Curriculum Vitae

KURT MONROE

14 B Mara Lane 618-457-7463 (Home)

Makanda, IL 62958 618-521-0897 (Cell)

kmonroe1@siu.edu

EDUCATION:

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

Ph.D. Candidate (Expected Completion – May 2002)

Dissertation: “Accounts of Identity Work and Emotion Work Among Professed and

Alleged Male and Female Compulsive Gamblers”

Strengths: Deviance, Research Methods and Statistics, and Social Psychology

Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

M.A. Sociology (May 1997)

Thesis: “Stereotyping of Native Americans: Varying Attitudes of College Students”

Strengths: Research Methods, Statistical Analysis with Computer Applications, Native

American Studies, and Employment Relations.

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

B.S. Psychology & Sociology (December 1994)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor:

· IPC 598 Special Topics: Interventions With Delinquents and Adult Offenders

· IPC 541 Research Design and Program Evaluation (graduate-level course --

three (3)sections)

· IPC 542 Statistics (graduate-level course – six (6) sections)

· HCM 365 Data Applications for Health Professions (two (2) sections)

· Soc 215 Race and Ethnic Relations

· Soc 111 Introduction to Sociology

· Soc 103 Human Behavior at Work and Business

· Computer lab for SocW 511, SocW 532, and SocW 411 (taught SPSS)

· Criminological Theory (guest lecturer – Application of labeling theory and symbolic

interactionism in research)

Teaching Assistant:

· Research Methods (SocW 511 and Soc 321)

· Organizations (Soc 431)

· Introduction to Sociology (Soc 108 – two (2) semesters)

Master’s Thesis Committees on which served:

Daniel Franks

Patty Peoples

Patricia Jenson

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

May 1998 – September 1998

Independent Contract Researcher (Ethnographer)

Children and Family Research Center

School of Social Work

University of Illinois – Urbana

January 1998 – July 1998

Research Assistant

Principal Investigator: Professor Hisako Matsuo

Subject: Japanese Human Resource Management/Expatriate Managers

January 1996 – May 1996

Research Assistant

Principal Investigator: Professor Jennifer Hamer

Subject: Incarcerated Black Fathers & Black Mothers Out-of-Wedlock

PAPERS PRESENTED

“Identity Struggle: Power Relations Between Doctors and Nurses at a Community-Based Hospital,” David DuCoff and Kurt Monroe, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Paper presented at the annual Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 2000.

“Rhetorical Struggle: Costs and Benefits of Legalized Gambling,” Kurt Monroe, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Paper presented at the annual Southern Sociological Society Meetings, Nashville, TN, April 1999.

The Portrayal of Presidential Candidates in Newspaper Photographs,” Kurt Monroe, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Paper presented at the annual Mid-South Sociological Association, Huntsville, AL, November 1997.

“Whose Side Do We Tell -- and How?: Reflections on Field research in Program

Evaluation,” Douglas Thomson, Central Michigan University with

Heather Smith, Kurt Monroe, Tim Kubal, Sheila Huff & Todd Bernhardt, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Mariame Kaba, Northwestern University

Todd Case, Teryl Brewster, Western Illinois University, Paper presented at the annual Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, Mineapolis, MN, April 1999.

“Liability of Foreignness and the Use of Expatriates in Multinational Corparations,” Hisako Matsuo, St. Louis University, and Kurt Monroe, Southern Illinois University, Paper presented at the annual American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 1999.

“Institutional Adaption Failure of Japanese Multinational Corporations in the United States: Sexual Harassment Lawsuits,” Hisako Matsuo, St. Louis University, Kurt Monroe, Southern Illinois University, and Haruhiko Kanegae, Senshu University, Paper presented at the annual American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 1999.

“Predictors of Drinking Behavior Among Rural School Children (K – 6),” Mizanur R Miah, Ph.D., Kurt Monroe, Eduardo Monge, Ph.D., Paul Sarvela, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Paper presented at the annual Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, St. Louis, MO, April 2001.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Proficient with both IBM PC Windows and Apple Macintosh: Microsoft Office and Word, SPSS (both windows and command versions), SAS, GLIM, Telnet, and the Internet.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Midwest Sociological Society

American Sociological Association

Mid-South Sociological Association

Southern Sociological Society