MICHELLE BEADLE HOLDER Ph.D. Candidate University of Maryland, College Park 6045 Majors Lane #2 Columbia, MD 21045 mbeadle@umd.edu EDUCATION: Ph.D. Sociology, expected May 2016, University of Maryland, College Park Saving Black Lives: Mobilizing Strategies in African American Communities to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Committee: Patricia Hill Collins (chair), Sangeetha Madhavan, Roberto Korzeniewicz, Rashawn Ray and Stephen Thomas MA Sociology, The George Washington University, 2006 When AIDS Becomes Personal: Black Churches Response to AIDS Ivy Ken (chair) BA Anthropology and Sociology, Ursinus College, 2003 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, Professors Leslie Hinkson, Becky Hsu, and Brian McCabe Department of Sociology, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Project: Role of Religion in Reducing Health Disparities in Washington D.C., Summer 2013 Conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with leaders of religious organizations as part of a grant provided by the Georgetown University Initiative to Reduce Health Disparities Pilot. Assisted principal investigators in refining interview protocol. Used multiple sampling strategies to recruit research participants. Analyzed data using qualitative analytical software to prepare manuscripts for publication. Facilitated partnership with research participants in churches to resources in Georgetown s health clinic and center for social justice. Research Assistant, Professor Patricia Hill Collins Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park Project: Race, Class, Gender Anthology, 7 th Edition, Fall 2007 Conducted literature search of recent articles using the intersectional approach to examine social problems that include educational inequality, health care, residential segregation, homeless and welfare. Reviewed and presented recommendations for new articles to include in revised edition of the anthology. Beadle Holder 1
Research Assistant, Professor Bart Landry University of Maryland, Department of Sociology, College Park Project: The New Black Middle Class, Summer 2007 Synthesized research literature on work, family, and life balance. Helped principal investigator in development of study s interview protocol. Recruited, administered, and transcribed in-depth interviews with black middle-class married couples in Prince Georges County, MD. Provided preliminary analysis of research findings. Research Associate II The Urban Institute, Washington D.C. Assessing the New Federalism, January August 2006 Worked as part of a research team contracted by the federal government contract to assess the impact of welfare reform on low income families with children. Used Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) to analyze data from the National Survey of America s Family (NSAF). Part of a team tasked with developing and testing the curriculum for an online version of NSAF designed to train representatives of health-based organizations in California to use data for their particular needs. Edited technical and methodological reports for the third and final wave of the NSAF. Wrote conference research report that synthesized major study findings and lessons learned from research using the NSAF. Research Coding Project Intern United States Sentencing Commission, Washington D.C., June-December 2005 Member of a research team tasked with collecting federal sentencing data to be used for federal sentencing policy decisions and reports to Congress. Primary duties included analyzing sentencing documents to assess a variety of case and offender characteristics. Required accurate and efficient assessment of cases, coordinating with fellow research members, attention to detail, and strong analytical skills. Graduate Research Intern Community Education Group, Washington D.C. June 2004-May 2005 Analyzed quantitative data of African American s knowledge of HIV vaccine trials in Washington D.C. Produced written report of research findings later distributed at the 2005 American Public Health Association and the United States Conference on AIDS. Conducted HIV-related literature reviews and assisted in writing and editing research grants awarded by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Washington D.C Department of Health. PUBLIC HEALTH & PUBLIC POLICY EXPERIENCE: Health Disparities Graduate Student Executive Board Member Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association (MWPHA), Washington D.C. Health Disparities Committee, July 2011- present Conduct literature review on HIV-related stigma and activism for Stop Stigma and Discrimination workshop. Assist in development of facilitator guide for stigma workshop. Beadle Holder 2
Use Performance Theater as strategy to help community members assist returning citizens to access health, employment, housing and other related information and services. Assist the General Body Board to secure speakers and sponsors for the 2014 MWPHA s Conference, Transforming Our Food System: Creating More Just and Sustainable Communities. Edit committee s press releases, community outreach materials, and research and policy documents. Project Director ReGeneration House of Praise, Washington D.C. Project EDEN TM (Everybody Deserves to Eat Naturally), November 2013 January 2015 Coordinated weekly gardening activities and programs in low-income urban community. Designed and organized food, nutrition, and workforce development workshops for African American youth. Facilitated health partnership with local government, churches, community-based organizations and universities. Assisted with locating and securing government and private grants. Policy Committee Member DC Community Coalition, Washington D.C., 2011-2012 Compiled list