Martha Eies is currently contracting as Lab Manager for Assistant Professor of Economics, Bocar Ba, PhD, at Duke University, responsible for leadership and strategic direction of research, administrative, and communications activities. Since the summer of 2020, she has worked alongside Ba, facilitating increasingly impactful and nuanced analyses of policing. She has also contracted at University of Pennsylvania and University of Irvine. She oversees the coordination of research projects related to police alternatives, police behavior, and the intersections of crime and justice. With a background in supporting complex research projects, Martha has contributed to papers published in journals such as Science and the American Economic Journal. Her experience includes coordinating large-scale research projects, including the analysis of confidential documents for Department of Justice investigations.
She has more than 10 years of strategic planning and management experience at nonprofit organizations. She has also held management roles contributing to large-scale quantitative and qualitative projects at MSimulation at the University of Minnesota and University of the Arts.
As a facilitator, Martha creates engaging experiences for diverse audiences. She is skilled in understanding and communicating concepts quickly and accurately for educational settings, with a specialty for public speaking, presentations, and making powerful connections with audiences. She has extensive experience in collecting and curating new datasets, including court filings from the Department of Justice, public agency records, and proprietary data from private companies. Residing in Minneapolis, MN, Martha collaborates with local criminal justice stakeholders and city agencies, while maintaining strong professional connections with peers across the country who work in related fields. She holds a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Gender Studies from St. Olaf College and an M.F.A. in Devised Performance from the University of the Arts/Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training.
Please send any inquiries, including work proposals for writing, editing, researching, and project management, to marthacorrineeies@gmail.com.