Dr. Kieran Bezila
Senior Associate
Kieran Bezila, Ph.D., is a skilled researcher with experience in both quantitative and qualitative approaches, having taught classes and conducted individual and joint research work at the collegiate level for more than a decade. His research interests include government, politics and the social logic behind everyday decision-making.
At CGR, he has worked in a wide variety of areas, including workforce development, criminal justice, economic assessment, efficiency of local governments and emergency services agencies, public health, and the evaluation of nonprofit organizations and educational programs. His individual projects have examined such diverse topics as the effectiveness of New York State’s DWI laws, the coordination of local workforce training programs, code enforcement systems, racial equity considerations around business development and MWBE programs, and charting the evolution of the social determinants of health as a public health concept.
Prior to joining CGR, he was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Teaching Fellow at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Previously, he worked for
the Center for Responsive Politics, managing and preparing federal campaign finance data for public view. His National Science Foundation funded dissertation project enrolled 288 research subjects in a study of the logic underpinning altruistic behaviors such as tipping and gratuities.
Dr. Bezila is proficient in every phase of the research process, from conceptualization and design to data collection, management, and analysis and interpreting results. He has particular skills in research design, questionnaire and survey construction, interview techniques, conducting focus groups and statistical analysis.
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