MARIAH R.

BATES

Batesm0773@my.uwstout.edu 390 E. Colome St. Apt. 8 715-214-8182

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahrbates

EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Applied Social Science MajorHistory/Political Science Concentration
Legal Studies Minor
Course Work

Applied Social Analysis I, qualitative Intermediate Spanish 202

emphasis
Applied Social Analysis II quantitative
emphasis
Applied Social Analysis III, senior thesis
Elementary Spanish I -104
United States Womens History
Women and War
Intermediate Spanish 201
Spanish Conversation & Composition
Latin American History 380
Modern World
Geography of Food
Cinema for Spanish Speaking
Proficiency
Global Political Ecology

Chippewa Valley Technical College

Associates of Science Paralegal Program
o Course Work

Immigration law Civil Litigation I & II

Legal research Criminal Law
Legal Aspects of Business Orgs. Administration of Estates
Family Law Legal writing

EXPERIENCE
Nakatani Teaching & Learning Center
Robert Swanson Learning Center
Research Assistant, January 2016 Present
Attend bi-weekly meetings with the new Infusing Diversity across the Curriculum
cohort in addition to writing the meeting minutes. Other tasks are: conducting
interviews with previous participants from the project, transcribing interviews,
researching articles for current participants, and other tasks that may come up.
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University of Wisconsin-Stout Graduate School

Robert Swanson Learning Center
Office Assistant, September 2014 May 2015
Main tasks were: alphabetizing student records, shredding student records from
previous years, scanning new student records into image-now, and other projects
that needed to be done for the graduate school director.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2014 Happiness: Identifying qualitative research project for Applied
what Affects How We Feel. Social Analysis 200, Dr. T. Pearson,
September 2014 December 2014, final Professor.
quantitative research project for
Applied Social Analysis 300 with Dr. N.
Paulson, Professor Summer 2015 Maternity Leave
Policies in the US and Greece: Two
Spring 2015 Maternity Leave Rights versions of Feminism. From February
and Policies: Among Working 2015 August 2015, a McNair
Mothers in the United States. From independent research project with
January 2015 May 2015, final Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nels Paulson

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

AMSLCApril 2015Oral
presentation. Title: Happiness: What
Affects How We Feel.
McNair National Conference
October 2015Poster presentation.
Title: Maternity Leave Policies in the
United States and Greece: Two versions
of Feminism.
Student Research DayApril 2016
Poster presentation. Title: Second
Language Acquisition: Comparing
Public School Spanish Programs and
Immersion Schools.

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ORGANIZATIONS AND AWARDS

Stout Student Society & McNair
Retreat Graduate school prep Study Abroad Greece
conference. Don Ash, speaker. Latinos Unidos, Social Science
Society, Breaking Barriers, and The
Seed for Change Diversity Hegemony Project.
Conference with Phyllis Braxton

HONORS AND AWARDS

Lawton Retention Grant 2015-2016
school year
McNair Scholar accepted into
competitive McNair Scholar Program
Wisconsin Higher Education Grant
Connie Jay Hines Scholarship
Awarded for the 2015-2016 academic
year. The Connie Jay Hines Scholarship
is awarded to single-mothers going to
school full-time who maintain a 2.75
GPA or higher.
John Carter Memorial Scholarship
Awarded for the 2015-2016 academic
year. The John Carter Memorial
Scholarship is awarded to students
who are in financial need and have
high GPA.

REFERENCES
Dr. Nels Paulson Ph.D. Sociologist Mentor and Research Advisor Applied Social
Science Department
Dr. Christopher Freeman Ph. D. Historian, Mentor, Applied Social Science
Department
Dr. Kate Thomas Ph.D. Historian, Mentor, Applied Social Science Department
Dr. Tina Lee Ph.D. Anthropologist, Director of the Applied Social Science Department
Program and Mentor
Dr. Virginia Lea Ph.D. Mentor, School of Education/Multicultural Education.
Dr. Renee Howarton Ph.D., Employer, and Mentor. Director of the Nakatani Teaching
and Learning Center