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Common questions

• I'm looking for a thesis advisor or dissertation mentor. Is that something you do?

  Yes. I mentor undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students through the full thesis or dissertation process, including the research question, proposal, methodological design, data collection, analysis, chapter feedback, and defense preparation, in English or Spanish. This aligns with the thesis mentoring section on the services page, which presents support from proposal to defense and lists rates for single sessions, monthly plans, and full accompaniment. See thesis mentoring details →

• Do you offer graduate school application coaching?

  Yes. I offer graduate application coaching for research-focused master's and Ph.D. applicants, including program selection, statement of purpose and personal statement feedback, CV review, recommendation strategy, and interview preparation. This service complements the site's student-facing mentoring offerings and can be linked as a distinct support pathway for applicants who are not yet at the thesis stage. See graduate application coaching options →

• Do you consult on program evaluation for nonprofits or research teams?

  Yes. I work with nonprofits, school systems, universities, evaluation firms, and research teams that need senior methodological capacity without making a full-time senior hire. The services page lists evaluation design, psychometrics and SEM, mixed methods, bibliometrics, grant development, and statistical analysis as core consulting areas. See organizational consulting services →

• What kinds of methods do you work with?

  I work across qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs, including interviews, surveys, experiments, archival research, psychometrics, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and reproducible statistical workflows in R and Python. Those methods are described across the organizational consulting and thesis mentoring sections of the services page. See services →

• Can you help with psychometrics, factor analysis, or SEM?

  Yes. Psychometrics and SEM are among my core organizational consulting services, along with instrument development, validation, reliability analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, latent variable modeling, and structural equation modeling. I also provide statistics and methods support for graduate researchers (see the thesis section). See psychometrics and SEM support →

• Can you help with qualitative research too, or only statistics?

  Yes, I help with qualitative research as well as quantitative analysis. The services page specifically includes interviews, focus groups, grounded theory, content analysis, and mixed methods designs, and the thesis section also mentions qualitative methods as part of student support. See thesis mentoring →

• Can you help with mixed-methods research?

  Yes. I support mixed-methods research for students, nonprofits, universities, and research teams, including study design, interview and focus group protocols, survey development, qualitative coding, integration of qualitative and quantitative findings, and interpretation that holds up methodologically. The services page specifically lists mixed methods and qualitative coding, while the thesis mentoring section also includes methodological design, qualitative methods, and statistical guidance from proposal to defense. See mixed-methods consulting services →

• Do you work in English and Spanish?

  Yes. I provide services and support in both English and Spanish, including mentoring and consulting in either language. I am a native speaker of English; I lived and worked in Mexico as an academic for more than 20 years and, as a result, I speak and write with near-native fluency. This includes an extensive record of academic publications in Spanish. See credentials →

• What are your thesis mentoring rates?

  The services page lists a free 30-minute initial consultation, single-session support, a monthly plan, full accompaniment, and separate graduate researcher statistics and methods consulting. The posted pricing appears in the thesis mentoring rates table, with transparent pricing and no lock-in contracts noted on the page. See thesis mentoring rates →

• What are your consulting rates for organizations?

  The services page lists starting hourly rates for small nonprofits and mid-size organizations, a day rate for multi-day projects, discounted long-term partnership options, and quote-based pricing for special projects or larger engagements. The page also notes that custom scopes and multi-year engagements are welcome. See organizational consulting rates →

• Will you write my thesis or dissertation for me?

  No. The thesis section includes an explicit integrity statement saying that I mentor, but the thesis remains the student's work, and that I do not write theses for students or help anyone misrepresent authorship. The support offered is direction, rigor, and honest feedback rather than ghostwriting. See the integrity statement →

• What are your credentials?

  My credentials include a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Purdue University, leadership in research and evaluation roles in the United States and Mexico, prior service as Investigador Titular C (Professor) at Cinvestav, and I am currently Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at The Ohio State University. I am a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers at Level II and the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and I review for the National Science Foundation, Mexico's Conahcyt, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and multiple journals. I also have extensive experience leading funded research, publishing in peer-reviewed Q1 academic journals and books (70+), directing theses and dissertations, acquiring competitive funding, and working in both English and Spanish. See credentials →

• How do I get started?

  The services page and footer both point visitors to start with a free 30-minute conversation. The contact call-to-action appears throughout the page for both thesis mentoring and organizational consulting inquiries. Go to the contact page →