<p> CURRICULUM VITAE Virginia Riel EDUCATION</p><p>2020 In Progress, North Carolina State University Ph.D. in Sociology</p><p>2017 North Carolina State University M.S. in Sociology Provost Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship (August 2015-July 2016)</p><p>2015 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A. in Sociology with Highest Honors and Highest Distinction B.A. in American Studies Phi Beta Kappa (elected to membership 2014)</p><p>AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION</p><p>Social Stratification, Racial Inequality, and Education (Rural Schools and Views of School in General)</p><p>GRANT ACTIVITY AND RESEARCH SUPPORT</p><p>External</p><p>2014 Honors Undergraduate Research Fund Award, Honors Carolina 2014 Research Travel Award, the Office for Undergraduate Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</p><p>Internal</p><p>2016 Departmental Research Award, NCSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology 2016-2017 Research Assistant on Toby Parcel’s National Science Foundation Grant</p><p>AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS</p><p>2015 Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society 2014 Phi Beta Kappa 2012 The National Society of Collegiate Scholars PRESENTATIONS</p><p>Conferences</p><p>2017 Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA: Presented Paper, “Organizing Racial Inequality in a Predominantly Black Rural High School: Students’ Spatial and Disciplinary Organization with Academic and Social Consequences” Mini-conference: Race and Organization</p><p>1 2017 Southern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC: Presented Paper Coauthored with Toby Parcel, Roslyn Mickelson, and Stephen Smith, "Who Favors Magnets and Who Favors Charters? Political Ideology, Emotional Capital and School Choice in the Upper South"</p><p>2016 Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: Presented Paper, “‘We’ve Been Thinking You Were Stupid All This Time:’ Racial Microaggressions and Enduring Support of Meritocracy in Rural Educational Context”</p><p>2015 Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, New York, NY: Presented Undergraduate Thesis, “What Does Race Have to do with Getting on the ‘Right Track?’ Through Their Own Voices: an Analysis of How Tracking Stratifies Students by Race” Advised by Dr. Ted Mouw, Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill</p><p>Internal (Institutional) Presentations</p><p>2015 Office for Undergraduate Research, Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium Presented Undergraduate Thesis, “What Does Race Have to do with Getting on the ‘Right Track?’ Through Their Own Voices: an Analysis of How Tracking Stratifies Students by Race”</p><p>2015 African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Department, Annual Research Symposium Presented Undergraduate Thesis, “What Does Race Have to do with Getting on the ‘Right Track?’ Through Their Own Voices: an Analysis of How Tracking Stratifies Students by Race”</p><p>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT</p><p>2017 Research Assistant for Dr. Toby Parcel, NSF Grant, North Carolina State University 2016 Research Assistant for Dr. Toby Parcel, NSF Grant, North Carolina State University 2015 Research Assistant for Dr. Martha Crowley, North Carolina State University 2015 Title IX Awareness and Violence Prevention, UNC-Chapel Hill 2014 One Act Trained: Recognizing signs of violence and taking preventative measures 2014 CITI Program Trained, Social and Behavioral Research for Human Research 2013 Mentor Trained: Working with “at-risk” youth and dealing with issues adolescents face 2013 HAVEN Trained: Supporting victims of sexual or interpersonal violence and stalking 2012 Honor Court Trained: Serving on the UNC-Chapel Hill Honor Court</p><p>2</p>