~ Where Did They Go? ~
A Graduate
Update
The
following provides an update on
where some of our graduate students are, the kind of work
they're doing, and more. If you know the whereabouts of any
other of our graduates, please
let us know
and we'll add them to the list below for the next edition of the
newsletter.
If you'd
like a statement about yourself included in the next issue of
the newsletter, please email your statement to us at sociologyandanthropology@missouristate.edu
or mail it to us c/o Newsletter Editor, Sociology/Anthropology,
Missouri State, 901 South National Ave., Springfield, MO 65804. If you can
include a (digital) picture, all the better! We're
looking forward to hearing from you.
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Baldwin, Stephen
recently earned a graduate
degree in education from Pace University in New York
City and is currently teaching social sciences in
Bushwick, Brooklyn. He is also working on getting his
credentials for school administration.
Bass, Aaron
lives in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and works for the Missouri
Division of Youth Services. He was recently accepted
into the graduate program in Criminal Justice at Central
Missouri State University and is likely to start classes
there in January of 2005.
Bell, Andrew
recently moved from the Missouri
Water Patrol to being a Highway Patrol Officer with the
Missouri Highway Patrol.
Biggers, Ryan
was actively involved in the field of probation and
parole upon graduating from Missouri State with his major in Crime
and Society. He recently was accepted in the United
States Secret Service and is currently assigned to the
office in Washington, D.C.
Boaz, R. Keith
After spending a year working in the private sector,
Keith returned to Missouri State as the Assistant Director of
Hammons Student Center and Plaster Sports Complex in
August of 2003. Keith has since received a promotion
and now serves as the Associate Director of Hammons
Student Center and Plaster Sports Complex. In this
role, Keith is responsible for assisting with the daily
management of both facilities as well as the event
management aspects of both facilities.
Bullock, Brian
is working on a Graduate
study in Instructional Media Technology. The focus of
this research is Juveniles and the effects the media has
on leading them to criminal acts.
Capps, Jason
is still working on his Ph.D. from University of Kansas.
He is living in Seattle and is an adjunct faculty member at
Seattle University.
Cook, Wendy
is a Sociology instructor
at Southern Illinois University.
Day, April
is currently working
towards her MA in Criminal Justice at Saint Louis
University.
Fondren, Rachel
is currently working toward a Master of Science degree
in Clinical Psychology at Missouri State. After graduation in May
2006 she plans to attend a Ph.D. program with a focus on
Forensic Clinical Psychology.
Gill, Rakefet
graduated from the CAS program in
2003, moved to Lee's Summit (MO), and has started her
Masters Degree program in Criminal Justice at Central
Missouri State University.
Hackney, Walker
J.
lives in Lawrence, KS.
He's establishing residency so he
can qualify for in-state
tuition to attend Kansas University Law School. Walker
originally moved to Lawrence
to help a high school friend run
his computer repair and
consulting business. His official duties include
drumming up new clients and business accounts.
He gets
to go around Lawrence to a bunch of law
offices, doctor's offices and other small businesses
that have computers and pitch the idea of hiring Tech Tutors
(his employer)
to maintain their computers. Walker also works
in Loss Prevention
for the Best Buy
store in Lawrence.
Heyer, Nathan
works in
Minnesota for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
as a Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBP). He was
hired under the former Immigration and Naturalization
Service as a Immigration Inspector.
Hodge, Brandy
relocated to
Olathe, Kansas last October and is currently seeking
employment within the Criminal Justice field.
Lee, Jesse
has been a field biologist
doing avian-research, working in Washington State,
Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii.
Niezgoda, Robert
recently graduated with a
Master’s in Public Health and is currently working with
the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
Pettit, Sheena
is a Deputy Juvenile
Officer for the 38th Circuit, Taney &
Christian County.
Petrowsky, Sara
is working on a
Master’s in Sociology at the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Phillips, Mark
is an Officer in
the Springfield
(MO) Police Department.
Reitzner, Brianna
is working in the Emergency Room at St. John’s and
applying to Physician Assistant programs.
Rozell, Gregory
works at Borders Books in
Springfield and is planning to enter law school at the
University of Missouri - Kansas City in August of
2005.
Sanford, Carol
from the class of 1973,
Sociology major and History minor.
Carol has a doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) specializing
in services to children and youth with special needs.
Her master's is in
speech-language pathology and she has
taught at the university level.
Thomas, Mary Lou
now
works in the
long term care industry.
Schlosser,
Jennifer
is in the Master’s program
at the University of Missouri-Columbia and plans to
enter the Ph.D. program.
Shelley, Amy
is currently working at
OTC. She will be starting the Master’s program in
Education at Drury in the Spring.
Can we
feature you in a future issue?
If
you are a graduate of one or more of our programs, and you would like to include a
brief biographical statement about yourself in the
next issue, please
email your
statement to the Editor. A picture of your lovely face
would be nice - digital, if possible, or bring/mail one
to the
SOC/ANT office and we'll scan it in. Of course, you
don't have to send a picture. We'll still include your
statement.
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