Inland Empire Resource Network Convening

• The Data Lifecycle Framework - How data informs decisions at every stage (needs assessment, program evaluation, and iteration)

• Surprising Findings That Change Strategy - Real case studies showing how data can challenge what we think we know

• Quality Over Quantity - The critical distinction between qualitative and quantitative data, and why collecting less data well beats more data collected poorly
   

 

Speaker: Dr. Cassaundra Leier, Director of Research and Evaluation, HARC, Inc. 
 

Dr. Cassaundra Leier
Director of Research and Evaluation

Dr. Cassaundra Leier is a researcher with over 18 years of expertise in research design and analysis. She has been the Director of Research and Evaluation at HARC for the past decade. She holds a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, San Bernardino, and a doctorate in Organizational Communication from Arizona State University.

Dr. Leier’s research and interests include individual well-being and cultivating workplace practices that foster positivity. She also enjoys researching community safety, substance abuse and treatment, and reentry after incarceration.  

Before joining HARC, Dr. Leier served as a faculty member at Arizona State University, where she taught courses in leadership, conflict and negotiation, and advanced research methods. She has also taught communication courses at College of the Desert. In addition, she worked as a Research Specialist for the County of Riverside’s Department of Public Social Services and served as a Human Resource Consultant for Southern California Edison. Dr. Leier frequently appears as a guest on CSUSB’s Coyote Radio program “Life in the Balance.” 

Dr. Leier emphasizes the importance of connection, both with ourselves and with those closest to us, as some of the most important aspects of health and living a good life.