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Jennifer Palmer Hellige

Work Experience:
July 2004 - Present Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Developmental Lab Coordinator
The Project on Children's Thinking is a developmental psychology research lab at Northwestern University that focuses on the development of children's thought and language.
- Conducts experiments with 3- to 7-year old children.
- Assists in design of experiments, gathering of data, and calculation of statistics based on collected data.
- Supervises and hires research assistants.
- Coordinates recruitment of families to participate in research; as well contacts schools to arrange for studies to be conducted on location.
- Maintains a database of over 5000 families that participate in our research.
- Oversees all day-to-day aspects of the lab's function.
Feb 2003 - Sept 2004 Lorna's Laces Yarns Chicago, IL
Quality Assurance -- Dye Assistant -- Company Representative
Lorna's Laces Yarns is a very small, hand-dyed yarn company based in Chicago, known for producing unique and creatively designed colorways on high-end luxury yarns.
- Oversaw product production to maintain a high standard of quality.
- Participated in all aspects of running a small business, including customer service, timely product distribution, and representing the company at trade shows.
- Hand-dyed yarns in both solid and variegated colorways.
- Designed and selected new patterns to showcase the unique yarns created by the company.
- Assisted in new product design.
Feb 2000 - April 2002 Curious Networks, Inc. Chicago, IL
Software Designer/Project Manager
Curious Networks was a provider of wireless and voice recognition infrastructure for the software industry.
- Worked with developers, sales managers, and executives to develop project requirements aligned with long-term corporate strategy.
- Developed and executed timelines for a number of projects.
- Assisted in design of MAXML, an XML language used to write applications that the Continuum product line translates into the proper markup for each supported channel (e.g., wireless devices, voice platforms, and web browsers).
- Designed interface customization system to be used by developers to control the rendering of their applications.
- Designed the interfaces to be generated by Continuum for wireless devices and voice recognition applications.
- Worked with developers and product management to coordinate and complete implementation of software projects.
- Oversaw and aided development and editing of technical documentation.
- Researched and evaluated emerging technologies (e.g., mobile devices and standards).
Education:
March 2006 - present Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy Evanston, IL
M.S.Ed., expected June 2008, Elementary Education
May 2004 Northwestern School of Continuing Studies Evanston, IL
Completed one year of Chinese.
Jan 2000 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
B.A., Major in Linguistics, Minor in Computer Science
Skills:
- Proficient with Windows, Unix, and MacOS operating systems
- Proficient with IPA and phonetic transcription.
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Filemaker Pro
- Familiar with XML, HTML, CSS, WML, VXML, cHTML
References available upon request