Michelle O. Crosby

Deale, Maryland ▪ 443-486-7201
michelleo.crosby@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/michelleocrosby2020
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-5867
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michelle_Crosby-Nagy

Michelle O. Crosby

Curriculum Vitae

Talented researcher and adviser with extensive global experience within higher education and non-governmental organizations. Skilled subject-matter expert, instructor, and presenter. Driven leader who has launched several business and non-profit organizations.

Selected Achievements

  • Delivered over 100 webinars for The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
  • Taught, lectured, and presented on a variety of subjects at renowned universities and conferences worldwide.
  • Received multiple honors for policy knowledge and work through several recognition programs.
  • Over a decade of experience conducting surveys, assessments, and data analysis.

Education and Credentials

Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Economic Sociology (Expected 2020)
Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Master of Arts in International Science and Technology Policy
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
American University, Washington, D.C.

Professional Experience

Crosby Consulting & Associates 2020 – Present
Co-Owner and Operator

Employ social media and networks to cultivate leads. Develop strategic partnerships. Create project pipeline. Facilitate webinars and trainings. Manage projects.

  • Designed and launched social media personal branding campaign.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2017 – 2020
Learning Solutions Associate (Evaluation)

Reviewed and assessed learning programs at all Kirkpatrick levels. Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of learning needs. Trained staff. Led capacity development programs. Completed budgeting, administration, and finance tasks. Designed evaluations. Conducted and analyzed quantitative and qualitative research. Produced evaluation reports.

  • Professionalized test item reviews for the units.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2016 – 2017
Senior Staff Development Associate (Resettlement)

Coordinated the Resettlement Learning Program and executed related on-the-job, integrity, and counselling trainings. Produced statistical monitoring reports. Produced evaluation report.

  • Facilitated over 100 webinars.

Hungarian Statistical Office, Institute of Demography 2014 – 2015
Junior Researcher

For the AGENTA project, created descriptive reports using the European Harmonized Time Use Survey and EU-Survey of Income and Living Conditions. Employed the Structure of Earnings Survey to attach monetary valuation to profiles. Analyzed and prepared data for presentation.

  • Findings published in high ranking international peer-reviewed journal

John Hopkins University 2014 – 2015
External Senior Policy Researcher and Writer, Office of the President

Advised President on science and technology workforce issues. Offered strategic advisement and impact analyses for argumentation and supporting evidence. Analyze data and write reports. Contributed subject-matter expertise to radio and interview preparations.

  • Research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Additional

  • Senior Lecturer, International Business School, 2013-2014
  • Consultant, Research Associate, Board of Higher Education and Workforce, 2011
  • Research Assistant, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology, 2009

Professional Development

Lyberg Survey Methodology Course
Budapest, Hungary, 2012

Negative Ties and Social Workshop
Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, 2012

Simulating Knowledge Dynamics in Innovation Networks (SKIN) Workshop
University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany, 2012

Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012

ECPR Summer School Methods and Techniques: Simultaneous Equations Modeling
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2012

School Activities

Instruction

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary:
Co-Instructor, Economic Sociology (BA), 2015-2017
Instructor, Math for Social Sciences (BA), 2013-2014
Instructor, Applied Probability Theory, 2012-2013
Instructor, Statistics, 2011-2012
Instructor: Calculus, 2011-2012
Instructor: Academic Writing, 2011

International Business School – Budapest, Hungary:
Senior Lecturer, Principles and Practices of HR (MBA), 2013
Senior Lecturer, Management and Business in Context (BA), 2013
Senior Lecturer: Decision Skills (BA), 2013

American University – Washington, D.C.
Tutor, Macro & Micro Economics, 2004-2005
Tutor, French, 2004-2005

Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green, Ohio
Teaching Assistant: Honors Introduction to Critical Thinking, 2003

Affiliations

  • Technical Committee Member, eLEOT Conference, Bethesda, Maryland (2014)
  • Copy-Editor 2012/13 Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2012-2013)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Multi-User Virtual Environments for the Classroom: Practical Approaches to Teaching in Virtual Worlds
  • Member, American Evaluation Association

Awards

  • Finalist, CES/EIGPE Doctoral Student Paper Prize, Council for European Studies, Critical Political Economy (2015)
  • Scholarship Winner, Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest (2012)
  • “Rookie of the Year” Performance Award, Policy and Global Affairs, the National Research Council (2009)
  • Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow, Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University (2008)

