Karmen Perry
Research Analyst
Contact
KarmenPerry@westat.comOverview
Karmen Perry is a Research Analyst for Social Policy and Economics Research. She has 4 years of experience in studies involving education program evaluation, data visualization, survey programming, and dissemination. Perry works on the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Adult Daycare Characteristics Survey for USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the Region 5 Comprehensive Center evaluation for ED, and on dashboards for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She designs and edits in Tableau, a data visualization software, and is a certified Tableau Desktop Specialist. She has worked on other projects for FNS, ED, NSF, CMS, and PCORI.
Education
- BA (summa cum laude), Sociology, George Mason University
Areas of Expertise
Food and Nutrition Social Services Data Visualization Evaluation and Mixed-Methods Research-
Expert Interview
Designing Accessible DashboardsAugust 2024
Combing through hundreds of spreadsheets to analyze trends and patterns in the data can be a daunting task. Clients often find this process time-consuming and…