Resume

• 2010

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Sociology

  Middle Tennessee State University

  Social Stratification

  Data Analysis

  Women's Contemporary Issues & Health

  Quantitative Methods

  Violence in the Family

  Qualitative Methods

  Sociological Theory

• 2009

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  I studied a semester abroad in Costa Rica

  Nicaragua

  and Toronto

  Canada

  Sociology & Anthropology; History & Global Studies

  Middle Tennessee State University

• Needs Analysis

  Human Resources

  Resume Writing

  Data Analysis

  Program Evaluation

  SPSS

  Mental Health

  Curriculum Design

  Public Speaking

  Interviews

  Research Design

  Data Entry

  University Teaching

  Public Policy

  Qualitative Research

  Masters Thesis

  In this thesis I use a life history design to explore how twenty single mothers on welfare experience the meritocratic ideologies and restrictions embedded in welfare reform relative to their views on the \"American dream.\" Although welfare reform promises to contract with women to help lift them and their children out of poverty

  in reality welfare-to-work programs are inadequate to the task. Younger women held unrealistically high views on the achievement of wealth as part of the American dream. Older women by contrast had more modest views of holding a stable job

  or else believed that the American dream was not within their reach. None of the women felt that welfare-to-work programs were adequate for lifting them and their children out of poverty

  and most viewed education and training as the most promising pathway out of poverty.

  Steed

  M.A.

  Stephanie

  Steed

  M.A.

  Volunteer State Community College

  Preferred Alternatives

  Inc

  Johnson Controls

  Middle Tennessee State University

  Department of Sociology

  Advance Financial

  Middle Tennessee State University

  Professional Credential Services

  Inc.

  Nashville State Community College

  Southeast Campus

  I engage students to critically look into the systematic designs of our society and economy and explore how our formal institutions promote a working ethic

  shape inequalities

  and influence our informal behaviors. I intentionally place students in a position to observe the truths about themselves

  what they believe in

  and require them to stand for something outside of themselves by digging deeper than the surface and forefront on their physical worlds.

  Adjunct Professor

  Nashville State Community College

  nashville

  tennessee

  I make sure the people stay happy and get paid

  and I love it!

  Payroll Accountant

  Professional Credential Services

  Inc.

  murfreesboro

  tennessee

  Engage in the day to day operations of human resources by managing administrative duties with a strong knowledge of company procedures and programs available to the employees of the company.

  Human Resources Administrator

  Johnson Controls

  Nashville

  Tennessee

  Perform quantitative statistical and qualitative analyses to provide advice on economic impact of new conditions and develop economic forecasting to drive business insights and strategies.

  Junior Systems Analyst

  Advance Financial

  Murfreesboro

  Tennessee

  Instruct an introduction level sociology course and social problems with the intent to teach students how to develop analytical thinking skills about the world around them and conflicting political matters.

  Adjunct Professor

  Middle Tennessee State University

  Murfreesboro

  Tennessee

  Assisted two university professors with curriculum design

  research

  grading

  and teaching while conducting my own qualitative research to complete a masters thesis.

  Graduate Assistant

  Middle Tennessee State University

  Department of Sociology

  Chattanooga

  Tennessee

  Assisted in direct home care of patients with mental and behavioral disabilities by monitoring and teaching patients societal norms

  values

  and practices.

  Direct Care Staff

  Preferred Alternatives

  Inc

  gallatin

  tennessee

  Instruct an introduction level sociology course with the intent to teach students how to develop analytical thinking skills about the world around them.

  Adjunct Professor

  Volunteer State Community College