Experience & scholarship

Curriculum Vitae

Skills

Survey Methods, R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, Python, SQL, Qualtrics, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, Multivariate Regression, Negative Binomial Regression, Weighted Analysis, Measurement Invariance, QuantCrit Methods

Research Experience

Data Scientist / Social Science Researcher

2040 Strategy (Contractor)

Current

Graduate Research Assistant

Spencer Foundation

Current

W.E.B. Du Bois Scholar

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research / AAPOR

Summer 2026

Research Assistant

Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, UIC

Jan 2024 – Present

Social Science Research Analyst

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OIG

May 2023 – Jun 2024

Research Assistant

Maternal and Child Health Project, UIC

May 2022 – May 2025

Survey Methodologist and Data Analyst

Grenzebach Glier & Associates

Aug 2022 – Jan 2023

Research Assistant

Chicago Area Study, UIC

2018 – 2019

Graduate Intern

Office of Diversity, UIC

May – Aug 2020

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology

University of Illinois Chicago

Expected May 2027

M.A. in Education (MESA)

University of Illinois Chicago

Dec 2023

M.A. in Sociology

University of Illinois Chicago

May 2019

M.A. in Sociology

Northeastern University

Aug 2017

B.A. in Geology

Bryn Mawr College

May 2015

Teaching

Instructor, Introduction to Social Statistics

Northeastern Illinois University

2019 – 2022

Teaching Assistant and Statistics Lab Instructor

University of Illinois Chicago

2018 – 2023

Publications

Behrends, S. and Touré, N. “When ‘Black Americans’ Means Black Men.” Public Opinion Quarterly. Forthcoming.

Touré, N. Transparency Score Interpretation Manual. Roper Center / AAPOR, 2026.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OIG. States Could Better Leverage Coverage and Access Requirements To Promote Maternal Health Care Access in Medicaid Managed Care. OEI-05-22-00330. September 2024.