Curtis Miller's Resume (Updated 7/15/15)

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 31

st, 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 Utah’s 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 Master’s 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 Honor’s Bachelor of Science in Economics (summa cum laude)

Wrote an Honor’s thesis entitled “Explaining Utah’s 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 Dean’s 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 year’s 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

HTML

Dreamweaver

Lua

R and RStudio

SQL

Stata

GameMaker: Studio