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Education Research Consultant: Qualitative Methods, Academic Writing/Editing & Program Evaluation

Profile Summary

I am an education research consultant and university faculty member specializing in qualitative research, research design, program evaluation, developmental editing, and the translation of complex data into clear, credible research products. I help researchers, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and doctoral scholars strengthen projects at every stage of the research process. My capabilities include: • Refining research problems, purposes, and research questions • Aligning conceptual frameworks, methods, data collection, and analysis • Designing qualitative and mixed methods studies • Developing interview and focus group protocols • Creating qualitative codebooks and analytic frameworks • Coding and analyzing interview, focus group, and document data • Conducting within case, cross case, and comparative analysis • Developing analytic matrices, findings summaries, and research reports • Synthesizing scholarly literature • Reviewing journal manuscripts, conference proposals, book chapters, and dissertation proposals • Providing substantive and developmental editing in APA 7th edition A particular strength of my work is identifying gaps in research alignment. I assess whether a project’s problem, questions, framework, methodology, evidence, findings, and conclusions form a coherent and defensible whole. I also help clients clarify scholarly arguments, strengthen methodological explanations, organize complex findings, and communicate the significance of their work to academic and practitioner audiences. My subject matter expertise includes higher education, educational leadership, organizational change, governance, educational policy, equity, faculty development, professional doctoral education, organizational trust, and democratic participation. My research experience includes multi-institutional comparative studies, interpretive case studies, focus group research, organizational improvement projects, policy analysis, and long-term qualitative inquiry. I also support applied evaluation and improvement initiatives through the development of evaluation questions, theories of change, aim and driver diagrams, implementation workplans, data collection strategies, performance measures, and evidence-informed recommendations. Clients can expect careful, candid, and constructive feedback; clearly defined deliverables; attention to confidentiality and research ethics; and work tailored to the intended audience, publication venue, or organizational purpose. Work samples and additional project details are available upon request, subject to confidentiality requirements.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ User Research
• ☆ Quantitative User Research
• ☆ Qualitative User Research
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Gray Literature Search
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Emails & Newsletters
• ☆ Marketing Copy
• ☆ Social Media Copy
• ☆ Web Copy
• ☆ Blog Posts
• ☆ User Guides & Handbooks
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Speechwriting
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Insights

Work Experience

Associate Professor

Washington State University - Everett

August 2024 - Present

Assistant Professor

Washington State University - Tri Cities

2017 - Present

Clinical Assistant Professor

Washington State University

2015 - 2017

Visiting Assistant Professor

University of Denver

2014 - 2015

Education

Ph.D. - Higher Education (Higher Education & Organizational Change)

University of California Los Angeles

2007 - 2015

MA - Higher Education (Higher Education & Organizational Change)

University of California Los Angeles

2002 - 2003

BA History (History)

Georgetown University

1988 - 1992

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Shannon M. Calderone, Maritza Lozano, Amy Serafini, Melissa Martinez (2025). Engaging in Plática and Photo Elicitation to Explore Cross-Racial Trust in a Woman Faculty Co-Mentoring Circle . Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education.

Shannon Calderone, Corrie Wilder (2025). Empowering Educational Leadership Research with Generative AI . Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice.

Shannon Calderone, Corrie Wilder(2025). Empowering Educational Leadership Research with Generative AI . Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice. 10. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 18–26.

Shannon Calderone, Amy Serafini, Maritza Lozano, Melissa A. Martinez (2023). A critical safe, supportive space: a collaborative autoethnography of a woman's academic mentoring circle . International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education.

BOOK CHAPTER

Shannon Calderone, Amy Serafini, Maritza Lozano, Melissa A. Martinez (2025). No Wom(b)an No Cry .