Biography
Connie M. Viamonte, Ph.D., graduated from Florida International University with a Ph.D. in Comparative Sociology. She has spent the better part of 15 years teaching at both Florida International University and Miami-Dade Community College. As part of her training, she began as a teaching assistant for a Research Methods course, which afforded her a unique opportunity to become well versed in various research methods and techniques. She then worked as the Assistant Evaluator at FIU for several programs, including MARC U-STAR, the RISE program, and a few smaller programs throughout the university. Additionally, she has previously worked as the evaluator for the REU program for the 2017 and 2018 Summer semesters at Florida International University. Currently, she is the lead evaluator for both the MARC U-STAR and TBBS programs at Florida International University. In addition to working with diverse populations as an evaluator, she is currently Adjunct Faculty for both the English and Global Sociocultural Studies Departments at Florida International University and for the Social Sciences Department at Miami-Dade Community College. Her courses include Writing and Rhetoric, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Sexuality, World Societies, Individual and Society, Race and Ethnicity, and Introduction to Sociology.