Current                         ABD Sociology
                                    Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL
                                    Concentration in Social Movements, White Supremacist/Separatist Groups, and Network Analysis
                                    Ph.D. expected May 2008

August 2002                 Master of Arts in Sociology
                                    Southern Illinois University – Carbondale IL 
                                    Master’ Thesis Title: “Structural Proprieties of White Supremacy                                           Networks on the Internet”
                   

July 2000                     Bachelor of Science in Sociology/Psychology
                                    Southwest Baptist University – Bolivar, MO
                      

Member of the IRB committee at Charleston Southern University (current)

AKD Advisor to the Zeta Chapter of South Carolina (current) (CSU)

Recipient of Doctoral Research Award (2006 –2007) (SIUC)

Senior Teaching Fellow (2004 –2006) (SIUC)

American Sociological Society Member (2004 - present)

           Section on Social Movements
           Section on Communication and Information Technologies

Midwest Sociological Society Member (2002 - present)

Section on the Midwest Sociologist for Women in Society

Mid-South Sociological Society Member (2006 –present)

Association of Internet Researchers (2004 –present)

Sociology Club/AKD President  2001-2002 (SIUC)

Master's Fellowship 2001-2002 (SIUC)

Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society 2001 - present (SIUC)

Butler Award for Sociology 2000 (SBU)

March 2007 “Ideological Resource Sharing on the Internet and the Patterning of Networks in the White Supremacist Movement: Considering Valued Ties.”  Midwest Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

March 2007 “Alternative Observations: Extremists and the Internet.” Midwest Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

October 2006 “What do you Think is Going on There? (and Put it in a Crosstab): Taking Statistics and Methods Outside the Classroom.”  Midsouth Sociological Association Meeting, Lafayette, Louisiana.

April 2005 “Mobilizing the Internet: The Open Source Movement.” Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota

August 2004 “The Ideological Structuring of White Supremacy on the Internet: Analyzing Network Size, Density, and Asymmetry.” With Darren Sherkat.  American Sociological Society, San Francisco, California 

April 2003 “Structural Proprieties of White Supremacy Networks on the Internet” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois