SOU McNair Program Staff
Program Director: Dr. Dee Southard Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Dee Southard is the Program Director for the SOU Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program. She has a Ph.D. and a Master of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Oregon, a BA in Sociology with a minor in Anthropology from Southern Oregon State College (which is now Southern Oregon University), and an AA degree from Central Oregon Community College. Her main academic focal areas are: education, poverty, inequality, social policy, and homelessness. As an undergraduate she was a first generation, low-income, non-traditional student and she is from a minority group that is under-represented in graduate education. From 2001 through 2003 she was an Assistant Professor of Sociology here at SOU. Dr. Southard wrote the proposal for the McNair program because she knew, from personal experience, that there would be many students here at SOU who would benefit from the information and the experiences that a McNair program has to offer.
Office Manager: Kellie Walker
Kellie Walker is the Administrative Assistant for the SOU Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Program. She is an Alumni of Southern Oregon University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Sociology and Anthropology, and an Applied Anthropology Certificate. Kellie is dedicated to the mission of the SOU McNair Program and feels blessed to work with the amazing scholars and staff of Southern Oregon University.
Technology Resource Advisor: Dr. Sean Curry
Dr. Curry provides technical support for the SOU McNair scholars, as well as services and support for the SOU McNair staff. In addition to his work at SOU, he is also a Technical Consultant to the CRIL lab at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, where his responsibilities include development of CRIL data acquisition and analysis software. Dr. Curry has an MSc and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