Publications

  • Faludi, Julianna and Crosby, Michelle. 2020 “The Digital Economy of the Sourdough. Housewifization in the Time of Covid-19.” tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique: FORTHCOMING 28 November.
  • Crosby, Michelle O. 2020 “Re-Inventing the Wheel and Spinning Around: European Innovation Disparity in Global Capitalism.” Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics: FORTHCOMING.
  • Vargha, Lili, Gal Robert and Crosby-Nagy, Michelle. 2017 “Household Production and Consumption Over the Lifecycle: The National Time Transfer Accounts of 14 Countries.” Demographic Research 36(32): 905-944.
  • Michelle Crosby-Nagy and Zsuzsanna Gering. 2016. “ The role of state in varieties of capitalism (SVOC), achievements and challenges for Central and Eastern Europe and the emerging markets (A conference review).” Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 1. DOI: 10.14267/CJSSP.2016.01.06.
  • Vargha, Lili, Gal Robert & Crosby-Nagy, Michelle. 2015 “Household Production and Consumption Over the Lifecycle: The National Time Transfer Accounts of 14 Countries.” Hungarian Demographic Research Institute (Working Paper Series).
  • (Contributor) Daniels, Ronald J. 2015. “A Generation at Risk: Young Investigators and the Future of the Biomedical Workforce.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(2):313–18.
  • (Research Associate) Expert Survey on Conditional Cash Transfers and their Impacts on Children. (2014) TARKI Social Research Institute. Budapest, Hungary.
  • Crosby-Nagy, M. & Wanpeng, C. Informal Relations and the Innovation Problem in Hungarian Healthcare: A Discussion about Data Collection and Initial Findings Using LinkedIn and USPTO Data Polish I – Sun Zs (2013) (eds.): Regional Growth, Competitiveness and Development. University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Doctoral School in Economics, Szeged (ISBN 978-963-306-222-7)
  • Ihász-Tóth, Dániel, and Michelle Nagy-Crosby. 2013. “Embeddedness and beyond. Conference on the state of economic sociology.” Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 4(1).
  • (Research Associate) U.S. National Research Council, Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security. Washington, D.C. National Academies Press: 2012.
  • Crosby-Nagy, Michelle. 2011. “Measuring the Role of Central and Eastern European Countries in World Drug Research.” Transition Studies Review 1-14.
  • (Research Associate) National Research Council, Research Doctorate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences: Selected Findings from the NRC Assessment. Washington, D.C. National Academies Press: 2011.
  • (Research Associate) National Research Council, A Data-Based Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs in the United States. Washington, D.C. National Academies Press: 2010.
  • Book Chapter: Crosby-Nagy, Michelle O. and Carfora, John. (2010) “ICTs in U.S. Higher Education” Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom, IGI Global: 2010.

Conferences and Presentations

  • LinkedIn Ego networks as a new data source for innovation network studies?, RECENS Group (Budapest, Hungary), 2013
  • Personal Relations and the Innovation Problem: The Effect of Informal Social Relations on Hungarian Innovation and Firm Performance in the Healthcare Industry, ISSI (Vienna, Austria), 2013.
  • Informal Networks and Poor Innovation Rates: A Study of the Composition and Structure of Personal
  • Networks in Poor Innovator Countries in the EU and Russia, Sunbelt Social Network Analysis Conference (Hamburg, Germany), 2013.
  • Economy and Society; Embeddedness and Beyond: Do sociological theories meet economic realities?; Explaining poor innovation performance in Central and Eastern Europe: the role of the social in innovation cooperation (Joint Interim Conference of ISA RC02 and ESA Economic Sociology Research Network (Moscow, Russia), 2012.
  • Examining the Partner Search and Selection Process in Central and Eastern European Innovation Networks, Sunbelt Social Network Analysis Conference (Redondo Beach, California), 2012.
  • Innovation Network Metrics and the Transformed Societies of Europe, HUNNET 2011 (Budapest, Hungary).
  • The Effect of Environmental Laws on U.S. Competitiveness in the World Market: A Critical Analysis, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN (2004).
  • Learning and Teaching Critical Thinking, National Business Law Association Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada), 2002..