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Department/College/UnitSocial Sciences Division

TitleSJRC Manager
Sociology Department Assistant

AffiliationStaff

Staff TypeAdministrator

Web SiteUCSC's
UCSC's

Primary Office LocationRemote work location
Remote work location

Additional Location(s)Rachel Carson College, Room 223
Oakes College, SJRC, Room 233

Office HoursSJRC: Mon (9-12), Tues/Wed (9-5); Sociology: Mon (1-5), Thur/Fri (9-5)

Mail StopRachel Carson College Faculty Services

Biography, Education and Training

University of California, Riverside:
B.A. Critical Dance Studies (History and Theory)
B.A. Sociology (Intercultural and Interpersonal Relations)

Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto CA:
A.A. Humanities 

Colleen Stone manages all public relations and administrative aspects of the Science & Justice Research Center, its projects and grants, curriculum, training and visitor programs. Additionally, Colleen is the department assistant for Sociology, supporting faculty and staff driven research. Before coming to UCSC, Colleen worked for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; taught Conversational English at Xin Huaizhong (Huai’an High School) in China’s Jiangsu province; and held several corporate retail administrative management positions. She holds an AA in Humanities from Mt. San Jacinto College, a BA in Sociology with a concentration in intercultural and interpersonal relations as well as a BA in Dance that focuses on choreographic research together with cultural and historical studies (Critical Dance Studies) from the University of California, Riverside. Colleen has been a freelance dancer, choreographer, production management assistant and production designer and technologist since 1997 mostly throughout Southern California theatres and is currently interested in devising original arts pieces expanding science-and-justice themes with public engagement.

Summary of Expertise

SJRC

• Programming, Conferences and other Gatherings, Visiting Scholar and Artist-in-Residency Programs
• Academic Personnel, Budget and Resource Management
• Research Profile and Foci Administrative Management
• Fundraising Outreach and Donor Cultivation
• Curriculum Building and Training Program Management
• Raising the Science and Justice Public Platform: development, engagement, activism 

Sociology

• Events, Colloquium Series, Professionalization Workshops
• Finances and Fundraising Outreach
• Website and Social Media
• Faculty Research Administration and Award Support

Research Interests

Institutional accountability; production and dissemination of knowledge; professional development of graduate students, staff and faculty.