-: My name is Chester Holland.
I am a PhD student, soon-to-be candidate,
and a Public Administration Fellow at the Institute
for Public Admin at the University of Delaware.
I do policy research and analysis.
I also do evaluative research and analysis
on student performance, K-12 Education in my current role
and that's ultimately what I wanna do professionally.
As I move forward, I wanna manage research projects,
large scale research projects for cities and states
and maybe initiate projects across states
for the US Department of Education
and support state level departments in academic improvement
and institutional improvement.
Right now I have my hand in creating the most comprehensive
and in-depth analysis on academic performance among students
in Wilmington compared to the students
in the state of Delaware.
Beyond that, I'm working on a project
that uses geospatial analysis
to determine where program access points,
educational program access points are.
My dissertation research is looking at developing
a program evaluation research model that incorporates
geospatial analysis in determining program impact.
Hopefully, I'll be able to develop something that's useful
for the state of Delaware and beyond and allow them
to determine not just whether or not
their programs are impactful, but
how the location of program access points
impact accessibility and outcomes for students
that might need those services.