Carly Besler

Carly Besler is an Executive at Shapiro+Raj. Carly has been in this position for 1 year and 9 months. Carly has also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Northern Illinois University for 10 months and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for 10 months.

Carly received their undergraduate degree in Sociology from Northern Illinois University. During their time at Northern Illinois University, Carly was a Great Journeys Research Grant funded graduate assistant. In this role, they met with the research team weekly, assisted with data analysis, and helped write and contribute to an article set to publish. Carly also worked as a Sociology research lab attendant, assisting the professor by helping students with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) in their sociological quantitative research methods class with how to use the software and answer weekly homework assignments. Additionally, they graded weekly assignments and mid-term and final exams.

After graduation, Carly worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Northern Illinois University. In this role, they were responsible for conducting literature reviews for current and future grant projects. Carly also assisted with analyzing data and creating online surveys via Qualtrics.

Lastly, Carly worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Northern Illinois University. In this role, they worked as a teaching assistant for four different courses, consisting between 20-50 students per class for two different sociology professors. Carly also assisted in a lab one day a week for a semester in an intro to sociological methods class consisting of 20 students. Carly helped students organize their research project assignments, answered student questions, and graded bi-weekly papers.

Carly Besler has a Master of Arts in Sociology and Criminology from Northern Illinois University, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Northern Illinois University, and an Associate of Arts from McHenry County College. Carly also has a Responsible Conduct of Research certificate from Northern Illinois University.