VALENTINA PETROVA

I hold two master's degrees from the University of Washington, a Master in Public Administration from the Evans School of Public Affairs, and a Master of Arts in International Studies from the Jackson School of International Studies... In graduate school, for more than two years, I was a consultant at the Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR). There I taught workshops and consulted one-on-one and with small teams on qualitative data analysis (QDA) using software programs such as ATLAS... As a former journalist and public relations (PR) professional, I was drawn to qualitative research methods because of my background in interviewing and writing. I used ATLAS.ti for my own master's research on international comparative education policy - conducting a semi-inductive content analysis of newspaper archives, expert interviews, evaluation reports, websites, and other artifacts on the origin of Teach For Australia.