Kirstie has worked as a statistics lecturer in higher education since 2015 and as a quantitative research consultant for academic and industry research since 2016. She has a passion for people, teaching, numbers, and community upliftment, and describes her âprofessional selfâ as a quantitative research consultant, entrepreneur, dedicated educator, and philanthropist. Kirstie has lectured on statistics to hundreds of students nationally and internationally and has consulted on more than 600 research projects from conceptualization to completion. Through the diversity of research projects, Kirstie has developed a comprehensive understanding and expertise in the research requirements of businesses, academics, and graduate students across various fields of research. In addition to consulting, she enjoys presenting workshops that cover all commonly used research methodologies (from conceptualization, data collection, data analysis in various statistical software, through to results interpretations and reporting). Being a people person, Kirstie appreciates the interactions that come from teaching and consulting with fellow researchers. She has an MSc in Mathematical Statistics and graduated as the top student across all faculties and 6,000 graduates at Nelson Mandela University. Apart from teaching and consulting, Kirstie has been actively engaged in her own research, co-authoring papers in peer-reviewed journals and receiving funding to manage large grant-funded projects. Kirstie believes that although mathematics and statistics are often perceived as challenging subjects, it is not a lack of aptitude, but rather the fear of the subject that inhibits a personâs ability to excel. She is passionate about breaking down this barrier and addressing the practicalities of quantitative research, rather than a string of theoretical ideas and frameworks that people find difficult to integrate into real-life research. Kirstie loves empowering people to take charge of their own work.
