aaron burnell
Information and Resource Specialist at Amputee Coalition
information resource specialist amputee coalition
aaron self-motivated team player . ha ten year academic writing experience ha able publish present finding analysis print national conference . work data-driven evidence-based . ha taught child , youth , undergraduate student , adult academic community development setting . also ha four year experience technical assistance population approximately 125 user . aaron devoted empowerment group historically disenfranchised inherent dignity worth every individual .
Amputee Coalition
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amputee-coalition-of-america
Interact with on average 1,000 constituents every month to connect them with local resources meant to empower and enhance the lives of those living with limb loss and limb difference. On average, referrals are given within three days (under industry standard).
Act as project lead for the creation of fact sheets as grant deliverables. Includes content creation, content management, partnering with Research and Education department as well as Communications department. 
Participate in department and organization strategic planning for the coming grant year and also updating standards and procedures. 
Work alongside Research and Education and Peer Support departments to develop an open and affirming environment for LGBTQ+ community members. Includes creating guidelines for demographic collection standards (gender, orientation, pronouns), initiating the inclusion of pronouns in staff email signatures, and began collecting information on gaps in resources from LGBTQ+ community members. 
Moderate monthly support group meetings which were created to fill the gap created by COVID-19 quarantine guidelines 
Moderate national conference panels and break-out-sessions. Maintain organization presence at exhibition hall assistance booth.
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Information and Resource Specialist
Amputee Coalition
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amputee-coalition-of-america
Interact with on average 1,000 constituents every month to connect them with local resources meant to empower and enhance the life of those living with limb loss and limb difference. On average, referrals are given within three days (under industry standard). 
Engage with constituents through phone calls, emails, text messages, and web presence. 
Create and update national fact sheets on important issues to the limb loss and limb difference community including suicide prevention, adaptive clothing resources, air travel, and resources for young children. 
Act as interim editor for outgoing, public-facing materials including fact sheets, youth news letter, and promotional material. 
Participate in working sub-groups to update, improve, and revise primary educational and promotional materials for National Limb Loss Resource Center.
Create and maintain a public-facing national resource database which includes state and federal agencies, peer support, and services tailored to those living with limb loss or limb difference, 
Implement and maintain accurate constituent records through SalesForce and Lightening interfaces.
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Information and Resource Coordinator
University of Tennessee College of Social Work
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Assist in data collection, cleaning and coding, statistical analysis, and disseminating findings including maintaining the standards set for the community-facing public dashboard.
Assist in the creation and implementation of a uniform and inter-agency referral system.
Community outreach and education including participation on city boards and community coalitions, educational outreach and partnerships with ToWeR (Teens Working to Reform) and the Knoxville-Knox County Youth Homelessness Council.
Liaison between KnoxHMIS and community partner agencies to ensure open communication, continued data quality, and provide on going technical support.
Draft informational products such as fact sheets, literature reviews, and reports to stakeholders.
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
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Knoxville Homeless Management Information System
YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley
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Provide intervention-based after-school enrichment focusing on reading and STEM skills for at-risk inner city middle students of color
Partner with peer organizations in regard to community violence intervention in order to create a student-centric lesson plan surrounding community and gang violence.
Partner with community in regards to critical consciousness through public events such as Diversity Day and the MLK Race Against Racism 
Administer and assess community violence surveys 
Assist in program development of the federally grant-funded GameChangers program which is the only gender-based violence prevention program for middle-school boys in East Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
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Intern
Turkey Creek Wine & Spirits
https://www.linkedin.com/company/turkey-creek-wine-&-spirits
Run register including daily opening, sales, returns, and price overrides.
Open registers during AM shifts; count down and close registers during PM shifts; responsible for bank deposits.
 Maintain a high level of knowledge regarding both palate and technical processes of wine and spirits.
 Check in freight twice a week from 6-8 distributors; manage staff to shelf new product; responsible for all incoming shipment invoices.
 Set planograms and built displays.
 Aid third-party representatives during tasting events 
 Assist in choosing new products from market representatives (national and international)
 Certified to dispense alcohol by the state of Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
Shift Manager
Target
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Provide cross department support for deli, Starbucks, produce, meat, grocery, and cashier.
