Western Region Representatives
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I am from and live in the mountains of North Carolina. I started my academic journey at Wilkes Community College when I was a high school student. I finished with an A.A. degree and transferred to East Tennessee State University were I was a history major and sociology minor. I graduated with my Bachelor of Social Science degree and started working on my Master of Arts in Sociology. My graduate research and thesis was on Single Mothers and Religiosity, looking at many different ways single mothers use religion in their lives. After graduation I became a Sociology Instructor for the same school that gave me my start, Wilkes Community College. I was an adjunct for seven years when I began my graduate work in Psychology. Some of this work was done at Appalachian State University where I found great interest in research on mindfulness. I began adopting the practice of mindfulness during this time and still use it regularly. I am now a full-time Psychology Instructor at WCC and consider myself a lifetime learner. I love Psychology but Sociology and Social Psychology are my true passion.
Outside of academics I am a wife and mother. I have a two-year-old son who is the best part of my life. I enjoy anytime I can be at the coast, sitting on the beach. I love to paddle board on the lake or in the ocean and go on nature walks. I also have a guilty pleasure of romance/thriller novels. |
Natalie Sheets Psychology/Sociology Instructor Wilkes Community College |