Dr. Kieran Bezila

Senior Associate

• kbezila@cgr.org
• (585) 327-7069

Kieran Bezila, Ph.D., is a skilled sociologist who has worked on a variety of CGR projects in areas ranging from workforce development to efficiency of local governments and emergency services agencies to evaluation of nonprofit organizations and educational programs. He has been the lead staff researcher on workforce-related projects including a study of the Rochester region’s landscape for clean energy jobs and an ongoing evaluation on the effectiveness of workforce development investments.

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.