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Jennifer O. Carruth
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology
Mississippi State University
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Expected 2018
Ph.D., Sociology, Mississippi State University
2015
M.S., Sociology, Mississippi State University
Thesis: The Effects of Gender, Race, and Grade Level on Interest,
Relevance, and Perceived Confidence in Science Among Middle School
Students in the Deep South
Committee: Kimberly Kelly (Chair), Nicole Rader, Margaret Ralston
2010
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, Mississippi State University
Disciplines: Social and Developmental Psychology, Human SciencesFamily Studies, & Vocal Music Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-Present Administrative Assistant I
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University
Supervised students, keyed invoices, purchasing, procurement card, shipping,
travel, event planning, correspondence, scheduling, arranging meetings, financial
reports, budget reports, and account information. Training in BANNER invoicing,
requisitions, purchasing, leave, payroll, travel, ACCESS, & EXCEL. Well versed
in University policy.
2013-Present Guest Speaker/Guest Lecturer, Depts. Of Sociology and Psychology
Mississippi State University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2011-2015
PI Jennifer Carruth “The Effects of Gender, Race, and Grade Level on Interest,
Relevance, and Perceived Confidence in Science Among Middle School Students
in the Deep South”- Data entry, coding, analysis and dissemination, presentation
of research findings, and writing thesis, manuscripts/reports.
2014-2015
PI Dr. Colleen Sinclair “Interdisciplinary Psychosocial Gender Research Working
Group”- Assisted in writing grant proposal for funding, research design and
methodology, served as campus outreach leader and results dissemination coleader, responsible for coordinating efforts with other groups and organizations on
campus, increasing awareness of campus wide activities for this project, and
assisting with survey design, development, and data analysis and dissemination.
2013-2014
PI Dr. Cindy Bethel “Developing a Robotic Application for Bullying
Intervention” Assisted in research design and methodology, survey construction,
data analysis and dissemination, and presentation of research findings.
2012-2013
PI Dr. Cindy Bethel “Interdisciplinary Psychosocial Robotic Systems Working
Group- Assisted in writing grant proposal for funding, research design and
methodology, and survey construction for the project.
FUNDED RESEARCH
2013 9,414.00 "Developing a Robotic Application for Bullying Intervention." Dr.
Cindy Bethel, PI. Mississippi State University Bagley College of Engineering
Think Big Proposal.
SUBMITTED RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS
2014 “It’s not a Mrs. Degree”: $5000, Submitted to 2014–15 AAUW Campus Action Projects,
Dr. Colleen Sinclair and Dr. Rebecca Goldberg, PIs
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Education, Diversity, Stratification and Inequality (Race, Class, Gender), STEM, Media,
Feminist Methodology
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Zacharias Distinguished Staff Award
Staff Council, Mississippi State University
PCSM Diversity Award Co-Recipient, Safe Zone Advisory Board
President’s Commission on the Status of Minorities, Mississippi State University
2013 Outstanding Master’s Student
Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University
2011 SECFR Outstanding Student Member
Southeastern Council on Family Relations
PUBLICATIONS
Carruth, Jennifer & Kimberly Kelly. 2013. “Boobquake and Brainquake” in SAGE Multimedia
Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, Online Vol. 5.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Stubbs-Richardson, Megan, Audrey L. Reid, Mallorie A. Miller, and Jennifer O. Carruth. “A
Review of Gender Schema Theory: Strengths and Improvements from an Interdisciplinary
Perspective” Under review in Sex Roles
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
Carruth, Jennifer. “The Effects of Gender, Race, and Grade Level on Interest and Perceived
Confidence in Science in Rural Mississippi Middle School Students”
Carruth, Jennifer. “When Rural is the Rule: Exploring Rural Education Concerns in the Deep
South”
Carruth, Jennifer. “Feminist Identity of Women in STEM Occupations Versus Traditional
Feminine Occupations”
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
2015 A Critical Juncture: Recruitment & Retention of Underrepresented Students & Faculty
Cultivating Students’ Interest in STEM
Women in STEM: The Path from Education to Career
Issues in Rural Education
2014 Gender Inequality-Gender and Work
Recruiting and Interviewing for Diversity
Non-traditional Recruiting
2013 Gender Stratification
Stratification and Inequality
Increasing Diversity
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015 Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA
“Qualitative Exploration of Feminist Identity of STEM vs Non-STEM Majors”
2014 Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC
“But, He’s Better at It: Exploring How Gender and Race Affect Interest and Perceived
Competence in Science Among Middle School Students in the Deep South”
2013 Southern Sociological Society Atlanta, GA
“Do Science Fairs make Science Fair? Gender and Race Influence on Middle School
Students’ Interest in Science Careers”
2013 Regional Conference for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, Mississippi
State, MS
Contemporary Issues in Science and Society: Contributing Factors to Continued
Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
2012 Isom Student Gender Conference: Gender Without Borders, Oxford, MS
Feminist Predictors of STEM versus Traditional Careers
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Sociological Association
Southern Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society
American Association of University Women
Women in Higher Education Mississippi Network
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Teaching Assistant 3 (Instructor of Record)
Safe Zone LGBTQ Ally
Institutional Review Board Certified for Human Subject Research
INTERNAL SERVICE
2013-Present Mississippi State University Safe Zone, Advisory Board Member and Trainer
2011-2015
President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Mississippi State University
2014-2015
Treasurer, Co-Chair: Awards Committee
2013-2014
Awards Committee Member
2012-2013
Chair: Planning and Programming Committee
2010-Present Delta Omega Lambda Co-Ed Ally Service Sorority
2014-2015
President
2013-2014
President
2012-2013
Membership Chair
2011-2012
Vice President
2010-2011
Vice President
EXTERNAL SERVICE
2013-Present Huffington Post STEM Mentor: Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Mentor for Huffington Post STEM Mentoring Program
2014-2015
MAIS Science Fair Judge
2013-2014
Mississippi Region V Science Fair Judge
2014-Present Equality Mississippi, Regional Vice Chair for the Golden Triangle Region
2014-2015
ACLU-MS LGBT Advisory Board Member
2013-2014
ACLU-MS Youth of Color Advisory Board Member