Eric Stiens

500 hour intensive course in full stack web development
Primary focus: Ruby and Rails
Secondary focus: JS/jQuery, TDD, RESTful design, HTML/CSS

Master's Degree in Social Work
Concentration: Social and Economic Development
Dean's Scholar for Innovation in Social Work Practice

B.A. Sociology
Mac Peace and Justice Committee, Student/Labor Action Coalition, Students Against the Reroute of Highway 55

developer, software for good – current

Full-stack web development at a shop that focuses on companies and non-profits with a conscience, working to make change in the world.

founder, mini apple design – 2010- 2014

Sole proprieter of a small design/IT support firm in Minneapolis specializing in nonprofit technology and websites for small businesses built on either Drupal or Wordpress.

web coordinator, the icarus project - 2009-2013

Responsible for the online presence of The Icarus Project. Manage a Drupal-based website and PhpBB forums that have over 1000 active users and over 10,000 registered users

oit associate, washington university, 2005-2008

Provided hardware and software technical support to the GWB community including troubleshooting, instruction, installation and deployment of software, help desk phone/email support, overseeing multiple computer labs and hardware installation. Maintained parts of university website.

other web/computer work

Web Coordinator, Community Arts and Media Project, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Web maintenance for Macalester College from 1997-2001, Wasabinet - community-owned WiFi in St. Louis, MO, many small personal sites, etc

program coordinator, community arts and media project (2008-2009)

Organizer with a grassroots community center in South St. Louis that used arts, media, education, and urban sustainability as tools to connect local and global struggles for social justice. Responsible for program development and evaluation, fundraising/grant writing, technology work, and youth programming.

supervisor, st. louis science center (2007-2008)

Worked with at-risk high school youth in an experiential learner-centered educational environment. Developed curriculum and programming around systems science, system dynamics, social studies, and ecology as well as on-line teaching tools. Supervised field trips, learning labs, and other activities. Taught an ACT prep class.

researcher, washington university — 2008-2009

Worked on a variety of research projects doing qualitative interviewing/coding, system dynamics model building/ analysis, some quantitative analysis, and mapping work.

research associate, kirwan institute 2003-2005, 2009-2012

Conducted qualitative and quantitative research on a variety of racial justice issues. Drafted articles, essays, and op-ed pieces related to the mission of the Institute. Wrote and delivered presentations on racial justice issues. Attended national meetings and workshops in an advisory capacity. Created and maintained Institute’s website. Handled routine computer problems and networking issues.

Ruby, Rails, HTML/CSS, jQuery, CoffeeScript. Familiar with the full LAMP stack. Devops experience with Capistrano, Vagrant and Chef. Drupal and Wordpress theming. CRM and mailing list tools for non-profits. RESTful APIs and API integrations.

Proficient with a variety of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies for program and policy evaluation. Familiar with SPSS, Stata, Vensim, NVivo. Knowledge of ARCView and GIS technologies.

Experience with group facilitation and non-hierachical decision making. Experience working with at-risk youth. Experience with successful grant writing and program evaluation.

Structural Racism 101: A guide for grantmakers and activists working for racial justice. (pending publication) (author)

"Towards a Transformative View of Race: The Crisis and Opportunity of Katrina" (chapter) in There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster, edited by Gregory Squires and Chester Hartman. Routledge. 2006. (co-author)

Dreaming of a Self Beyond Whiteness and Isolation by john powell. Washington University Journal of Law and Policy: 18 (2005). (lead researcher)

"Structural Racism and Spatial Jim Crow" (chapter) by john powell. The Black Metropolis in the 21st Century, edited by Robert Bullard, Ph.D. Rowman and Littlefield. 2005. (lead researcher)

Many book reviews, op-eds, magazine articles, internal training documents, etc

electronic music, trains, backpacking, climbing, contact improvisation, activism, urban sustainability, systems modeling, data visualization, community development, mental health issues, addressing racial disparities, biofeedback, whimsical geekery