courses.
Employment
Senior Research Consultant, Insightful, LLC, 2015 – Present
Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University, 2015 – Present
Assistant Professor, Bucknell University, 2009 – 2015
Science Policy and Technology Fellow, Department of Energy, AAAS, 2013 – 2014
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Arizona, 2009
M.A., Sociology, University of Arizona, 2004
B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Earlham College, 1999