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United States

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HIGH-VALUE, FREELANCE & CONSULTING SERVICES (STRATEGIC PLANNING & EVALUATION)

Profile Summary

Nisaa is a social psychologist with two decades of experience leading research and evaluation across the education, public health, non-profit, and broader organizational sectors. She specializes in participatory research methods, strategic planning and capacity building, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and data visualization to help programs, organizations, and departments make informed, equity-driven decisions. Her portfolio includes multi-year faculty development initiatives at HBCUs, STEM education evaluations, and large-scale projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and private foundations like Google. Nisaa is known for integrating culturally responsive and participatory approaches into rigorous evaluation designs, and she leads webinars and trainings on these methods. She partners with institutions to build performance measurement systems, support organizational development, and translate complex findings into digestible and actionable insights for stakeholders, including community members served. Her work has been published in both peer-reviewed journals and practitioner-focused blogs. Nisaa holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Northcentral University, a Master’s in Social Psychology from San Francisco State University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Scripps College. She is an active member of the American Evaluation Association, American Psychological Association, and the Association of Black Psychologists.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Data Security
• ☆ Knowledge Management
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ Organizational Studies
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Science Outreach
• ☆ Curriculum Planning & Development

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Creative Writing

Research User Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning

Product Development Product Evaluation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC)

Work Experience

Research Principal

Rockman et al Cooperative

July 2011 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (School of Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Northcentral University

January 2016 - September 2016

Bachelors Degree

San Francisco State University

June 2003 - June 2005

Masters Degree

Scripps College

May 1997 - May 2001

Certifications

• none

  None

  January 2025 - July 2025

Publications

CONFERENCE PAPER

Nisaa Kirtman, Abi Olukeye, Adam Moylan (2025). The Effects of Game-Based Learning on STEM Career Awareness for Elementary Aged Girls .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nisaa Kirtman, Cary Smith, Teresa Demeritte, Debra Divinity, Vida Amouzandeh, Jo Anne Fordham, Mehri Fadavi (2024). “Strategic and Steady Can Win the Race”: Incremental Exposure to Novel Multidisciplinary Pedagogies in STEM Fields Can Help Change Faculty “Teaching and Learning” Attitudes and Practices . Journal of College Science Teaching.