Steve Wininger

(812) 241-4186

steven.wininger@siu.edu

swininger65@gmail.com

 

Career Objective

As my academic journey has progressed, so have my career objectives. As an undergraduate, my goal was to work in the field of journalism, preferably doing investigative or narrative journalism from the Middle East. After entering into the master's program at ISU, my academic focused shifted from journalism to research. I am still interested in doing journalism, however, I believe that research and journalism can combine to give me a broader area to work within. After completing my MA in communication, I changed majors and entered in the anthropology program at Southern Illinois University as a PhD student. Because my academic goals have changed, my new career goals are to work in academia, while continuing my studies of Kurdish culture and identity, both in the diaspora and the Middle East.

There are almost no studies of Kurdish culture and identity, especially in the fields of anthropology and communication, thus my main goal is to introduce the study of Kurds in academia. 

 

Education

 

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale                                       August, 2020 - Present

3rd year PhD student

Major: Socio-cultural Anthropology

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

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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

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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

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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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