Division operations manager, SRI Education
Kristen Rouspil, MPH, is director of operations for SRI’s Education Division and has been a project manager, technical assistance specialist, and researcher at SRI for more than 15 years. Rouspil’s areas of expertise include project management; program evaluation; qualitative and quantitative data collection, including interviews, online surveys, observations, and case studies; data processing and analysis; technical assistance and training; and community outreach to promote health prevention and wellness.
Rouspil has extensive knowledge, skills, and experience managing large, complex multiyear projects and teams to ensure intended outcomes are achieved on time and within budget. She currently manages the operations and policies for SRI’s Education Division and oversees the Communications, Project Management, and Administrative teams. Rouspil also manages data collection for large-scale projects. She managed data collection teams across the country for an evaluation of the impact of WestEd’s Early Math Intervention on young children’s math skills. She also coordinated the data collection team for Project SECURE, a multitiered, evidence-based framework designed to strengthen the resilience of students most at risk for disciplinary exclusion, gang involvement, and trauma. In addition, she oversaw data collection for the Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program in large, urban school districts. Before that, she managed SRI’s evaluation services for First 5 San Mateo County, which assessed the impact of a comprehensive early childhood system of care on children from birth through age 5 and their families.
Rouspil holds a Master of Public Health degree, with an emphasis in health education, from San Jose State University.
Key projects
- WestEd i3 Early Math Project
- Project SECURE
- CW-FIT
- Discipline in the Secondary Classroom
- Students Exposed to Trauma: A Study of the CBITS Program
- Santa Clara County Regional Partnership Grant for Children Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse
Recent publications
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Traumatic Experiences and Associated Symptomatology in Asian American Middle School Students
This study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in a diverse group of Asian American middle school students from a large urban school district.
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Screening for Trauma in Early Adolescence: Findings from a Diverse School District
The current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in middle school students from a large urban school district serving a high proportion of diverse immigrant and…
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Implementation and sustainability of an evidence-based program: Lessons learned from the PRISM applied to first step to success
We use the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model to examine how the characteristics of an evidence-based program interact with those of participants to influence program implementation and continuation.
Selected publications
- Sumi, W. C., Woodbridge, M. W., Javitz, H. S., Thornton, S. P., Wagner, M., Rouspil, K., Yu, J. W., Seeley, J. R., Walker, H. M., Golly, A., Small, J. W., Feil, E. G., & Severson, H. H. (2012). Assessing the effectiveness of First Step to Success: Are short-term results the first step to long-term behavioral improvements? Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 21(1), 66–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426611429571