Ryan H. Dwight, PhD
Graduate Research Coach
➜I have been a leading researcher and academic in the environmental health sciences arena
➜My career path has traveled in the private sector, academia, and the Federal government
➜I am an experienced manager, scientific researcher, analytical thinker, educator, and critical problem solver
➜Along the way I have supervised dozens of faculty and hundreds of students
➜I have developed research programs, conceived new approaches, and produced and presented budgets and annual reports
➜I am a clear communicator, and am comfortable working with everyone
➜My range of experiences and knowledge allow me to empower, inspire and motivate graduate research students to achieve their academic goals
Education
- PhD: UC Irvine, Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Science and Policy
- BA: UC San Diego, Bachelor of Arts in Biology, minors in Organic Chemistry and U.S. History
Employment
The Graduate Research Coach, 2023 to present
Principal Consultant
Providing coaching and consulting services to graduate research students in the science, health, business, and education fields. I work with masters, doctorate, and PhD students, at all phases of research (proposal, research, write-up, defense, publication). Consulting services include dissertation coaching, scientific review, statistics (methods, data, results), editorial review, graduate writing coach, defense preparation, and publication.
Trident University International, 2010 to 2023
Director of Doctoral Studies, College of Health and Human Services
Director for two doctoral programs (PhD in Health Sciences, and Doctorate in Health Administration). Developed and taught graduate courses including methods, program evaluation, research analysis, public health sciences, and epidemiology. Advised and mentored students developing dissertation research using quantitative methods. Dissertation Chair and Member for doctoral students conducting inferential research on a range of issues in the fields of human and environmental health. University member on the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Doctoral Council.
Coastal Water Research Group, 2004 to present
Founder and Director
Gerontological Services, Inc., 1994 to 2015
Research Analyst
Dwight Law Group, 2002 to 2012
Office Manager, Legal Assistant, Accountant
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1991 to 1994
Program Assistant (GS 11)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1988 to 1990
Marine Microbiologist, Certified Research Diver
Other Specifications
- Chair or Committee Member for 24 graduate students.
- Successfully coordinated several complex multidisciplinary scientific investigations.
- Lead or co-author on sixteen research articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Several media articles were generated about the research, and I was interviewed by NPR.
- Twenty presentations of research studies given at scientific conferences.
- Serving as a peer-reviewer for three scientific journals.