Prepare all products for baking the following morning (muffins, cookies, bread, rolls, cakes, pastries)
Customize cake orders for guests as they shop.
Check in corporate shipments three times a week.
Set and maintain corporate planograms.
Order products to maintain appropriate Receipt-to-Sales standards three times a week.
 Train new bakery team members.
Knoxville, Tennessee Area
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Bakery Closer
Bowling Green State University
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Assist in class operations including lectures and exams for two lecture sections of approximately 90 undergraduate students each. 
Teach two discussion sections each semester of approximately 30 students each
Grade all assignments including homework, essays, and exams for all
students
Lead discussion on a wide array of cultural topics including education, class,
race, gender, family, religion, foreign policy, and environmentalism
Create and use lesson plans which included critical analysis of music
videos, contemporary and vintage commercials, children’s programming,
films, television series both primetime and premium, and graphic novels
Teach the basic format of close reading and media analysis essay techniques
Held open office hours at minimum of five hours a week
Bowling Green, OH
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (American Culture Studies)
Warren Wilson College
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Assist the Web Director in maintaining the college website.
Lead workshops of varying sizes (2-12) regarding how to use proprietary web development tools.
Primary responsible party for providing support (digital and phone communication as well as one-on-one tutoring sessions) to departments, groups, and individuals who maintain their own web presence on collegiate servers. 
Perform upkeep on the website by employing elements of graphic design including the use of Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, and basic HTML coding.
 Maintain brand via basic marketing, branding, and promotional fundamentals.
Asheville, North Carolina Area
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Web Assistant
Master of Social Work - MSW
Research topics include: 
Housing and homelessness, 
Trauma-informed care, 
LGBTQ+ rights, 
Economic justice,
Community development and empowerment, 
Sexual health education reform, 
Non-profit program development, 
Criminal justice reform.
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Master of Arts - MA
Thesis: Nobody’s Darlings: Reading White Trash in Supernatural (2011)
Research topics include: 
Gender and Masculinity Studies
Queer and Transgender Studies
Classism in New Media
Southern Gothic
American Culture 
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Bowling Green State University
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English Literature
Thesis: A Variation of the Faustian Mythos as Seen by Andrey Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice (2009)
Research topics include: 
Classical Epic Poetry
World Cinema 
Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
Peace Studies
Trickster Archetypes
Film and Philosophy 
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Warren Wilson College
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A comprehensive analysis of point-in-time surveys of youth in Knoxville who are experiencing homelessness. Areas analyzed included demographics, activities, services utilized, services requested, and contributing factors to their episode(s) of homelessness.
2018 Knoxville-Knox County Youth Point-in-Time Report
Knoxville-Knox County Coalition Against Homelessness
Comprehensive analysis of KnoxHMIS data for the calendar year of 2017. Data collected from every homelessness provider in Knoxville-Knox County who receives HUD funding as well as non-HUD partners. Data analyzed for specific population such as demographics including veteran status, family construction, and age as well as services utilized. Analysis is also provided for community partner's data quality.
2017 KnoxHMIS Annual Report
KnoxHMIS
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A comprehensive view of homelessness in Knoxville-Knox County from 2016-2017. Includes an introduction to data used and its findings as well as contributing and historical factors.
2017-2018 Knoxville-Knox County Biennial Study on Homelessness Introduction
Knoxville-Knox County Coalition Against Homelessness.
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A training module for homelessness service providers that focuses on the needs of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness. This module was created with input from case workers from Helen Ross McNabb Center, Trans Empowerment Project, and the Knoxville-Knox County Coalition Against Homelessness. Key goals of the training include creating a open and respectful environment for LGBTQ+ youth and encouraging an environment where the client is the expert of their own narrative,
DECLARE Outloud: Developing Culturally Affirming Relationships
Youth Homelessness Council
Fully annotated bibliography used to create brief on unsheltered and service-resistant clients and their relationship to law enforcement, communities of faith, and traditional over-night shelters. Brief and its findings presented to Knoxville's Office on Homelessness Mayor's Roundtable October 13, 2017.
Unsheltered/Service-Resistant Individuals Annotated Bibliography
KnoxHMIS
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Brief analyzing unsheltered and service-resistant clients and their relationship to law enforcement, communities of faith, and traditional over-night shelters. Brief and its findings presented to Knoxville's Office on Homelessness Mayor's Roundtable October 13, 2017.
Unsheltered/Service-Resistant Individuals Issue Brief
KnoxHMIS
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Title: Trash Told Tales: An Anthology of White Trash Literature. Editors: William Matthew McCarter and Vicki Sapp. Ironton, Missouri; Fat Daddy's Farm Press, 2014.

