ASHLEY M. BROWNING | Graduate Student Senate

Social Stratification

Goal Attainment/Social Strain

NPO Administration

Dual-Enrollment Classrooms

Race & Ethnicity

Gender Experience

Social Justice

Online Classrooms

Deviant Behavior

Microaggressions

Advocacy and Activism

Non-Traditional Classroom Experiences

Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology (Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Concentration) | University of Tennessee-Knoxville

MAY 2028 (EXPECTED)

Cultural Studies in Education Graduate Certificate | University of Tennessee-Knoxville

MAY 2028 (EXPECTED)

Master of Arts, General Sociology | East Tennessee State University

MAY 2011

Degree GPA: 3.81
Master’s Thesis: Community Perceptions of Prescription Drug Abuse in Eastern Kentucky

Bachelor of Science, Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies (Juvenile Justice Concentration) | Eastern Kentucky University

MAY 2008

Minor: Deviance/Criminology
Degree GPA: 3.24

Dean’s List
Undergraduate Thesis: An Empirical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Strain Theory: An Explanation of Delinquency Among Incarcerated Youth

Working Groups

2020-present – Appalachian Funders Network Health Working Group, Asheville, NC
2018-present – University of Tennessee Academic Meeting Professionals Group, Knoxville, TN

Advisory Boards and Directorates

2015-present – Secretary, Board of Directors, Appalachian Community Fund, Knoxville, TN

University and College Committees

2020-present – Graduate Student Senate, Equity & Diversity Chair, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2020-present – Council for Diversity & Interculturalism
2018-present – UT System Accreditation Network, Knoxville, TN
2018-present – Inclusive Teaching Taskforce, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2018-present – Assessment Steering Committee, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2016-2017 – Staff Senate, Staff Senate Awards Committee Chair, East Tennessee State University
2007-2008 – Vice-President, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ), Eastern Kentucky University Student Chapter

Teaching Activities

Learning Partner, University of Tennessee-Knoxville VOLBreaks
Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts & Sciences, East Tennessee State University
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology program, Arkansas State University
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology program, Northeast State Community College
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology program, Walters State Community College
Learning Partner, East Tennessee State University Alternative Breaks
Physician Assistant Student Organization Advisor, East Tennessee State University
Animal Health and Science Student Organization Co-Advisor, East Tennessee State University

• 2019 – Campus Labs Trailblazer Award Winner ($1,000 awarded)

• 2010 – Recipient of School of Graduate Studies Research Grant ($500 awarded)

•Browning, A.M. (in publication). Connecting the Private & Public: Understanding Contemporary Social Problems. Dubuque, IA: Great River Learning.