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Pierre Martin Dominique Zephyr

PIerre Zephyr photoPierre Martin Dominique Zéphyr
Phone (615) 343.2097 · Fax: (615) 343.6003
Mailing address: Vanderbilt University, Box 1535, Station B, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA.
E-mail: Dominique.zephyr@vanderbilt.edu
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EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Master of Arts in Economic Development
Graduate program in Economic Development, Department of Economics, Fall 2005 to May 2006

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Master of Arts in Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies Program, concentration in Economics and Political Science, Fall 2003 to May 2005

Universidad Centroamericana JoséSimeón Cañas (UCA)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, August 1996-October 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Latin American Public Opinion Project
Center for the Americas
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Research Coordinator and Data Analyst, January 2006 to present Coordinator of the Caribbean Region during the LAPOP 2006 Round of Surveys

Principal activities:

LAPOP Democratic Survey in Haiti in 2006 financed by USAID

  • Gathered data used as the basis for the sample design of the survey in Haiti
  • Participated in the sample design
  • Developed the questionnaire in Creole for the survey
  • Pre-tested the questionnaire in urban and rural areas in Haiti
  • Trainedsupervisors and interviewers ofthe survey in Haiti
  • Co-authored the Haiti 2006report titled "Culture Politique de la Démocratie en Haïti: 2006"withYves-François Pierre and Abby Córdova

LAPOP Democratic survey in Guyana in 2006

  • Designed the sample for the LAPOP 2006 Survey in Guyana
  • Pre-tested the questionnaire and trainedsupervisors and interviewers in Georgetown, Guyana
  • Provided technical assistance to the national team during the data collection and analysis and writing of the final report

LAPOP Democratic survey in Jamaica and Dominican Republic in 2006

  • Pre-tested the questionnaire and trained the supervisors and interviewers
  • Provided technical assistance to the national team during the data collection and analysis and writing of the final report

Other activities:

  • Trained the national teams for the data analysis during the start-up meeting conference for the AmericaBarometer 2006 surveys
  • Coordinated the data audits and quality control of the surveys in 20 countries: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Canada and United States
  • Refined the sample design for the 2007 Colombia oversample, and Brazil and Venezuela surveys
  • Designed the sample for the Nashville surveyto be conductedby the Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Research Assistant, August 2005 to December 2005
Project "Developing Social Impact Methodologies for the Americas", Center for the Americas
Gathered and analyzed data for assessment reports for companies that practice responsible forestry management in order to assess the social costs and benefits of sustainable forestry projects in the Americas

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Research Assistant, December 2004
Project "Working Ethically with Indigenous Peoples in the Americas," Center for the Americas
Performed in-depth searches for print and online information related to research with indigenous people and constructed an annotated bibliography using Endnote 7.0

Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE)
No-governmental organization of development
San Salvador, El Salvador
Researcher at the Macroeconomic Division, January 2001- December 2001
Coordinator of the project "Labor Market behavior in El Salvador"
Performed administrative responsibilities including funding, budgeting, and management of the project and prepared and organized discussion sessions with the different labor organizations

Universidad José Matías Delgado
San Salvador, El Salvador
Professor at the Department of Economics, October 2000- December 2001
Lecturer of Microeconomics and Econometrics

United Nations Development Program
San Salvador, El Salvador
Member of the research team responsible for the Human Development Report in El Salvador, August 2000-February 2001
Gathered, analyzed, and reported data from the national household surveys for the calculation of the Human Development Index, and collaborated in the elaboration of the final report

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Teacher assistant for the courses: macroeconomics and microeconomics, March 2000- July 2000

UCA- Basis Competitive Grants Program (Ohio State University)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Research Assistant for the Project "Rural Households` Land and Labor Market Participation Strategies in El Salvador in the 1990`s", January to August 2000.
Generated data for the World Bank paper Conning et. al (2000) "Managing Economic Insecurity in Rural El Salvador" using Household Survey data

Servicio Jesuita para el Desarrollo (S.J.D.), Central America, 1993-1999
Non-governmental organization of development
Worked in various projects of community development in Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras, coordinated a project of microfinance in Nicaragua, and collaborated in projects of small enterprise development in rural areas of Panama (1993-1994)


PUBLICATIONS

"Corruption and its Impact on the Political Stability in Latin America." In Challenges to Democracy in the Americas, evidence from the AmericasBarometer 2006 (forthcoming), 24pp

The Political Culture of Democracy: Haiti 2006, Nashville, TN, Latin American Public Opinion Project (forthcoming), 248pp co-author with Abby Córdova and Yves-François Pierre

"Report - Results of the Honduras oversample: 2006", Nashville, TN, Latin American Public Opinion Project, 99pp Co-authored with Rubí Arana

"Poverty, Economic Growth and Income Distribution in El Salvador during the 1990's." Journal Realidad, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, number 73. Universidad Centroamericana, January /February 2000, 32pp co-author with Abby Córdova

"Economic Growth and Convergence in Central America." Journal Realidad, number 77, Universidad Centroamericana, January/February 2000, 35pp co-author with Abby Córdova


FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

Summer courses award, Vanderbilt University (Courses on Survey Methodology at the University of Michigan, summer 2007)

Vanderbilt University grant, Master's degree in Latin American Studies, Fall 2003-Spring 2005

Thesis support grant,Rectoría, Universidad Centroamericana JoséSimeón Cañas (UCA), August 2000


COURSES AND SEMINARS

University of Michigan, Institute for Survey Research (ISR), Summer 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Methods Courses on Survey Sampling and Analysis of Complex Samples

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Seminar "Introduction to Stata Programming," June 2004

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Mathematical applications to Economics, July 1999

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Time Series analysis and applications in Econometric Views, February 1999

Novitiate Jesuit Ignacio de Loyola
Panama, Panama
Religious studies and advanced Spanish courses, January 1993-December 1994


LANGUAGE

Native language: French and Créole (Haitian)
Fluent in Spanish and English
Intermediate level in Portuguese


COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced experience with:
Microsoft office: Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Word
Statistical Software: Eviews, SPSS, SAS and Stata