Analysis of traditional country music, also known as "hard country", that illustrates the ways in which this commercially popular music both humanized poor whites while also objectifing that same audience. Analysis revolves around media objects creating audiences who are both subjects (autonomous) and objects (dependent).
Sounds Better in a Song: The Commodification of White Trash Music
Fat Daddy's Farm Press
Title: Supernatural: TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural. Editors: David Lavery and Stacey Abbot.

An analysis of the cultural history of "white trash" in America from manifest destiny to CW prime-time. Specific detail is given to a close reading of the main characters of Supernatural which illustrates that the characters do not transform white trash from monstrous to heroic but rather use that class-based monstrosity to eliminate "worse" monsters.
Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers: Supernatural and the Shift in ‘White Trash’ from Monster to Hero
ECW Press
Awarded for the paper "On Tapa the World: The Future of the Food Truck Boom" with co-authors Rebecca Everette and Megan Phouthavong
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, School of Information Sciences
School of Information Sciences Best Paper (Group)
Presentation titled: : #EverybodyPees: Restricted Access to Sex Segregated Facilities and focused on the cultural and individual impacts of proposed anti-transgender legislation.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2018 semi-finalist Three Minute Thesis competition
Admission to fraternal order based on high social work GPA and a dedication to community service.
Gamma Beta Phi
Member
Issued to those students who took up leadership roles while the university Pride Center was defunded for an academic year (2016-2017)
Commission for LGBTQ+ Peoples, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Recognition for Dedicated Service
Essay based on personal lived experience as a LGBTQ+ person living in the southeast as well as my goals for activism and public policy reform.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Finalist for the LGBTQA+ Alumni Council Scholarship
@Amputee Coalition National Conference 2021

A critical examination of how body image affects folks living with limb loss or limb difference. Includes examination of the relationship between self-image and body image, exploration of how limb loss or limb difference affects self-image and body image, and engagement in self-affirmation exercises focusing on discovering and naming the awesome things that folks' bodies can do.
Embodying the Bodies We're In
@Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare 

This presentation was to professionals in the arena of social welfare including social workers, healthcare providers, and educators. This presentation addressed the activity of Tennessee House Bill 888 which intended to restrict the access of transgender and gender non-conforming youth from using restrooms and changing rooms of their identified gender and the holistic implications on the students.
Policy Analysis Tennessee House Bill 888/Senate Bill 771: Access to Single Gender Bathroom Facilities in Public School
@Virginia College; EDU 100 and END 1020 

Delivered an interactive lecture about my own gender transition from female to male including historical narrative as well as pictorial references. Audience consisted primarily of students in the medical profession. Not only was there the intentional to introduce students to a real life transgender experience but also to underscore the implicit power which medical professionals wield in regards to transgender clients.
“On Being  Frank: My Gender Transition” A Round Table Discussion
@ Oak Ridge Youth Pride

The interactive panel dealt with self-defense and environmental awareness for LGBTQ+ youth -- specifically gender non-conforming youth.
EZ Defense: Environmental Awareness, Boundary Setting, and Empowerment
@Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference 

Presentation focuses on the ways in which American gothic and Lovecraftian horror are used as templates within True Detective to illustrate and underscore the abjection and othering of low class bodies.
"I Guess They're What They Call White Trash": The Unspeakable Horrors of True Detective
Culture, Society & Masculinities. 2012. “An Impala Named Trigger?: American Masculinity, Protracted Adolescence, and the CW’s Supernatural as a Modern Western.”
Invited peer reviewer
@Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference

Presentation used close-reading of James O'Barr's graphic novel The Crow to illustrate and underscore the false binaries of gender within the gothic subculture -- both performatively  and emotionally.
A Murder of Genders: The Cult of The Crow, Repression, and the Gender of Goth
@Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference

