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Jennifer M. Stevens, M.A.

5565 Annie Oakley Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89120

702-234-3430
steven64@unlv.nevada.edu

Education

Master of Arts Sociology University of Nevada, Las December 2015


Vegas

Bachelor of Sociology Minor University of Nevada, Las May 2009


Arts in Vegas
Psychology

Areas of Interest

Area of Social Movements and Collective Passe October 2016


Specialization Behavior d
Comprehensive
Exam

General Areas of Social Movements/Collective


Interest Behavior
Culture
Race and Ethnicity
Social Psychology
Qualitative Research Methods

Teaching Experience

Student Athlete Tutor UNLV Athletic Department January-April 2016

Graduate Teaching UNLV Department of August 2013-December


Assistant Sociology 2014

Seminar: Learning to UNLV Department of August 2013-December


Teach Sociology Sociology 2013

Substitute Teacher Clark County School October 2012-December


District 2013

Courses Assisted

Dr. Ranita Ray SOC Spring 2015


441
Dr. Taka SOC Aging and Society Spring 2015
Yamashita 410
Dr. Emily Mann SOC Classical Sociological Spring 2014
421 Theory
Dr. Emily Mann SOC Spring 2014
449

Research Experience

Internship Research R&R Partners-Advertising, April December 2016


Department Marketing, and Public
Relations Agency

Graduate Research Osher Lifelong Learning August 2013 December


Assistant Institute (OLLI) UNLV 2014
Research Team

Qualitative Researcher Center for Court Innovations January 2012 May 2014
Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children

Qualitative Researcher Southern Nevada Strong May 2013 September 2013


Ethnography Summer
Research Project

Undergraduate Dr. Fred Preston Ph.D., UNLV August 2008 December


Sociology Research Sociology 2008
Internship

Articles and Book Chapters

Yamashita, Taka, Darren Liu, Erick B. Lopez, Jennifer M. Stevens, and J. Scott
Brown. Public Health Perspectives on Health Literacy. In Health Literacy Among
Older Adults. Edited by Karen Kopera-Frye. Springer Publishing Company 2017.

Research Reports

2014. Yamashita, Taka, Jennifer R. Keene, Erick B. Lopez, Jennifer M. Stevens, and
Marta Soligo. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNLV: Survey Report. Report
prepared for OLLI executive board meeting.

2013. Jennifer Stevens. Southern Nevada Strong Urban Ethnography Research


Report. Published research report and presentation to Southern Nevada Strong
summarizing the findings for the Las Vegas Medical District.

Manuscripts in Preparation
Drive-By Ethnography: The Bureaucratization of Ethnographic Research Methods
(with Nicholas Baxter, Christopher Conner, and Rachel Macfarlane) Article for the
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

Professional Presentations

Collective Identity and Social Movement 2016


Participation: Experiences of Tea Party
Members in Las Vegas, Nevada annual
meeting of The Pacific Sociological
Association (PSA). March 30-April 2, 2016,
Oakland, CA.

Drive-By Ethnography annual meeting of 2014


the Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction (SSSI). August 2014, San
Francisco, CA.

Exploring Social Movement Motivation and 2013


Participation: A Look at Mead and
Durkheim Annual Midwestern Sociological
Society (MSS) Conference, March 27-30,
2013, Chicago, IL.

Departmental Service

UNLV Sociology Club Movies That Matter March 2017


Series Guest Speaker/Discussant - The
Angry Eye

Graduate Student Representative to August 2015 May 2016


Faculty

Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) International August 2010 May 2011


Sociology
Honor Society UNLV Chapter President

Student Sociological Association (SSA) August 2010 May 2011


President

Scholarships and Honors

The National Scholars Honor Society Membership April 2009


Alpha Kappa Delta AKD International Sociology Honor Society September
Membership 2008
UNLV Deans Honor List December
2007
Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship May 2004
Professional Memberships

Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)


The Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)
Midwestern Sociological Society (MSS)
Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society
(AKD)

Personal References

Dr. Robert Futrell


Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455033
Las Vegas, NV 89154
P: 702-895-3011
E: robert.futrell@unlv.edu

Dr. David Dickens


Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455033
Las Vegas, NV 89154
P: 702-895-3011
E: david.dickens@unlv.edu

Dr. Barb Brents


Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455033
Las Vegas, NV 89154
P: 702-895-3011
E: barb.brents@unlv.edu

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