Shaun O'Brien
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Mail code: 6480Campus: Poly
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With over 15 years of experience in research administration and federal proposal development, Shaun specializes in building competitive applications across higher education and government contracting. During his previous tenure at ASU, he served as a Senior Research Proposal Administrator and Editor for Research Grants & Proposals, partnering with faculty on successful submissions to NIH, NSF, DOE, DoD, and NASA. Most recently, he led complex proposal efforts for Department of Energy initiatives.
Shaun is passionate about guiding researchers through the funding process and transforming innovative concepts into funded projects. He is thrilled to return to ASU and looks forward to working with MSN faculty and staff to expand research opportunities and drive the school’s continued success.
2017 - MS, Technical Communication, Arizona State University
Thesis: Interpretations of Data in Ethical vs. Unethical Data Visualizations
Committee: Claire Lauer (Chair), Eva Brumberger, and Barbara D’Angelo
2014 - B.S., Technical Communication, Arizona State University
Minor, Media Analysis
Magna Cum Laude honors
Academic Dean’s List Certificate 2012 - 2014
- Design of Communication
- User Experience
- Visual Rhetoric
- Cultural Rhetoric
- Professional Writing
- Technical Communication
- Digital Rhetoric
- Visual Literacy
Claire Lauer and Shaun O'Brien. 2020. How People Are Influenced by Deceptive Tactics in Everyday Charts and Graphs. In IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 327-340, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TPC.2020.3032053.
Claire Lauer and Shaun O'Brien. 2020. The Deceptive Potential of Common Design Tactics Used in Data Visualizations. In Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 27, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3380851.3416762
Shaun O'Brien and Claire Lauer. 2018. Testing the Susceptibility of Users to Deceptive Data Visualizations When Paired with Explanatory Text. In Proceedings of the 36th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC '18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 7, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3233756.3233961
Shaun O'Brien. 2017. Interpretations of data in ethical vs. unethical data visualizations (Order No. 10681043). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1976992451). Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com…
2017 - ACM-SIGDOC Student Research Competition Graduate Finalist ($500)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
Society of Technical Communicators (STC)
National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
Arizona State University Alumni
ASU Graduate & Professional Student Association
2016 - Current Volunteer, Highland High school
2018 Employee Awards Selection Committee, Arizona State University
2026-Present - Founder and Lead Consultant, Pursuit Strategy Group, LLC
2023-Present - Proposal Writer, DocLab
2014-2015 - Editor, Sourced Media Books
2021-2026 - Business Development Manager, Elevated Technologies, Remote
2014-2015 - Proposal Writer, STARA Technologies, Gilbert, AZ
2012-2014 - Technical Writer/Proposal Coordinator, Vertex Resource Group, Ltd, Scottsdale, AZ
2007-2012 - Engineering Technician/Reporting Coordinator, Trax International Corporation, Yuma, AZ