Chaired national panel. Acted a moderator for speakers and audience members as well as introducing the concepts of non-normative genders in popular culture.
Panel Chair: Gender and Media Studies VII
@Battleground States: Collapsing Cultures and Darkened Dreamscapes

Presentation focused on a close reading of the Russian book series World of Watches to explore themes associated with urbanity, walking (flaneur), and the architecture of the city paralleling the architecture of the mind.
Walking in Shadows: The Use of Space and Spectacle in Sergei Lukyanenko’s World of Watches
@Queer Theory Symposium

Presentation focused on both a close reading of the franchise texts (through the lens of English language translation) as well as the historical cultural ideology of gender. Primary argument made is that queer American youth can use the franchise to explore and empower their own queer identities. Examples are pulled from fandom culture as well as individual interviews.
The World’s Shaking: Gender Representation and Fluidity within Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
@ Battleground States: War(s) and Peace

Presentation utilized close reading of both the film and the historical sub-culture to illustrate the ways in which identity can be constructed communally through the use of tradition, signs, and signifies.
No Gray Man Here: Doubles within the Vory v Zakone Culture of Eastern Promises
The Network for Social Work Management
Certified Social Work Manager
Alliance of Information and Referral Systems
Certified Community Resource Specialist - Aging/Disability
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Awareness for Healthcare Providers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luann-kleemeyer-70473616b
Greater St. Louis
LuAnn Kleemeyer
Lead Advocate  at Amputee Coalition
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-estrada-694367a
Birmingham, AL
Michael Estrada
Lakeshore Olympic and Paralympic Training Center
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Washington DC-Baltimore Area
TaKeisha S. Walker
Executive Nonprofit Leader; Founder & CEO of 360 Career Development Agency
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Knoxville Metropolitan Area
Andrew Call
Data Analyst | Python | SQL | Tableau | MS Excel | Lifelong Learner
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Rome, GA
Kelsee Tucker, LCSW
LCSW / Therapist / Professor
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San Francisco Bay Area
Hannah Flanery
Staff Attorney / Clinical Supervisor at East Bay Community Law Center
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United States
Emily Kimball
Educator at Bering Strait School District
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Tucson, AZ
Heidi Gerrish
Communications Coordinator at Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
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Knoxville, TN
Logan Mahan, LCSW
Therapist at Trailhead Treatment Center
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St Louis, MO
Sadie Weiss, LMSW
Social Worker. Higher Education Professional. Grant Writer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethpastina
Cincinnati, OH
Elizabeth Ferguson, MSSW, LSW
Restoring Hope Counseling and Coaching, Inc
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Beaverton, OR
Shannon Walton-Clark
Chief Of Staff-Mayor's Office, City of Beaverton
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Scottsdale, AZ
Gene Hanchar
Printing Solutions Expert | Barcode Labeling  🖨️ Serving the Manufacturing 🏭 Transportation 🚚  & Healthcare Industries  👩‍⚕️
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Neenah, WI
Danielle Goodman
Distribution Specialist, WMS at Kimberly-Clark
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Knoxville, TN
Ashley Pennell, LMSW
Masters level forensic social worker with experience in clinical practice, program administration, and academic instruction.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-patterson-9b552726
Knoxville, TN
David Patterson
Professor of Social Work/Director KnoxHMIS at University of Tennessee-Knoxville - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher
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Edmonton, AB
Michelle Fuko
Alliance & Relationship Building| Organizational Transformation| Authentic Leadership| Innovation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-pull-a39386a9
United States
Sherry Pull
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Tucson, AZ
Janae Peats
Business & Communications Administrator
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Jacksonville, FL
Liz Connelly, MA, SHRM-SCP
Talent Development Specialist at Wounded Warrior Project
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Getting privacy in open offices, how companies can help working parents, and more top insights
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Aaron Burnell
Recent graduate with focus in Biochemistry
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Surrey, BC
Aaron Burnell
Associate Program Director
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United States
Aaron Burnell
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Rochester, NY
Aaron Burnell
Vice President and General Manager at Creation Technologies