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Curtis Miller's Resume

(Updated 12/20/15)

Personal Information
Name: Curtis Miller
Phone Number (Home): 801-955-0945
Phone Number (Cell): 801-694-6344
E-mail Address: cgmil@msn.com
ePortfolio: http://ntguardian-eportfolio.weebly.com

General Information
Location: West Jordan, Utah, USA
Overview:
Recently studied, analyzed, and presented data relating to the gender gap in earnings between men and
women in policy papers for Voices for Utah Children that garnered attention from local media and is
frequently cited
Graduated from the University of Utah in 2015 with a B.S. in Mathematics and an H.B.S. in Economics,
graduating magna cum laude and summa cum laude, respectively.
Completed two internships and worked as a mathematics tutor and Supplemental Instruction leader
Currently a statistics instructor, and a MSTAT and Big Data student at the University of Utah

Employment History
Employer: University of Utah
Title: Instructor
Employed: August 12th, 2015 to present
Accomplishments:
Taught a basic statistics course (MATH 1070)
Employer: Voices for Utah Children
Title: Research Analyst
Employed: September 1st, 2014, to July 31st, 2015
Accomplishments:
Collected, studied, and presented census data using the R and Stata statistical software packages related to
the gender gap in earnings
Wrote two papers including the results, explanations, and policy recommendations
Wrote a report analyzing Utahs budgeting for programs critical to the wellbeing of Utah children
Presented results in press conferences that garnered media attention for the results of the paper from local
news outlets including the Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13, and ABC 4
Reason for Leaving: Began graduate studies and work at the University of Utah
Employer: University of Utah
Title: Tutor
Employed: August 22nd, 2013, to September 5th, 2014
Accomplishments:
Helped students understand difficult mathematical concepts on a walk-in basis as quickly and effectively
as possible
Gave students a basis for learning mathematics and promoted general study skills so they could solve
problems independently in the future
Reason for Leaving: Accepted an internship with Voices for Utah Children.

Employer: University of Utah


Title: Supplemental Instruction Leader
Employed: August 22nd, 2013, to April 24th, 2014
Accomplishments:
Attended a section of a math class and noted concepts that are difficult for students to learn or were not
explained clearly by the instructor
Prepared a review session based on material covered in the class
Ran one-hour review sessions three times a week where I would work with students on material covered
in the class, work on problems, reinforce difficult concepts by practicing problems or presenting new
ways to solve them
Worked with instructors by providing feedback from review sessions and ways to promote attendance for
the review sessions
Reason for Leaving: Not rehired.
Employer: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Title: Intern
Employed: January 7th, 2013 to April 26th, 2013
Accomplishments:
Helped lobbyists by attending congressional hearings and other events, then reporting information about
the events relevant to their clients
Quickly provided information to serve lobbyists needs with off-the-cuff research or condensing long
documents to only the most relevant information
Wrote a paper regarding a hot policy topic discussing the history of the topic, the debate surrounding it,
and providing a final analysis and recommendations
Reason for Leaving: The internship was scheduled to last for only a semester. Returned to Utah to resume studies.
Employer: Salt Lake Community College
Title: Tutor
Employed: October 18th, 2010, to December 12th, 2012
Accomplishments:
Helped students understand difficult mathematical concepts on a walk-in basis or by appointment as
quickly and effectively as possible
Gave students a basis for learning mathematics and promoted general study skills so they could solve
problems independently in the future
Reason for Leaving: Accepted for an internship with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Washington, DC, in the
Spring semester of 2013 sponsored by the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.

Education
Graduate school: University of Utah
Description:
Pursuing a Masters in Statistics (MSTAT) and a Big Data Certificate starting Fall 2015

College: University of Utah


Description:
Graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with an emphasis in statistics (magna cum
laude) and an Honors Bachelor of Science in Economics (summa cum laude)
Wrote an Honors thesis entitled Explaining Utahs gender gap in earnings: An econometric analysis of
the differential in pay between men and women in the nation, the Intermountain region, and Utah, which
was published by Voices for Utah Children
Made the Deans List for: Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015
Scholarships: University of Utah Department of Economics Rasmussen Scholarship for the 2013-2014
academic year, Bryant and Copley scholarship from the Department of Mathematics for the 2014-2015
academic year, and a departmental tuition waiver from the Department of Economics for the 2014-2015
academic year
Ran the Undergraduate Problem Solving Contest for the University of Utah Mathematics Department for
the 2014-2015 academic year, in recognition of performance in the prior years contest
Member of Pi Mu Epsilon honorary mathematics society
3.989 GPA
College: Salt Lake Community College
Description:
Graduated in 2012, with an Associates of Science in General Studies
Scholarships: Pepsi Scholarship in Spring 2011 semester, Copper Hills High School scholarship for Fall
2010 semester
3.9 GPA
High School: Copper Hills High School
Description:
Graduated in 2010, with English and History emphases
Has competency in Foundations of Technology and Marketing according to the Utah State Office of
Education, Career and Technical Education program
Design editor of the Chasms literary magazine, and has been with the program for two years, writing short
stories and poems and working with the magazine staff team to help the magazine be published and win
national awards
Captain of the Lincoln-Douglas debate program of the Copper Hills debate team, helped attended the Sun
Country Forensics Institute to develop debate skills, learned research methods, and frequently placed in
tournaments while helping newer students excel as well
Earned two Certificates of Outstanding Academic Performance from the Utah State Board of Education
and the Utah State Board of Regents in recognition of scoring in the top ten percent of Utah student taking
the ACT on the English portion of the exam
3.7 GPA

Technology Skills
Able to Use:
Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel,
PowerPoint,
Access)
OpenOffice.org
LibreOffice
Microsoft
Windows
Linux
GitHub
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
o D3.js

Dreamweaver
Lua
R and RStudio
SQL
Stata
GameMaker:
Studio

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