Summary
Erin is an Analyst for the Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR) within OMS. She has extensive experience working on multi-disciplinary collaborative efforts within state government, community non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions. Erin is passionate about developing data-driven upstream solutions to improve health and education outcomes. Her expertise includes program evaluation, research design, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and statistical data analysis, visualization, and reporting.
Education
- MPH - Community Health Promotion, University of Minnesota, 2015
- BA - Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2011
- Certificate - Public Health
Skills and Training
- Project management
- Research methods
- Research design
- Questionnaire design
- Cognitive interviewing
- Needs assessment
- Program evaluation
- Focus groups
- Quantitative data analysis
- Qualitative data analysis
- Grant and proposal writing
- Technology: SPSS, Stata, Tableau, Qualtrics
Publications and Presentations
Gruszka, L., Witt, E., & Tower, E. (2019). Longitudinal Comparison of Orientation Leader Learning Outcomes. Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v26i2.2398.
White, D., Soria, K., Tower, E., and Horner, O. (2021). Factors Contributing to Mental Health Experience of Doctoral Students: Evidence from the gradSERU Survey. Journal of American College Health, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1865975
Tower, E., Zehner, A., Chirikov, I., Horner, O., & Soria, K. (2019). SERU response rates: trends, challenges, and recommendations. Webinar presented for current and prospective members of the SERU Consortium.
Additional Resources