of AIDS Service Organizations in Washington D.C. and identified extent of their involvement in HIV/AIDS-related policy activities. To support the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS, assisted in drafting policy recommendations for D.C. city-wide strategies on HIV/AIDS. Disseminated information and encouraged community participation in the 2012 HIV/AIDS International Conference. PUBLICATIONS: Brown, Q, Tull, R. G., Medina, L., Beadle Holder, M., and Medina, Y. (2015). Factoring Family Considerations into Female Faculty Choices for International Engagement in Engineering, IT, and Computer Science. http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/56/papers/12765/view Beadle-Holder, Michelle. HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma as the Root of HIV Criminalization and Bias against Sex Workers. Ed. Raymond A. Smith, Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2013, 87-103. Beadle-Holder, Michelle. Black Churches Creating Safe Spaces to Combat Silence and Stigma Related to AIDS. Journal of African American Studies. 2011, 15 (2): 248-267. Beadle, Michelle. Children in Low-Income Families: Summary of The Urban Institute and Child Trends Roundtable on Children in Low-Income Families. Washington D.C.: The Urban Institute Press. 2006 http://www.urban.org/publications/311354.html WORK IN PROGRESS: Bowie, J.V., Parker, L. J., Beadle Holder, M., Ezema, A, Thorpe R.J. The Influence of Religious Attendance on Smoking among Black Men. Beadle Holder 3
Hinkson, L. and Beadle Holder, M. Many are Called but Few are Chosen: The Strategic Use of Food as Fellowship, Charity, or Social Justice by Black Churches in an Urban Food Desert. PRESENTATIONS: Made Me Whole: An Organizational Mobilization Effort to Address HIV/AIDS among Black Gay and Bisexual Men. Round Table Session on Sexualities and Health. Presented at the American Sociological Association Conference, New York, NY. 2013. Like Blues and Gospel: Black Secular and Faith-Based Organizations Address the Continuing Crisis of HIV/AIDS. Social Movements: Multi-Institutional Approach. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Boston, MA. 2013. AIDS and the Politics of Survival: Black Organizational Responses to HIV/AIDS. Presented at the Section on Medical Sociology. Association of Black Sociologists Conference, Denver, CO. 2012. Black Churches Efforts to End Community Silence About AIDS. Presented at the Section on Community Research: Making a Difference. The Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2010. Governing HIV/AIDS: Are Black Churches Ideal Points of Contact to Prevent AIDS? Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2009. Black Churches Responding to AIDS. Presented at the Section on Dangerous Places, Potential Spaces: Emerging Feminist Connections and Activisms in Local and Global Contexts. Woman Studies Conference, University of Maryland College Park. 2006. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Guest Lecturer, Issues in African Development, Professor Sangeetha Madhavan African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2012 Instructor, Introduction to Contemporary Social Problems Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2007-2011 Teaching Assistant, HIV/AIDS in a Global Perspective, Professor Sangeetha Madhavan African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award Instructor, Race Relations, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology, Professor John Pease Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2006-2007 Guest Lecturer, Ethics, Professor Charles Rice Philosophy, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, 2011 PROFFESSIONAL SERVICE: Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2015 Beadle Holder 4
Book Chapter Reviewer, Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues, 2012 Facilitator, Workshops on HIV/AIDS Stigma & Returning Citizens Access to Care, Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association (MWPHA), Health Disparities Committee, 2011-2012 Fellowship Reviewer, The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship Committee, 2010 Discussant, Eastern Sociology Society Conference, Baltimore MD, 2009 Graduate Student Representative, Demography Hiring Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2007-2008 HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS: Dissertation Completion Award, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program Fellowship, 2015-2016 International Conference Travel Grant, National Science Foundation (NSF) and Maryland s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), 2014 George M. Phillips Award, University of Maryland, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2014 Conference Travel Grant, University of Maryland, Department of Sociology, 2010-2012 Conference Travel Grant, Maryland s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), 2011 Proposal Writing Grant, University of Maryland, Department of Sociology, 2011 Journal Publication Writing Grant, University of Maryland, Department of Sociology, 2010 Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, University of Maryland, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2010 Jessie Ashworth Miller Award for Outstanding Student in Sociology, Ursinus College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 2003 Summer Research Fellowship, Ursinus College, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 2002 PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS: American Sociological Association American Public Health Association Eastern Sociological Society Program for Research on Men s Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions REFERENCES: Available Upon Request Beadle Holder 5