Steve Wininger

steven.wininger@siu.edu

swininger65@gmail.com

 

Career Objective

I have a strong desire and passion for teaching at the college level. In all of the classes I have taught, I have connected well with undergraduate students and have a passion to see them succeed. The connection to the students, course material and desire for student success translate into a more meaningful learning experience for students, and ultimately, success in life, thus it is my goal to continue teaching and sharing my knowledge and experiences at the collegiate level, including teaching in the Middle East. By teaching and sharing experiences with those outside the United States, I believe that in sharing experiences in a classroom can fill a gap where misunderstandings and lack of knowledge about those in other parts of the world exists now with a better understanding of different cultures and peoples. I have been teaching an anthropology course for the past three years entitled “America’s diverse cultures. I have discovered that many students do not have a good understanding of how to view the world through the eyes of those who are different. At the end of the semester, students better understand that we are all different, yet in many ways the same. I believe this knowledge can have a similar impact across international borders. Because of my experiences of traveling while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, I have knowledge of many different cultures outside the context of the United States. Although my professional objectives are to continue researching the Kurdish community in Nashville, Tennessee, I also want to continue my research with the Kurdish people in the Middle East region. My original academic path was in communication; however, I am now a cultural anthropologist. Cultural anthropology offers more flexibility when conducting research within the Kurdish community, as well as in an international context. I also bring my fieldwork with the Kurdish people and many decades of lived experience that can be applied to many areas within the social sciences.

 

Education

 

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale                                       August, 2020 - Present

PhD Candidate (ABD)

Major: Socio-cultural Anthropology

Research interests: Kurdish culture and identity, food,                                                                                             the senses, and memory

​GPA 3.59/4.0

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Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN                                       December, 2019 MA

Master of Arts in Communication                                                     

Major: Communication, thesis track

Research: Kurdish culture and identity

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Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN                                          May, 2017 BS

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Cum Laud                        

Major: Communication with a concentration in Journalism

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Ivy Tech Community College, Columbus, IN                                 Transferred to ISU, 2014

Major: General education

GPA 3.27/4.0

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Experience

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Southern Illinois University                                                             August 2020 - Present

Graduate teaching assistant, Instructor of record

Anthropology 202

Anthropology 240

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Indiana State University                                                                   January, 2020 - May, 2020

Part time lecturer, Communication

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Indiana State University                                                                   August, 2017 - August, 2019

Graduate Assistant, teaching assistant, instructor of record

Communication 101, instructor

​Communication 240, teaching assistant

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Lambda Pi Eta (Communication Honor Society)                             August, 2017 - August, 2019

President

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WZIS Radio, Indiana State University Terre Haute IN                     August 2015- December, 2018

News Director, Responsibilities          

• On-air broadcasts (Deejay)

• News broadcasts

• Engineered for specialty shows and remote broadcasts

• Completed assigned news stories for radio station website.

 

Indiana Statesman, Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN         September 2014 –January 2015

Content Editor, Responsibilities include

• Covered assigned news stories

• Interviewed people relevant to assigned stories

• Conducted background research for articles

• Developed and submitted ideas for news articles.

 

Military Experience

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United States Marine Corps,                                                            June 1983-June 1987

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Honorable discharge

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• Assigned to 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment (3/3) Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii as a field radio operator

• Deployed in the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) in 1984 aboard the USS Denver (LPD 9)

     Countries visited include Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, South Korea, Kenya, and Singapore

 

• Deployment 1985-1986 , Okinawa, Japan and South Korea

• Highest Rank, E-3 (Lance Corporal)

 

References/Portfolio

 

References available on request

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