PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

September 2001 - present:

Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Responsible for teaching courses in Social Psychology, Deviance, Qualitative Methods, and Sociology of Women, as well as representing UMD at professional meetings and in service to the campus and community.

 

September 1995 - 2001:

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Responsible for teaching Deviance, Social Psychology, Studies in Popular Culture, and Sociology & Social Problems, as well as representing UMD at professional meetings and in service to the campus and community.

 

May 1997 to Fall 1999

Coordinator of the Graduate Teaching Assistant Training and Orientation, The Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Responsible for planning and implementing the training program, as well as assessing the program and writing a report.

 

Winter 1995, Fall 1994, Winter 1994, Fall 1993, Fall 1992:

Graduate Student Teaching Associate, Dept. of Sociology, Western Michigan University. Responsible for teaching Social Psychology and Introduction to Sociology.

 

Winter 1993:

Full-time, temporary sociology instructor, Saginaw Valley State University. Responsible for teaching four sections of Principles of Sociology.

 

Summer 1994, Spring 1993, Spring 1992, Winter 1992, Fall 1991, Winter 1991,

Fall 1990:

Graduate Student Research Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, Western Michigan University. Responsible for assisting a Sociology professor in his teaching and research.

 

January 1990 to April 1990:

Teaching/Writing Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, Saginaw Valley State University. Responsible for both assisting students in writing papers in their Principles of Sociology course and assisting the professor in grading students' papers.

 

August 1989 to April 1990:

Student Employee, Department of Sociology, Saginaw Valley State University. Responsible for assisting departmental secretaries and Sociology professors in their daily tasks. In addition, assisted a demographer in coding data from census tracks.

 

September 1989 to November 1989:

Tutor, Learning Success Center, Saginaw, Michigan. Responsible for tutoring children in a variety of academic subjects.

 

Other Research Experience:

Research Assistant, Kercher Center for Social Research, Western Michigan University: Community Prevention Partnership (Evaluation Research), Kalamazoo County, Summer 1992. Responsible for assisting evaluators in the design of a survey instrument and the computing and analysis of the data.

Field Director, Advanced Data Services, Portage, Michigan, October 1991. Responsible for directing phone interviewers and tabulating results based upon the interviews.

Field Director, Kercher Center for Social Research, Western Michigan University, October 1991. Responsible for directing phone interviewers and tabulating results based upon the interviews.
 
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