Research Consulting

I help organizations, nonprofits, and research teams design, conduct, and make sense of qualitative research.

I specialize in interviews, focus groups, qualitative coding, literature reviews, and social media analysis, with expertise in race, gender, relationships and intimacy, digital culture, education, and workplace culture.

What I Can Help With

01. Interviews & Focus Groups
I support interview and focus group projects from start to finish, including protocol development, participant-facing materials, data collection planning, and analysis.

02. Social Media & Digital Culture Research
I support research on online communities, digital platforms, social media discourse, harassment, identity, inequality, and meaning-making in digital spaces.

03. Literature Reviews & Research Synthesis
I review and synthesize existing research for reports, proposals, white papers, grant applications, program development, or internal decision-making.

04. Reports, Briefs, & Writing
I translate research findings into clear written products for academic, nonprofit, industry, and public audiences.

Who I Work With

I welcome inquiries from organizations and teams looking for rigorous, thoughtful, and accessible qualitative research support. I am especially interested in projects that use research to better understand people’s experiences, improve programs or services, inform strategy, or communicate findings to broader audiences.

Possible collaborators include:

Nonprofit & Community Organizations
Organizations seeking support with interviews, focus groups, needs assessments, program research, community feedback, or report writing.

Industry Research Teams
Teams looking for qualitative insight into user experiences, digital culture, online communities, workplace dynamics, identity, inequality, or meaning-making.

Grant-Funded Projects
PIs and project teams looking for subcontract support with qualitative research design, data collection, analysis, deliverables, or final reports.

Academic Research Teams
Faculty, graduate students, and interdisciplinary teams seeking collaboration on qualitative methods, social media research, literature reviews, manuscripts, or funded research projects.

Contact Me

For research consulting, contract work, or subcontract collaboration, please contact me at Stephanie.Ortiz.PhD@gmail.com with a brief description of your project, timeline, and research needs.