Leon Gbee - Electronic Portfolio

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I have acquired numerous research skills and techniques through my experience as a McNair Scholar, and classes such as Social Statistics, Research Methods-utilized Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to evaluate my dependent and independent variables; Social and Cultural Theories-utilized Microsoft Office programs to compose and design research outcome; and many other sociology classes such as Power and Inequality, International Perspective on Children, and International Relations, etc.

McNair Research (Scroll down the page to view the curriculum)
Examined the history of conflict in the Sudan-including the Darfur genocide and composed a curriculum for the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Relevant Coursework

Research Methods (Sociology 300)
Researched suject and selected the dependent and independent variables that could be analyzed using SPSS. I conducted research to see "The Effect of Race and Sex on the Political Affiliation of Individuals."
Social and Cultural Theories (Sociology 400)
Conducted in-depth research on a sociological issue and apply three social threories explaining the issue. I wrote a 41 page paper on the social issues of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Power and Inequality (Sociology 445)
Conducted a group survey research project on the social class structure within campus organizations and presented findings to class; highlighted the issues of power and inequality in the respective organizations.

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