Resume

• 2014

  Hope College

  University of Michigan-Flint

  Flint

  MI

  Adjunct Professor

  University of Michigan-Flint

  Michigan State University

  Holland

  MI

  Assistant Professor Of Sociology

  Hope College

  Digital media specialist

  Midwest Sociological Society

  North Central Sociological Association

  Inclusion and diversity committee chair

  American Sociological Association

  Member

  Michigan Sociological Association

  Digital media specialist and web content strategist

  Higher Learning Commission

  Peer reviewer

  Holland Museum

  Board member

  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Minority Fellow

  Research Enhancement Award

  Michigan State University

  Outstanding Dissertation Research Award

  Michigan State University

  Commencement Speaker

  Delivered commencement address at Hope Collge's 154th graduation ceremony. \nhttps://hope.edu/news/2018/campus-life/2018-commencement-address.html

  Hope College

  Excellence in Diversity Research Award

  Michigan State University

  Professor of the year

  Hope College

  Research Fellow

  Institute for Research on Poverty

  University of Madison Wisconsin

• 2005

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Sociology

  Michigan State University

• 2004

  Exchange Language Studies Program (北京外国语大学)

  Chinese Studies

  Beijing Foreign Studies University

• 2001

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  English

  Michigan State University

• Grant Writing

  Curriculum Development

  Academic Advising

  Student Affairs

  Statistics

  Student Development

  University Teaching

  Higher Education

  Research

  Program Development

  Qualitative Research

  The Korean kye: rotating savings and credit associations

  The Korean kye: rotating savings and credit associations

  Factors impacting the sociological construct of adulthood in adults with moderate intellectual disabilities: a case study

  Elizabeth Horton

  Jane Finn

  Vikki Lynn Holmes

  The most common criteria used to evaluate successful transition into adulthood for\nyoung adults have included obtaining employment and establishing autonomous nonrelative\nsocial support networks (correlate to community involvement). Hence

  \nemployment and community involvement are critical in the transition to adulthood for\nall young adults. With respect to those with intellectual disabilities (ID)

  the construct\nof Adulthood is multi-faceted. This exploratory study seeks to determine the potential\nfactors (measured by the Transition Planning Inventory-2) that impact the sociological\nconstruct of Adulthood in young adults with ID and to model pictorially the\nrelationship between them. Results indicate for adults with ID

  vocational purpose

  \ncommunity involvement

  and wellness explain 47% of the variance in the sociological\nconstruct of Adulthood. Factor analysis reveals that vocational purpose is\ncharacterized by employment and self-determination; community involvement by\nleisure activity

  community participation

  and interpersonal relationships; and\nwellness by health and daily living.

  Factors impacting the sociological construct of adulthood in adults with moderate intellectual disabilities: a case study

  Agents of socialization: visual sociology group project assignment publication

  Psychological distress and well-being among African American graduate students

  Clifford Broman

  Ph.D

  This study addresses the role of substance abuse in relationship to\nfinancial hardship across racial and ethnic groups for young adults. Data\nare drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult\nHealth (ADD Health). The final sample consisted of approximately\n15

  000 cases from waves 1

  3 and 4. Consistent with research literature

  \nmultivariate analyses indicated that there are differences in the level of\nfinancial hardship across race and ethnicity. However

  substance abuse\nis also important in its association with financial hardship. We find\nevidence that the influence of substance abuse for financial hardship\namong young adults varies across race and ethnicity.

  The Role of Substance Abuse in Financial Hardship among Young Adults

  Catherine Fobes

  I'm just Anneke

  and the family journey raising non conforming children

  The Big 5: understanding college matriculation for low income African American college students to improve retention

  Gender and race as factors in collegiate attrition among African American college students

  Smith

  Ph.D

  Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Hope College. She primarily teaches such courses as introduction to sociology

  sociology of the family sociology of happiness and senior seminar. In addition

  she serves as the department's internship director. Her current research explores college-aged populations and the ways poverty impairs opportunities

  collegiate matriculation

  and academic performance. Her research connects empirical findings to influence both pedagogical practices and collegiate culture and programming. Addressing systemic educational inequities is a fundamental premise of her work. Dr. Smith is dedicated to advancing retention capacity among college students who strive to overcome vulnerable circumstances due to systemic disadvantage. She engages undergraduate students in mentoring and support relationships.\n\nAREAS OF EXPERTISE\nCollege matriculation- examination of barriers in the formal process of entering a university

  exploring student attrition

  persistence and retention. \n\nRace¬- research efforts center on cumulative disadvantage for African Americans.\n\nPoverty-social determinants of cyclic economic disadvantage\n\nSocial stratification - examining the impact of intersectional social statuses that create cumulative advantage or disadvantage\n

  Temple

  Smith

  Ph.D

  Michigan State University