Audrey K. Madison
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Biography
University of Missouri Columbia - Sociology
Director of Marketing & Communications | Applied Sociologist
Hospital & Health Care
Audrey K.
Madison, PhD
Greater New York City Area
Applied Sociologist engaged in the healthcare field. Expertise in Hospital Communications, Patient Experience, and Staff Engagement.
PhD in Sociology with advanced knowledge in areas of social inequality, culture and identity, mass media, family and parenting, and qualitative, quantitative, and feminist research methods.
Experience
Saint Louis University
Graduate Assistant
• Assisted department faculty in research and teaching
• Aided department chair and administrators in further graduate program development
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications
• Built local-level Marketing and Communications Department within a large health system, providing strategic guidance, creative direction, and hands-on support in a hospital of over 3000 employees.
• Engaged over 30 departments and service lines within the first year of establishing the Marketing and Communications Department.
• Play vital role in the conception and promotion of hospital’s strategic plan and organizational values and value statements, including design and production of 3 graphics posted hospital-wide.
• Design and conduct annual Staff Communication Survey with metrics intended to measure progress and effectiveness of communications efforts and to design future department and hospital strategy.
• Measurable improvement in internal communications over first year of department, with over 85% of staff indicating communications has improved.
• Reestablished regular town hall meetings, strategize and manage quarterly.
• Conceptualized and facilitate monthly focus groups with staff and hospital president to discuss issues important to the organization.
• Reinstituted staff-facing hospital newsletter as a monthly publication, with over 18 sections, including pictures, graphics, and articles.
• Selected to serve on Mount Sinai Health System Employee Recognition Committee and a system-level cultural transformation and alignment committee.
• Present at marketing and communications conferences, representing the Mount Sinai Health System and promoting the reputation of Mount Sinai St. Luke’s.
• Serve as Public Information Officer for Emergency Management response team.Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Director of Marketing and Communications
Audrey worked at Mount Sinai St. Luke's as a Director of Marketing and Communications
University of Missouri-Columbia
Teaching Assistant
• Senior Seminar in Sociology • Social Deviance • Self & Society • Queer Theories & Identities • Introduction to Sociology • Peace Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia
Online Instructor
• Developed curriculum for undergraduate sociology courses
• Fall 2016-Spring 2017: Sociology of The Family • Spring 2015: Culture & Mass Media • Fall 2014: Social InequalitiesUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Sociology, Women's Studies, and Anthropology Tutor
• Taught undergraduate individual and group sessions in Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s Studies, and Chinese and assessed students’ progress
Interfaith Medical Center
Manager of Patient Experience
• Improved operations of the Patient Experience Department, enabling personnel growth by 100%.
• Increased hospital-patient communication and transparency by creating 36-page Patient Guidebook, including all writing, photography, and graphics.
• Enhanced community image by conceiving two new slogans for the hospital, congruent with facility’s mission and vision.Interfaith Medical Center
Director of Volunteer Services and Patient Experience
• Lead hospital-wide patient experience best practices initiatives, contributing to a 33% increase in patient satisfaction scores.
• Energized and motivated staff through team-centered training session on communication skills, with 91% of staff stating session supports positive change and improved communication.
• Within the first three weeks as Director, designed and implemented a Volunteer Services Program, creatively recruiting and supervising 60+ volunteers and interns over the past 11 months.
• Spearheaded “Book Gift Initiative,” resulting in 500+ books being donated to hospital from 5 different bookstores in New York metro area.
Education
Saint Louis University
Master of Arts - MA
Public Sociology
Concentration: Human Sexuality and Socialization Master's Thesis: "'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children"Saint Louis University
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Sociology and Anthropology
Undergraduate Thesis: "Creating Reality From Belief: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Everyday Life"Saint Louis University
Graduate Assistant
• Assisted department faculty in research and teaching • Aided department chair and administrators in further graduate program development
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.University of Missouri-Columbia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Sociology
Doctoral Thesis: "Parents' Perspectives on Sex Education: Nuanced Accommodation in a Bilaterally Constructed World" "Research on sex education regularly presents a polarized depiction of debate, which often puts parents on the defensive and condenses their viewpoints into incongruous, dichotomous camps. This study aims to challenge this rhetoric by presenting findings of nuanced parental viewpoints that frequently get over-simplified, and offers alternative explanations to these complex issues... Through the teasing-out of parental opinions, it became clear that, on the most fundamental level, parents seem to agree that children need sex education. Throughout this paper, alternatives to the current literature are presented as a method of doing away with the common binary of comprehensive sex education versus abstinence only education. By examining parental opinions of sex education at home and at school, new ways of conducting sex education research are presented and justified."University of Missouri-Columbia
Teaching Assistant
• Senior Seminar in Sociology • Social Deviance • Self & Society • Queer Theories & Identities • Introduction to Sociology • Peace StudiesUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Online Instructor
• Developed curriculum for undergraduate sociology courses • Fall 2016-Spring 2017: Sociology of The Family • Spring 2015: Culture & Mass Media • Fall 2014: Social InequalitiesUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Sociology, Women's Studies, and Anthropology Tutor
• Taught undergraduate individual and group sessions in Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s Studies, and Chinese and assessed students’ progress
Publications
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
'When They Start Asking, You Should Start Answering': Why and How Parents Teach Sex and Sexuality to Young Children
Saint Louis University
Master's Thesis ABSTRACT: This research was conducted in order to examine how (and if) parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation. The study looks at private interactions between children and parents to address the question: How do parents talk to their young children about sex and sexual orientation? A survey containing about 80 questions was given to a sample of 300 survey participants (mothers and fathers of children ages 3 to 6 years old), randomly selected from an online survey panel. The questions were aimed at gathering general demographic information, comfort level with talking about sex, topics concerning sex that parents have talked or intend to talk to their children about, and parental response to gendered sports and toys. This study identifies when conversations about sex and related topics are beginning, whether parents feel these ages are too young to begin such conversations, what the parents are saying to their children, and where parents agree and disagree with each other across demographic variables. Review of the findings demonstrates for American parents the ways in which they and other parents speak to their young children about sex and sexual orientation, and how and when they are having these conversations.
Creating Reality from Belief: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Everyday Life [Excerpt]
The Missouri Electronic Journal of Sociology
"In this paper I attempt to show the pervasiveness of self-fulfilling prophecies in day-to-day interactions, because, in everyday life, people have a tendency to under-appreciate the pervasiveness and influence of this phenomenon. Several situations in which self-fulfilling prophecies present themselves are discussed. First, the manifestation of self-fulfilling prophecies in school is presented, including effects on the student from predictions made by the teacher and the student’s parents, and how a student’s view of him or herself can affect academic success. Then, the role of positive thinking in the healthcare field is introduced. A final section illuminates some “limitations” in the use of self-fulfilling prophecies, namely the oversimplification that can occur when one attempts to manipulate the phenomenon. This is presented specifically in reference to self-help therapy, positive thinking seminars, and Pastor Joel Osteen."
Positions
Midwest Sociological Society
Long Range Planning Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Women in the Profession Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Long Range Planning Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Women in the Profession Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Long Range Planning Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Women in the Profession Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Long Range Planning Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Women in the Profession Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Long Range Planning Committee Member
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Midwest Sociological Society
Women in the Profession Committee Member
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